Blog Open Mike: Speak Your Piece On Sellsius°


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We want to try something new. It’s called Open Mike. We will let anyone post what’s on their mind on the Sellsius° blog. The stage is yours—you pick the title and blog away. Rant, rail, praise or condemn. Just keep it real estate related. Want to try it out? It’s simple. Send it to us in an email (elatedclients(at)sellsiusrealestate(dot)com) and we’ll put up your post. You can remain anonymous if you like. We’ll put up all submissions if we can.

So, if you have something to say and you don’t have a blog, go ahead and use ours.

The reason for this little experiment is we see a lot of great comments in the blogosphere from people other than brokers and agents. Many of these comments could be blog posts but instead they’re hidden in the shadows of the comment section. Most may not have a blog—so why not lend them ours. Let them have the spotlight for a change. And since Sellsius° hopes to build a community interested in real estate, we see it as our obligation to help everyone have a voice on centerstage. So go for it.

We’re mainly looking for consumers, contractors, appraisers, mortgage brokers, lawyers, travel agents, home inspectors, engineers, students, and anyone else involved with real estate. Of course, real estate agents and brokers are welcome but we’d prefer you not have a blog. Blog on any topic you like—you can talk residential, commercial, vacation getaways, rentals, student housing, tips, whatever interests or riles you.
So, as Alan B. Shepard Jr. said in the Right Stuff, “Let’s light this candle”.

25 Responses to “Blog Open Mike: Speak Your Piece On Sellsius°”


  1. 1 Greg Swann Sep 9th, 2006 at 5:56 pm

    Brilliant! Bravo! I thought about doing something like an “Ask The Broker” form, but this is much better. My hat is off!

  2. 2 sellsius° Sep 9th, 2006 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks Greg for spreading the word. Now you can feel the wind blow through your hair :)

  3. 3 Broker in L A CA Sep 10th, 2006 at 7:55 am

    Excellent idea. I’ll be watching to see how it works!

    I’ve even passed the word along:
    http://www.nelalive.net/nelalive/2006/09/open_mike_at_se.html

  4. 4 sellsius° Sep 10th, 2006 at 11:01 am

    Thank you Cheryl. We’re hoping some of our favorite commentors will want the mike.

  5. 5 Larry Cragun Sep 10th, 2006 at 7:12 pm

    You are a must read and I say so in my blogroll. Lar

  6. 6 sellsius° Sep 10th, 2006 at 7:57 pm

    We have always been proud and grateful for that. What can we say Lar but “We love ya.” :)

  7. 7 Michael Sep 12th, 2006 at 9:47 pm

    Kudo’s guys. You keep expanding our minds. md

  8. 8 Charleston real estate blog Dec 12th, 2006 at 6:25 pm

    I think that agents should act like agents, provide good advice for the seller and sell homes, not play around with gimmicks. As mentioned earlier, I also believe everyone (agents and consumers)searches by price range and this $1 listing price also keeps the listing from getting the desired views.

    Please see my post at http://www.charlestononlinehomes.com/blogs/howard_arnoff/archive/2006/12/12/Pricing-to-sell.aspx

  9. 9 Obeoman Jan 15th, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    If you market it offline, you should market it online.

    Obeo…the experts in buyer behavior. Take a look at obeo.com and see how Obeo brings buyers to agents, and agents to the table.

    Keep an eye on Obeo - our new online total marketing solution will do everything but scratch and sniff!

  10. 10 Neil Simmons Jun 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 am

    I have just sent an email with an article I wrote to elatedclients@sellsiusrealestate.com.

    I hope you receive it and enjoy the read. You can find the same article at: http://www.property-bangkok.com/viewarticle.asp?id=75

  11. 11 Chris Heath Dec 7th, 2007 at 4:51 am

    Well done, it’s all about access to relevant information.

  12. 12 Lee Matthews -- Financial Concepts West Feb 4th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    More and more folks are using a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) as an interest cancellation account to accelerate their home equity and payoff their home *years* sooner than listed on their mortgage amortization schedule.

    Unfortunately, today’s Real Estate market means that folks can no longer count on appreciation to build home equity. Those who realize that they need to pay down their current mortgage debt are looking for alternate ways to aggressively (yet safely) build equity.

    And they’ve discovered a perfect online system to do that; they can focus on their wealth accumulation goals while accelerating their equity simply by using a Home Equity Line of Credit to ‘power’ the Money Merge Account™ financial solutions program.

    A typical 30 year loan (of whatever type) can be paid down in 1/3 to 1/2 the time — it’s a great way to save *huge* amounts of income by eliminating a mortgage amortization front-end interest load. (On a million-plus dollar home, I’ve personally seen where the Money Merge Account™ program will save the homeowner $750,000 in interest charges!)

    And the best thing – homeowners don’t have to refinance their existing mortgage or, in most cases, make any adjustments to their lifestyle.

    It is unfortunate that most of us were never taught to follow three essential principles: (1) Avoid paying interest, whenever possible, (2) Use other people’s money, whenever possible and (3) Find and use a financial system that will guide you, especially if you have the tendency to go off-track. The Money Merge Account™ software and the program’s counselors use these principles to keep each homeowner focused on their wealth accumulation goals.

    I’d be happy to provide further details…

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