WK 14-26: *4.5-2-3* >> 1/22/19: RevOpp Winter #___: Crowdfund sponsored research or just begin Sweetest Deals update? What vendors, advisors would like to know about Sweetest Deals in RE?
Notes
06/29/19: Again, a week or two ago, started some research, need to turn into a series of tweets or a report that I can monetize:
1/3 BiddingWarScorecard: Update, 1st pass at sales of SF homes in Cambridge over the past 5 yrs and discovered stunning level of in-house sales, and worse -- whereas buyers once began to stretch to pay $100K over asking price, some now paying $500K over.
2/3 5 of 6 sales that sourced a stunning $800K or more over asking price, on SF homes in Cambridge, were in-house sales. Two involved the same agent, and three involved the same agent team -- aka a conflict of interest, within a conflict of interest.
3/3 Although in-house bidding war premium is apparent in a number of brokerages practices in Cambridge, one brokerage firm stands out for the frequency. Have tried to engage the attorney general's office in the past, will do again.
04/04/19: Had some killer stats, including some that would serve investigative reporters looking at in-house sales. Why did I walk away from this? Don't want to direct my life force into luxury real estate, even though starter homes in Cambridge start at $1M. Instead, focused on trying to develop a conversation around Generation Priced Out & Basement Blues on NextDoor to try to attract parents willing to pay for adult kids, Millennials, to get a place of their own
Copied from Coaching to new section on #LuxRE as well as M$M: Sweetest Deals of 2013(cross-post original in coaching):
Is this research worth trying to crowdfund: Want to do a then vs now, 2003 vs 2018 -- 15 year retrospective on "Sweetest Deals" in the luxury housing prices?
Sent via Messenger to Eric Bleys:
Maybe I'll simply identify sections from of the 24 years of content in a CMS -- Content Management System, and ask YOU to go on a Treasure Hunt.
Here's a post that may speak to your sensibilities. Want to do a then vs now, 2003 vs 2018 -- 15 year retrospective on "Sweetest Deals" in the luxury housing prices?
Could be tough to stomach because of the concentration of wealth post recession, and now the great tax reform hoax of 2017, but this bit of wisdom could keep you feeling blessed:
"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest"