{"id":198,"date":"2006-08-11T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2006-08-11T08:59:30","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T15:59:30","slug":"the-world-is-larger-than-you-think-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/198\/the-world-is-larger-than-you-think-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The world is larger than you think it is . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I had mail yesterday morning from “keith”, who is Lord of the Flies at HousingPanic. This is the first chance I’ve had to deal with it, and I might just as well ignore it. But there are issues that I think are worth addressing in a metablogical kind of way, in order to dispense with them.<\/p>\n

Here is the entire text of the letter:<\/p>\n

dude, you’re gonna be seen as the town fool in a few more weeks, if you aren’t already<\/p>\n

I’d recommend toning it down a bit. Admit you were wrong, and give your clients (if you have any) good advice, not wrong-headed advice that doesn’t learn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, fine.<\/p>\n

First, I’m not going to be seen as the town anything. I get press coverage that other Realtors would kill for, and it’s basically worthless. I was cited first and most in an article in Phoenix Magazine<\/i> entitled, “Where do the Valley’s best Realtors live?” I heard from one client, who was delighted to have seen the article but got the name of the magazine wrong. I have been published every Friday for almost a year in three regional sections of the Arizona Republic<\/i>. I get phone calls when I’m controversial, but that’s the sole measurable consequence. We are very highly regarded by our clients, and we are fairly well known in the neighborhoods we farm, but, beyond that, we are not on anyone’s radar.<\/p>\n

Not that I’d hate it if we were. We do very well with people who like to read — half of whom are colorful and struggling and half of whom are colorful and very, very prosperous.<\/p>\n

Second, there is nothing for me to tone down. I believe the long-term prospects for the residential real estate market in the Phoenix are are very good, but I don’t make any short-term predictions at all. Alike unto “keith” and all those who buzz at his behest, I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future — with the only difference being that I know I don’t know it and I don’t affect to pretend to believe that I do. (Incidentally, I have no opinion Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had mail yesterday morning from “keith”, who is Lord of the Flies at HousingPanic. This is the first chance I’ve had to deal with it, and I might just as well ignore it. 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