{"id":8241,"date":"2009-05-05T07:16:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8241"},"modified":"2009-05-05T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T03:44:40","slug":"reflecting-very-briefly-on-the-phoenix-real-estate-market-i-got-my-job-through-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8241\/reflecting-very-briefly-on-the-phoenix-real-estate-market-i-got-my-job-through-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting (very) briefly on the Phoenix real estate market: “I got my job through the New York Times”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Tuesday, while racing around doing real estate work and preparing for BloodhoundBlog Unchained, I was interviewed by the New York Times<\/em> about the Phoenix real estate market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve been interviewed a zillion times before, and it’s cool and fun and it means absolutely nothing. I got picked because of this article, from my column in the Arizona Republic<\/em><\/a>. I spoke to the reporter for 45 minutes on the phone, and about twelve of my words made it into the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Okayfine. That’s the way it works. I’m just waxed fruit<\/a> in these tableaux and I know it.<\/p>\n

But here’s the cool part: Yesterday I got a call from a potential client about the article. Never happened before. Real estate investor from Canada looking to balance his risk by picking up some lender-owned homes in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

As a marketing strategy, talking to reporters is probably less productive than handing out business cards in the supermarket parking lot, but serendipity is where you find it.<\/p>\n

 
Further notice:<\/strong> Today I was interviewed by MacLean’s<\/em> magazine about Canadians buying real estate in Phoenix. The reporter found me where? In the New York Times<\/em>. Clearly there is<\/em> a difference…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Tuesday, while racing around doing real estate work and preparing for BloodhoundBlog Unchained, I was interviewed by the New York Times about the Phoenix real estate market. I’ve been interviewed a zillion times before, and it’s cool and fun and it means absolutely nothing. I got picked because of this article, from my column […]<\/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":[4,212,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1337,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1337\/ktar-radio-on-arizonas-attempts-to-stifle-zillowcom\/","url_meta":{"origin":8241,"position":0},"title":"KTAR Radio on Arizona’s attempts to stifle Zillow.com","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I was interviewed by KTAR Talk Radio in Phoenix today about the State of Arizona's attempts to shut down Zillow.com. 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