{"id":1265,"date":"2007-04-04T20:55:41","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T03:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2007-04-07T08:59:56","modified_gmt":"2007-04-07T15:59:56","slug":"going-fishing-try-to-land-the-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1265\/going-fishing-try-to-land-the-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Fishing?  Try to Land the Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a Boiler Room movie fan, you&#8217;ll remember when Ben Affleck&#8217;s character said,<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT&#8230;AS IF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Act as if.<\/strong>..&#8221; meant that you got on the telephone and asked people who were loaded to invest money. You didn&#8217;t worry about your youthful appearance, inexperience, or immaturity because they would never see you.<br \/>\nCan a new or underemployed Realtor who has sold 4 houses with a median price point of $200,000 effectively compete against a seasoned veteran of the real estate brokerage game in the tony zip code of 92657 ?<\/p>\n<p>Use Zillow EZ Ads to &#8220;<strong>Act as if<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Your chances of <a title=\"whale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/ocregister\/money\/article_1632874.php\">landing the whale on Zillow<\/a> are much better than farming for minnows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a Boiler Room movie fan, you&#8217;ll remember when Ben Affleck&#8217;s character said, ACT&#8230;AS IF &#8220;Act as if&#8230;&#8221; meant that you got on the telephone and asked people who were loaded to invest money. You didn&#8217;t worry about your youthful appearance, inexperience, or immaturity because they would never see you. 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