There is no mystery to my life philosophy: rules were meant to be broken – just be sure not to get caught. One rule I do abide by is Fair Housing. You know why? Because there is no way

I know what you’re wondering, and yes, I took the survey. Why wouldn’t I spend five minutes on a survey that increases the possibility of money coming my way for nothing? All I saw was something about an AMEX

One of the most important things about being a leader is knowing when to cut the fat off of your team. You’ll find a million stories about teams and how great they are, etc., but no one wants to

Doing it Alone I’m sure you’ve already guessed that I work on my own for no one but myself and I have no agents under me either, at least not working under me that is. I am a lone

Finally, after all these years CA is writing about an important topic that affects everyone I’ve ever met in the real estate industry: that big green monster known as jealousy. It’s hard to move forward when the Realtor down

Yeesh, are we still talking about a recovery? Is anyone else tired of all this economic mumbo jumbo or is it just me? Look I’m all for locating a bottom, just a different kind than all those economists are

Sometimes, it’s useful to be picky, and marketing is a great example. That’s why I’ve created my own “p’s” of marketing, with picky being the first. The rest are pompous, confidence gets you everywhere; perpetuity, look it up; paradise,

All the time people are telling me to think green or go green or whatever, but when I hear the term green I just think of one thing: money! So really, I’m always thinking green. Now, my green thoughts

If I were to tell you how many homes I really have you’d hate me. There are scads of people out there that already hate me for plenty of good reasons, so I brag about my numerous homes to

If you ask me, Agent X should have a four-page spread in this issue. With CA highlighting the coolest and most important people in the industry, it pains me to have to hide my identity. Who could be more

As sweat drips off of my nose onto my keyboard, I’m reminded that I can again feel my toes and summer is almost here. If you had asked me my favorite neighborhood in the winter, I would’ve told you

I can’t imagine living in any lap but the lap of luxury, and I am a big fan of laps. Back in the before time when I was an agent, the luxury clients were my favorites. Either they knew

If you ask me, big is always the way to go. Office, condo, hair, paycheck, car – I like everything to be huge. It might be hard to find a parking spot for my humongous SUV, but when I’m

By Agent X I’m technically not a Boomer, but I like to consider myself an active adult. The powers that be might not let me into a 55-plus community, but if they feel like admitting younger applicants I would

By Agent X Finally! We’ve arrived a topic that I know a lot about. In fact, you might call me the guru of networking. My entire job revolves around networking, and boy am I good at it. Maybe I

I had a whole bunch of really clever headlines for my column this week, and all were vetoed. The one you see at the top right now is the only one that my editor decided would not be offensive.