This article was originally published on Inman News on May 22, 2019 under, “We’re better than this: Stop trolling other Realtors.” Links may send you to articles behind Inman’s paywall. It was back in 2004 when I got my real estate sales license. From the very day I raised my hand and pledged to uphold […]
Getting Old Does Not Suck
When my friend, and photographer extraordinaire, Jeff Turner took this shot at the Arizona Association of Realtors Conference, I’m not sure what I was thinking. My first reaction when I saw this image was to say, “That’s my “WTF?” look.” I suspect someone on stage said something that made me think…. “WTF?” Or, perhaps a […]
On the Zillow CEO Change
So the news breaks that Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff is stepping aside and Zillow co-founder (and former CEO) Rich Barton is coming in as CEO. And suddenly the real estate world tilts off-axis and could be on the edge of just spinning off wildly into space. Or, Zillow stock could take a pounding (“SEE!” […]
It’s not a job, it’s an adventure!
A couple of weeks ago, I did a thing. Shortly after launching, Jay.Life, LLC — my speaking/consulting/writing “firm” — I landed a consulting gig. Nice, as that was pretty much the point in the launch. My intended practice is to never mention my consulting clients, what I do for them, what they do for me, NOTHING. […]
Hustle and grind — the only way to success?
I’m not really a quote guy… Scroll through your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any such feed and you will see quote after quote posted. Some funny, some sad, some thought-provoking, some just stupid. I don’t post a lot of quotey memey things, but I do read a metric shit-ton of them. My friend Valerie Garcia recently […]
Perspective
Hey, Look! … it’s yet another, “Reflecting on 2018 and Looking Ahead to a New Beginning,” post! Not really. It’s yet another “perspectives” missive. However, it was spawned from working on yet another same-old reflecting article… A few days ago, I started looking for a image or two that might in some way help capture […]