http://cqfinancial.com A Renaissance Real Estate Firm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:24:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Earlier this month I spoke at the Social Media Marketing National Conference in Orlando.  The conference itself was over twelve hours of real estate marketing ideas you can implement right now.  Each speaker was a recognized expert in their field and I left with my head spinning.  This post is part of ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=157 Earlier this month I spoke at the Social Media Marketing National Conference in Orlando.  The conference itself was over twelve hours of real estate marketing ideas you can implement right now.  Each speaker was a recognized expert in their field and I left with my head spinning.  This post is part of ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=156 Random Thoughts A day and a half since I left Unchained Orlando, but my head is still spinning.  Maybe it was Orlando - the home of Disneyworld - that added to the surreal nature of the experience.  If you haven’t been there, Orlando is beautiful in a Disney kind of way: ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=155 In an earlier post I laid out how my distrust of conspiracy theories is being severely challenged by our government and what appears to be a naked power grab. I am loath to continue in this vein for fear of being labeled the nut job who writes about Area 51 ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=154 I am not, by any stretch, a conspiracy person. I think the probability of a conspiracy succeeding is inversely tied to the number of people involved. That makes me especially dubious of government conspiracies. The bottom line for me is this: people are smart, groups are dumb. If you want ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=153 David Shafer is a frequent commenter over on BloodhoundBlog and his insights often make me think. We do not always agree, but I always listen to what he has to say. He recently posted an interesting and (typically) well written article entitled Credit Default Swaps; The real financial WMD. You ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=152 Over the past couple weeks I have been reading every real estate flyer I could find. I am sure many of you are asking why I would submit myself to such torture... and you would be right to ask. If I had to guess, eight out of every ten flyers ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=151 Although this post discusses the election in general, it is not meant to instigate a general discussion of the election. It is... a non-political post on politics. In talking to various people about the upcoming presidential election and their preferences, I was stuck by an odd response I kept hearing ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=150 Last Monday Tiger Woods returned to Torrey Pines in beautiful San Diego, but not to golf. Instead he caddied for John Abel, winner of the "Tee Off With Tiger" online sweepstakes sponsored by Buick. This is such a great picture that I can't help but fill in some dialogue. Mine ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=149 With a little over a week to go in this election, we can finally all come together in agreement on one issue.  Whether you are voting for McCain: the logical vote, or voting for Obama: the emotional vote, or voting third party: the non-viable vote (unfortunately) - one thing has ... http://cqfinancial.com/?p=148