Mark Norman's (marknorman) Blog

Almost from the day I started as an agent nearly 6 years ago, I was told that I need to be a neighborhood specialist.  Right from the start I utilized the Internet to help me expand my circle of influence successfully.  That was most certainly a different market from today, yet I sense that many ...

It wasn't that long ago as a realtor that you just needed to watch the local market to see what homes were selling and at what prices.  International focus?  I want to make it clear that I am not an expert in this area but I did finish half a PhD degree in International Business and Economics. Ev...

About 6 weeks ago I started to write about the differences in U.S. real estate practices as compared to those of other countries.  I am still convinced that many agents and investors outside of the U.S. don't grasp the differences and the financial consequences of doing real estate transactions h...