If you own a condo, or if you’re just interested in the kind of really top-notch writing that is possible on RE.net, head on over to RCG and check out Ardell’s post on Condo Reserve Studies. I own a condo, and I have to say, that was some really good information that I intend to raise with my board.
This is even as I cringe at these words:
I am so happy about this new law I could stand on my head and spit nickels.
Generally speaking, I find it odd to celebrate the loss of freedom that is entailed in every single law ever passed… but in this case, I think Ardell’s enthusiasm for more regulation and laws and paths to tyranny can be forgiven. ^^ (<– that is an Asian smiley face)
-rsh
(Image from Flickr.com, by MarkyBon)
There must be some sort of a zeitgeist (literally, “time spirit”) going around the RE.net, like some sort of a benign virus, on the topic of “Web 2.0″ — what it is, what it is not. I just posted on Web 2.0, only to see Louis Cammarosano from HomeGain, and then Ardell from RCG post some very interesting thoughts on Web 2.0. That we are all thinking similar types of thoughts must mean some sort of a collective subconscious about Web 2.0 and what it means in the real estate context.
In my previous post, I mentioned the Cluetrain Manifesto, and my belief that Web 2.0 is really nothing more than a vulgate expression of that document and its insights. The authors actually wrote a book based on the ideas of the Manifesto itself, and the 95 theses. Since the entire thing is available online, I can easily recommend that you read it. Or if you like dead tree versions, you can find a copy here.
Now, considering the Manifesto was written in 1999, and eight years on the Internet is basically a new geological epoch, each reader must update it from his or her own viewpoint. And apply the insights to his or her own situation.
This is just my own personal take on the Cluetrain, and what it means for the real estate industry, both residential and commercial. It isn’t the complete take, of course, as that would take many posts, but just one particular aspect of the Cluetrain and what it might mean for the real estate industry.
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