Email from real estate agent today

[jggg]

TJ-

My thoughts exactly...

[davidlosh]

Huh? was this posted by some sort of random non-sequitur generating bot?

Funny how he called me out on making fun of him. For the longest time I thought he was just ignoring me...I guess he never saw my previous comments about him.

let's speculate on when to buy. I say 08/08/08 is the bottom of the Real Estate market in Seattle.

Barrack Hussein Obama should be a shoe in by then.

[Ubersalad]

is it because it's 8/8/8? Very well educated guess...

Once again why are you posting?

[rose-colored-coolaid]

I'm going to have to stand up for Losh here. Look, I think his comments are as nonsensical as the next guy (and they often are Dave). But he's not really a troll, and some of the comments about him are turning mean. Let's keep it civil guys.

[biliruben]

I'll just reiterate my support for David Losh for president.

[davidlosh]

a Korean guy gave me the number about a year ago. it makes sense. arms reset, election primary is fixed, and so what?

predictions don't mean anything. you want to predict? let's predict the presidency.

now you got me over here for what reason? the letter from the real estate agent? you won't be getting those from me.

i support this blog for the reason that this tim guy, who's not in my business, put up a workable site for real estate information.

he doesn't censor, the way real estate sites do. i don't get threatening e-mails from tim because i'm not following the party line.

i care about my clients first, then my business.

do i know how to generate business? you betcha. it's not done by blogging.

so what ever your problem is, why not try to articulate it here? maybe we can work it out.

[deejayoh]

You probably heard it from a chinese guy... The number "8" is considered lucky by many chinese because the word for "8" sounds like the word for "wealth" or "prosperity", or something like that. I remember when I lived in LA and they added an additional area code in the valley (818). There was a huge uproar from the chinese community.

so 8/8/08 will be viewed as a lucky day - if you believe any of that.

I don't

[perfectfire]

[davidlosh]

i work with many people from Asia. my office is in the international district. 8/8/8 came from a gentleman who listed and sold his duplex with me in renton, banked the money, lives in an apartment, so he can buy on 8/8/8. when he told me his strategy it was normal for me, but it is looking to be very true.

of course i get e-mails.

these blogs are rigged; shocked? real estate has been on the cutting edge of internet technology. what many real estate bloggers are trying to do is build sites that are salable. i heard zillow was for sale for twenty four million dollars. urban legend or fact? who knows.

bottom line is that blogs are carefully orchestrated. the information you get from bloggers is tainted. some people from this blog are banned from other sites or shouted down. in my opinion the transparency issue is another swindle.

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[perfectfire]

[Notabull]

[david_mcmanus]

Don't be surprised if the posse down at Google would push some stuff like that and I'd love to see the realtors f-ing freak out about it. Maybe with Google expanding their presence in Washington, they will push this out in, I don't know, 2 weeks?

Trivia question:
Name the last Microsoft product that kicked ass. Google drops useful and free apps on the general public all the time, so it's good to see them moving into their territory. And no, I don't work for them.

[davidlosh]

Google "real estate."

you think because some crappy agent has a crappy site that's the business.

zillow was developed with the help of a real estate company. it's now looking at making money from mortgage products probably tied to the zestimate system.

rdfn is being propped up by a venture capitalist consortium looking to reach into your pocket, they just haven't figured out how yet.

i've heard zillow is for sale at a price of twenty four million dollars, i'm sure rdfn is shopping right now for a buyer.

as a real estate agent i can broker either sale as a business opportunity.

the real estate business is huge. it is the largest business in the world. billions of dollars change hands every day in real estate transactions, every day.

house hunting is fun and exciting. i agree many people with real estate licenses bring very little to the table. my flyers have nothing to do with a real estate transaction. it's who you know at the right time for the right price.

by the time it's on the mls it's old news.

[david_mcmanus]

More like "Google listing service". Reach millions of people for a fraction of the cost of the MLS. Also the integration with Google Maps / Streetview would be kickass. I've actually seen a few websites that use Google Maps API in conjunction with listings scraped off of Craig's List. Not scientific or always accurate but still pretty cool to play around with.

David, I know that it must be scary to know that your job and business model is going the way of the dodo as people become more educated about the process and are not constrained by lack of information. You shouldn't be concerned, though, because you and I both know that real estate always goes up! Or maybe it's the old saying.....there's a sucker born every minute?