Matt Stigliano's (rerockstar) Blog

photo courtesy of peasap National Association of Realtors® Convention - San Diego - November 13-16 The National Association of Realtors@ Convention (NARDiego) is upon us.  I had no intention of going this year, but a few recent conversations with agents whose opinions I truly value, really got m...

Frank And Sally Explain Real Estate: Episode 1 Meet Frank and his agent, Sally. In trying to come up with a simple breakdown of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, I thought that video would be the answer.  Since I've done a few for the previous tax credit, I wanted to find a new way to use vi...

photo courtesy of whiteafrican Big news for some becomes big news for all. You may remember me discussing some thoughts about the Realtors® Property Resource (RPR) the other day in "Will the Realtors® Property Resource (RPR) drive up the costs of referrals?"  I was lucky enough to have been invi...

My friend Luke hanging out with "Das Schnitzel" at Wurstfest 2009. No, I didn't fly to Germany this weekend. I've spent a lot of time in Germany in the course of my life.  I was there before the Wall came down and have spent months at a time roaming from town to town while I was still a musician...

The Realtors® Property Resource is coming. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, let's get you up to speed first.  Check out these articles (and the articles they reference) for some great information about the Realtors® Property Resource (RPR) and what it potentially means to your business...

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photo courtesy of woodleywonderworks I woke up early...again. I sat at my computer, checking emails and reading blogs as I usually do while the coffee working its magic.  Once I was fully awake, I began to ponder what I would write today.  Blogging for me is an all day affair - I don't have just...

photo courtesy of stev.ie My commenting isn't nearly what it used to be. I've slowed down on commenting a lot.  I hit the blogs I subscribe to just about everyday and usually take a peak at the Featured Posts once or twice a day.  I even scroll through the blog list to see what's been written by...

Please note, as of this recording, the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit extension has not been passed.  This video and post is based on the presumption that the tax credit has been extended for the purpose of the ideas expressed in the video and the conversation it seeks to create. What if the Fi...

image courtesy of Twitter, croncast, and rerockstar I'm not great at quick thoughts. I was having a discussion today with Doug Lazovick, Jeff Turner, and Kris Smith about Kris' (@croncast) useful tool, CMP.ly which I've written about previously, "A quick and easy way to satisfy new FTC disclosur...