Comments on: A More In-Depth Look at Generation Y http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lani Anglin-Rosales http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-14282 Lani Anglin-Rosales Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:23:11 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-14282 Kim, according to recent reports, the number of Gen Y buyers will surpass Baby Boomers by 2012 and current Gen Y spending power is estimated around $361 BILLION dollars, so regardless of a positive or negative attitude toward any generation, the numbers *make* them relevant. Thanks for stopping by, Kim! You have a great great point! :) Kim, according to recent reports, the number of Gen Y buyers will surpass Baby Boomers by 2012 and current Gen Y spending power is estimated around $361 BILLION dollars, so regardless of a positive or negative attitude toward any generation, the numbers *make* them relevant.

Thanks for stopping by, Kim! You have a great great point! :)

]]> By: Kim in Pensacola Florida http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-14277 Kim in Pensacola Florida Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:30:31 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-14277 Hi Lani, You are right. We have to understand the clients we are selling to. Like it or not Gen Y is what it is and their sales produce commission. So why not just deal with it. Hi Lani,

You are right. We have to understand the clients we are selling to. Like it or not Gen Y is what it is and their sales produce commission. So why not just deal with it.

]]> By: agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » You Don’t Have Enough Experience or the Right Connections to Be in Real Estate: Overcoming the Obstacles of Being a Young Realtor® http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-6045 agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » You Don’t Have Enough Experience or the Right Connections to Be in Real Estate: Overcoming the Obstacles of Being a Young Realtor® Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:14:10 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-6045 [...] I the youngest whatsoever. There are more and more people – people like me – (to include both younger, and young-minded older) – that are faced with an “industry perception” that can be [...] [...] I the youngest whatsoever. There are more and more people – people like me – (to include both younger, and young-minded older) – that are faced with an “industry perception” that can be [...]

]]> By: agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » Understanding White People http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-5972 agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » Understanding White People Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:03:35 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-5972 [...] millions on this effort. It’s not only Hispanics either, the current fad is to understand Gen Y consumers - the first generation to grow up with the Internet. But as an immigrant from Asia, I’m also [...] [...] millions on this effort. It’s not only Hispanics either, the current fad is to understand Gen Y consumers – the first generation to grow up with the Internet. But as an immigrant from Asia, I’m also [...]

]]> By: agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » Communications Etiquette http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-4085 agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » Communications Etiquette Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:06:05 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-4085 [...] with marketing and technology, I happen to know quite a bit about Generation Y (which has caused quite a stir around here before). As my Twitter profile says “I am the poster child for generation [...] [...] with marketing and technology, I happen to know quite a bit about Generation Y (which has caused quite a stir around here before). As my Twitter profile says “I am the poster child for generation [...]

]]> By: Benn Rosales http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-3780 Benn Rosales Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:25:38 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-3780 Janelle, I have to admit, I would love to have that jacket tonight down on 6th for the Fat Tuesday Celebrations here in Austin- it is pretty fly in a big pimpin sorta way. <a href="http://agentgenius.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/kelman-pimpin.jpg" rel="nofollow">[See the Jacket here]</a> Janelle, I have to admit, I would love to have that jacket tonight down on 6th for the Fat Tuesday Celebrations here in Austin- it is pretty fly in a big pimpin sorta way.

[See the Jacket here]

]]> By: Janelle http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-3779 Janelle Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:20:16 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-3779 Glenn wears my jacket better than I do. Glenn wears my jacket better than I do.

]]> By: Bob in San Diego http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-3755 Bob in San Diego Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:10:06 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-3755 Facebook was started without VC money at Harvard, restricted to students at Harvard College before it expanded to include MIT and others. It got its VC influx later. MySpace started in 1998 and was an internal project of eUniverse. No VC money at start up. Facebook was started without VC money at Harvard, restricted to students at Harvard College before it expanded to include MIT and others. It got its VC influx later.

MySpace started in 1998 and was an internal project of eUniverse. No VC money at start up.

]]> By: JJ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-3738 JJ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:07:29 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-3738 "It is the only brokerage I know that couldn’t start from scratch, and, without VC scratch, build something out of nothing like two of the giants that GenY does admire - Facebook and Myspace." Uhhh, Bob, I don't know where you're getting your info, but both of those companies were built with LOTS of VC scratch. Orders of magnitude more than Redfin has attracted. By the way, I don't think that GenY cares whether a company used VC money to scale out. “It is the only brokerage I know that couldn’t start from scratch, and, without VC scratch, build something out of nothing like two of the giants that GenY does admire – Facebook and Myspace.”

Uhhh, Bob, I don’t know where you’re getting your info, but both of those companies were built with LOTS of VC scratch. Orders of magnitude more than Redfin has attracted.

By the way, I don’t think that GenY cares whether a company used VC money to scale out.

]]> By: agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » The Secret Life of a “Generation X” Consumer … My Story http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/a-more-in-depth-look-at-generation-y/#comment-3733 agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » Blog Archive » The Secret Life of a “Generation X” Consumer … My Story Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:42:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1002#comment-3733 [...] all the hullaballoo surrounding Generation Studies in relation to real estate in recent Gen Y articles here, on Agent Genius (…and beyond …), I thought this would be an [...] [...] all the hullaballoo surrounding Generation Studies in relation to real estate in recent Gen Y articles here, on Agent Genius (…and beyond …), I thought this would be an [...]

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