Joe Spake

Imagine being in a large hotel in a desert oasis, with ceilings painted to look like Venice,with 35,000 real estate agents milling around talking on their sell phones, doing deals, and generally exhibiting that alpha personality…….Compared to much of the country the market is great in Memphis. Pundits today say that the market is on […]

I am about to begin the National Association of REALTORS convention here in surreal Las Vegas. As I look out my hotel window at that big Paris baloon, and the Eiffel Tower (yep, just like in the aerial shots from CSI), I have great expectations of this meeting of 35-50,ooo real estate agents. I will […]

Daily stories continue to appear in local and national media on the mortgage crisis, the housing slump, and high foreclosure rates. Seldom do we see any positive news among the doom and gloom articles and cartoons. I have mentioned the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS Hop Off The Fence Campaign in the past which provides […]