{"id":6860,"date":"2009-02-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2009-02-09T23:12:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T06:12:40","slug":"swanepoels-top-10-real-estate-trends-matter-to-me-and-to-real-estate-quite-a-bit-less-than-my-own-list-of-burning-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6860\/swanepoels-top-10-real-estate-trends-matter-to-me-and-to-real-estate-quite-a-bit-less-than-my-own-list-of-burning-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Swanepoel’s Top 10 Real Estate Trends<\/em> matter to me — and to real estate — quite a bit less than my own list of burning issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stefan Swanepoel sent me a copy of his Top 10 Real Estate Trends Report<\/a>, which was gracious of him, considering that neither me nor any of the Bloodhounds nor BloodhoundBlog itself are mentioned anywhere in the book — at least as far as I could detect on a cursory examination. I don’t mind, mind you. I’d be amazed if we were<\/em> cited. That kind of attention is reserved for the likes of Sellsius and Agent Shortbus — the biggest little PR3 weblogs in real estate. Every pundit or entity even remotely connected to the official world of real estate honors us by ostentatiously affecting to ignore us. And: Even then: We care a lot.<\/p>\n

I did surprise myself by actually cracking the book. I had it last year, too, but I don’t remember if I looked at it. And I don’t want to seem to be hyper-critical of Swanepoel’s effort. It ain’t for me, that much should be obvious. I can’t think of anything in the tome that strikes be as being either important or non-obvious — or non-trivial. The whole thing, and everything and everybody in it, seem like deck chairs on the Titanic to me — but so does everything else even remotely connected to the world of official real estate.<\/p>\n

Here are the issues Swanepoel takes up:<\/p>\n