Delaware County Real Estate & Events

“Don’t Stop Believing” is a classic soft-rock anthem by Journey that has experienced a recent rejuvination after appearing in the finale of The Sopranos and before that appearances on Family Guy and Laguna Beach in the same week, that actually had the song in the iTunes most-downloaded for the following week.

However, for consumers considering purchasing a home it can be seen as the motto of all the REALTORS out there.

“Some will win, some will lose,” Steve Perry sings in the original 1981 lyrics. “Some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends. It goes on and on and on and on … “

1. I’m a geek and I admit it. However, for some reason, I’ve never really been a fan of flow-charts. However, Silicon Valley Blogger presents “The American Nightmare: An Illustration Of The Subprime Lending Mess and Borrowing Bust” posted at The Digerati Life, and does an amazing job. He says, “This post shows a flowchart I made that demonstrates how the subprime lending process affects consumers,” and it does exactly that. It was a little older than I would have liked for the winning entry, however for many consumer this is still the world in which they are living. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this flow chart is worth 1 million.
2. Jay Thompson presents “Ask the Agents: Where are the Good Neighborhoods?” posted at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy. There is a fine line between “serving” your clients and “steering” them and it is one that every practicing agent walks every single day. As a consumer, Jay does a great job of explaining why your agent is “elusive” on answering your questions.
3. Kristen Munson presents “Selling Your Home? How Good is Your Listing Agent?” posted at LoanShak, saying, “How to choose the right listing agent if you want to sell your home.” She has some good points, this topic is obviously on my mind this week as well, and she does a good job of supporting other ideas.
4. Dan Melson presents “The Division of Labor Between Buyers and Their Agents” posted at Searchlight Crusade. Often buyers neglect to “interview” agents but rather simply chooe one, Dan gives them a great “how to” guide for working with a successful agent.
5. Oliver Muoto presents “How the iPhone can Revolutionize Real Estate” posted at vFlyer Blog, saying, “The Apple iPhone has the potential to revolutionize how consumers interact with real estate services.” I think the logic is a little flawed as I think iPod revolutionized what had been an industry that was stuck in the 20th century; however I don’t know that iPhone is having the same impact. Also, Apple’s marketing strategy is exclusivity – hence only one carrier – which will limit the ability of this product to revolutionize the world.

The best of the rest:

• Dan Melson, “Real Estate is More Local Than Most People Think”, Searchlight Crusade;
• Ant, “10 Biggest Mistakes Everyone Makes When Buying/ Selling Real Estate”, The Beef Jerky Blog;
• Matthew Paulson, “Business News: Who Not To Listen To”, Getting Green; and
• Tushar Mathur, “How much should your Monthly Mortgage Payment be?”, Life of a Resident Alien…

That concludes this week’s Carnival. Be sure to submit your entries for the July 24th Carnival which will be hosted by Kevin Boer’s 3 Oceans Real Estate. Thanks to Kevin for volunteering for the July 24 edition, would you like to host a future issue of the Consumer Focused Blog Carnival? Contact Toby!

And remember, “Some will win, some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends. It goes on and on and on and on … “

We had a little technical difficulty when I originally posted this last night, and I apologize to anyone that was looking for this last night.

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