Paddy Deighan Real Estate Blog

Every time I think of the word SPAm, I think of the hilarious Monty Python SPAM skit Today, spam has an entitly different meaing although the tasty yet ungodly unhealthy meat product of the same name is still available!!Every day there seems to be more regulation that limits what is otherwise spa...

It is rare that Congress agrees on anything. Even when they do it seems that nothing happens.  There has been bi-partisan support to rebuild our energy grid (for years), yet nothing happens.The bi-partisan "real estate" bill places restrictions on insituitional investors - thus preventing them in...

Over the past few years, a number of real estate professionals have asked me how to get started.  After all, AI seems overwhelming at first....but so were microwave ovens, fax machines (who uses these today?) and mobile phones..  Yet we all jumped in and now incorporate all of these into our dail...

I rarely recommend technology on this site...however Notebook LM is an exception. A reason that I do not recommend tech is because it changes  frequently and quickly. Something that is good today, may be not so good tomorrow. The reason is that technology chages quickly (and not always for the be...

We all recall the USPS adage that "Neither snow nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift  completion of their appointed rounds" (had to lookit up, forget abo.ut the heat part -LoL).  During teh summer, I had a package delayed because tracking indocated that a dog ...

Most of us make New Yearss resolutions. Most of us break them within two weeks!!  This is absolutely true with promises to improve health and fitness.  Every year at my fitness center, it is packed for two weeks after  New Years Eve as everyone tries to shred the holiday 15 lbs.  Typically, the t...

I have been in technology my entire adult life. Even as a law student and lawyer, I used technology and consulted with IBM on various projects.  Later, obtaining two doctorates in science - I am always on the elading edge of technology (even after battling Best Buy techs to install family Christm...

Seems almost daily I read misinformation on the mnational derbt and mortgage rates so I finally decided to put pen to paper(or rather, fingers to keyboard LoL).For starters, the government never has to pay off the national debt (and hasn’t since 1836). What it does have to do is roll over the deb...

Earlier today, I posted about practical issues in AI generated image enhancement. Naturally, there are legal implications as well.  It is not a far stretch to allege that the images created by AI created a scenario of fraud. One reason is....when you prompt AI to enhance a listing image, you may ...

Recently, during a weekly Zoom call, we discussed AI imaging enhancement in listings. I have some thoughts from a practical view.  How would a buyer agent feel when they drive up with a buyer and the photo does not match reality? Is enhancement such a good idea?  Car dealers do not enhance images...