{"id":765,"date":"2006-12-13T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2006-12-13T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T18:00:38","slug":"between-rock-and-a-hard-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/765\/between-rock-and-a-hard-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Rock and a Hard Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent email exchange with the now infamous Bawld Guy, I suggested that the broken link I sent him was Truncated by Omission. In the Dave Barry vein, I had to add that this would be a great name for a rock band. Others that come to mind are Manhattan Transfer Forces Sale, REO Speedwagon (wait, that’s a real one, but I don’t think they meant Real Estate Owned), and NAR and the Sunshine Band, the latter being responsible for the modern-day remix “Tiny Bubbles”. Give me 100 aspiring rock stars, and I will give you, at best, one success story and one one-hit wonder. Can anyone say “Right Said Fred”?<\/p>\n

Sounds just like real estate, if you ask me. Our industry is full of one-hit wonders. Most recently, the guy who cleans our spa called it to Steve’s attention that he is a licensed real estate agent. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Mark, but I had to once again roll my eyes at this little revelation. I am one exasperated exhalation away from from calling our California Governator to insist that real estate licenses be issued at birth. Let’s just cut through the red tape. Everyone seems to get licensed eventually, because it (the licensing part) is easy, and it appears at first blush to be the swiftest path to entrepreneurial nirvana. It is not the fact that you have one, however, but what you are able to accomplish once you get one (Greg scooped me here<\/a>). So, bring ’em on, I say.<\/p>\n

In San Diego, our Sports Arena is now the iPayOne Arena, named after the blockbuster bunch that brought us 251 sales (listing and sale sides) out of 58,706 total sides in San Diego County this year to date (according to our Sandicor MLS). For those without a calculator at their disposal, this equates to approximately a 0.4% market share. I guess you get what you pay for. Absent a local professional basketball team, our Sports Arena has been relegated to a venue for the annual Barney On Ice extravaganza and the upcoming, much anticipated Dancing with the Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent email exchange with the now infamous Bawld Guy, I suggested that the broken link I sent him was Truncated by Omission. In the Dave Barry vein, I had to add that this would be a great name for a rock band. 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