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Ok, I am not going to bore you with the usual market\u00a0info, such as\u00a0the market is\u00a0\u00a0up but prices are down, prices are down\u00a0but the market is up, prices are up but forclosures are\u00a0down……. Now the latest, the banks are holding back on foreclosures. So now some of the\u00a0homes that have been sitting empty and \u00a0have been neglected are only going to be in worse shape and the values will fall even lower. Makes sense to me!!! Anyway, I read in Business Monday in the National Enquirer, I mean the Miami Herald that real estate agents are tweeting, texting, blogging, e mailing, you name it in order to get business. Just curious, dosen’t anyone want face to face contact and conversation? Afterall,\u00a0 your home is one of the largest investment you ever make, don’t you want to meet the person and feel comfortable with them? Have confidence\u00a0\u00a0that they know what they are doing and know their market? \u00a0No offense to my fellow Realtors but some of you do this for a hobby and as my friend Neal Rogers would say…what you know about real estate,\u00a0you can put in a thimble and have room for the Chinese Army! Enough said. Anyway, it got me thinking about my dad.\u00a0He sold real estate on Miami Beach for many many\u00a0years and was President of the Miami Beach Board of Realtors (that’s when Miami Beach had a board of Realtors)\u00a0\u00a0and when he would come\u00a0home from work, he was\u00a0home from work.\u00a0We had dinner together,\u00a0 he helped with homework, talked, and he put us to bed. All that with\u00a0NO interruptions!\u00a0\u00a0All this technology would of amazed him. But he often told me there was no substitution for peh el peh, which means face to face in Hebrew.\u00a0Just wondering if anyone else feels that way anymore. But I have to go,\u00a0my\u00a0cell phone is ringing, I have an e mail to\u00a0answer,\u00a0a text to return, a fax to get out, and a twitter to tweet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ok, I am not going to bore you with the usual market\u00a0info, such as\u00a0the market is\u00a0\u00a0up but prices are down, prices are down\u00a0but the market is up, prices are up but forclosures are\u00a0down……. Now the latest, the banks are holding back on foreclosures. So now some of the\u00a0homes that have been sitting empty and \u00a0have<\/p>\n