by Matthew Ferrara | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog, Featured, Management, Real Estate, rssfeed
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” So quipped Mark Twain after hearing his demise had been published in the New York Times. The same might be said today about the real estate industry. A lot of hullabaloo has been making its way through the web...
by Matthew Ferrara | Jun 2, 2009 | Blog, Featured, Real Estate, Research, rssfeed, The Market
These days, too many brokers are winding down the clock to bankruptcy, with lots of help from their sellers. Too much misplaced blame has been on buyers of late. Other than foreclosures, we have not looked hard enough at sellers’ contribution to the inventory...
by Matthew Ferrara | May 15, 2009 | Featured, Management, Next Generation, Real Estate, rssfeed, Strategic Thinking
Fans of Spencer Johnson’s book will recognize the theme in today’s column: Something has definitely moved in today’s real estate industry. For decades, the industry built by Baby Boomers for Baby Boomers has essentially run the same race through the...
by Matthew Ferrara | Apr 6, 2009 | Blog, Featured, Next Generation, Opinion, rssfeed, Strategic Thinking
Recently I participated on a panel where the audience could ask literally anything. After a few softball questions to get started, the pink elephant entered the room: What do you think the real estate brokerage company of the future will look like? The room was...
by Matthew Ferrara | Jan 5, 2009 | Featured, Management, Opinion, Sales, Strategic Thinking, Technology
Every year at this time, most of us are making “resolutions” of how to improve ourselves for the upcoming year. We resolve to go on a diet, save more money, take time off with the kids, and so on. Business people usually take it one step further, resolving...
