{"id":3425,"date":"2008-07-21T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2008-07-21T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T18:40:55","slug":"introducing-thomas-hall-it-aint-all-big-hair-and-cadillacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3425\/introducing-thomas-hall-it-aint-all-big-hair-and-cadillacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Thomas Hall: &#8220;It ain&#8217;t all Big Hair and Cadillacs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m way behind on introductions, but time marches on. Today we&#8217;re adding Thomas Hall to the roster. He is the creator of a weblog called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itaintallbighairandcadillacs.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It ain&#8217;t all Big Hair and Cadillacs<\/em><\/a>, and that little bit of insolence by itself is more than enough to qualify him for membership in the pack.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Thomas speaking in his own behalf:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am truly a frustrated management consultant who sells real estate. I am at a&#160;certain point in my &#8220;career&#8221; in that I want to be more involved in the mindshare of real estate technology while continuing to be a practitioner. I have clear ideas about the role of technology in real estate &#8212; I believe the basic model needs a rework, but I am firmly entrenched in finding better ways for realtors to work with consumers. I don&#8217;t think technology replaces the role of an agent &#8212; it should enhance it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Smart guy. Good writer. A Bloodhound kind of attitude. Let&#8217;s see how he howls.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m way behind on introductions, but time marches on. Today we&#8217;re adding Thomas Hall to the roster. He is the creator of a weblog called It ain&#8217;t all Big Hair and Cadillacs, and that little bit of insolence by itself is more than enough to qualify him for membership in the pack. Here&#8217;s Thomas speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5903,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5903\/not-all-dinosaurs-are-extinct\/","url_meta":{"origin":3425,"position":0},"title":"Not\u00a0All Dinosaurs Are Extinct","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"December 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I know an agent with big hair - she used to drive a Cadillac - she traded it in for a Lexus. She likes to lunch - alot - with friends, clients and colleagues.\u00a0 She started selling real estate when I started high school - basically ALONG time ago. She's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Real Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5350,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5350\/introducing-renets-hottest-bloggers-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":3425,"position":1},"title":"Introducing RE.net&#8217;s Hottest Bloggers Contest","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"October 31, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In an effort to increase subscriptions and ad revenue, I have devised an ingenious new contest to identify the hottest bloggers on the real estate net. If there is one thing we can learn from People Magazine and the Republican Party - substance is secondary - most important: there is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3872,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3872\/in-need-of-migration-assistance-please\/","url_meta":{"origin":3425,"position":2},"title":"In Need of Migration Assistance &#8211; Please!","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"August 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi All - I am in need of assistance with the migration of my blog - currently hosted on blogger to my own domain using Wordpress. I have referenced Tom Vanderwell's post on July 2 asking for help\/clarifications.\u00a0 I've attempted to follow everyone's previous advice and dagnabbit, it still don't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4187,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4187\/to-whom-shall-i-pledge-my-alligence\/","url_meta":{"origin":3425,"position":3},"title":"To Whom Shall I Pledge My Allegiance?","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"September 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Alright now - simmer down - relax - this is not a political post. 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