Comments on: Beam Me Up Jimmy – A Look At Tomorrow’s 1st Time Home Buyer

By: Erik Hansen

Erik Hansen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:35:49 +0000

I am finding more and more of the first time home buyer you described……in fact…….you partiall described me……which is why I can relate to this new up and coming buyer! They are fun to work with, but are expecting things to be streamlined electronically. Way to go!

By: Keith Klassen

Keith Klassen — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:40:46 +0000

Let this guy post more often. We’ll done!

By: Steve Groves

Steve Groves — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:23:04 +0000

The video was great – we used the same video (produced by Michael Wensch incidentally) here in Phoenix last week to open a conference about the impact of social media on marketing. Robert Scoble & Chris Heuer both spoke and the event was pretty well attended. More info about the conference on my website at http://www.StevenGroves.com, along with an audio clip from Chris Heuer of Ian Kennedy of Yahoo! extolling just what social media is.
As to teaching an old dog (i.e.; seasoned real estate professionals) new tricks, forget it – they’ll catch on if a) they find the market is moving that direction and b) they want to (hmm… sounds like us, eh?)
I promote social media (and it’s various iterations) to my clients, but I do so KNOwing that many just will not get it.
Best wishes to you all in your own blogging!

By: Tara Jacobsen

Tara Jacobsen — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:11:47 +0000

I teach internet marketing classes to the other realtors at my market center and I hear time after time that they haven’t gotten any leads from their website. When I ask what is there that would compel someone to put up their hand and give them their contact info they say “my listings”. Getting old school realtors to understand that they have to offer value is sometimes like having a flashback to 1999 and 3 minute flash intros on dial up! Thanks for the great reminder!

By: Arlington Virginia Condos

Arlington Virginia Condos — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:01:05 +0000

I’ve seen this firsthand the last 2 years with my online business from which I procure nearly 100% of my leads. The world is changing intensely and I’m being made less necessary each day. I will fight to be a tool people need!

By: Marguerite Crespillo

Marguerite Crespillo — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:35:41 +0000

Ok this is information I already knew but did not want to admit too…
Now we just need to create a pool of these “Teenage/Twenty something Punks to do all this work for us… full time… in our office… for Cheeze Puffs 🙂
Hey I’m not that old… I have an Ipod…I even know what the Internet is…

By: Marty Van Diest

Marty Van Diest — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:34:22 +0000

I don’t have an ipod, tell me why I want one? Unless it’s an instructional video I don’t watch youtube, or and video for that matter. My cell phone doesn’t even have a camera. I do see the need for a blackberry, or treo, but I don’t have one.
But I do blog, and am excited about the possiblities and about the connections I can make.
I had four different people email me through the contact button on my blogsite today. And two people through active rain.

By: Norma Newgent

Norma Newgent — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:31:48 +0000

Great article. I am a boomer with the instant-gratification-is-too-slow mentality and I recognize myself in every word. Is the internet blurring the line between generations, making us more alike than different?
Oh-now I’m seeing the generational thing come in to play. Even with the supposed “anonymity” of the web, I’m already getting weird about Big Brother. Ooh ooh flashback!
Maybe the adage “The more things change, the more they remain the same” applies. Hmmm, not sure.
Thanks for the article.

By: Dave Lopez

Dave Lopez — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:58:58 +0000

Hey Jason, thanks for the portal into the minds of gen y and x. I have read the studies from National sites on gen y and x but taking us on the trip (excuse the flashbacks) as in “Being John Malkovich” into the minds of how to reach and understand your generation was invaluable. Kirk out here…….

By: Teresa Boardmant

Teresa Boardmant — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:16:23 +0000

Funny I am not 25 or 26 but my behavior is similar. Hard to imagine someone over 25 with an Ipod but I have two, a youtube addict as well. Can’t set my blackberry donw. Online shopping of every kind. My dad is almost 80, he also has an ipod and a couple of blogs. He has been a netflix customer since they started. I have a freind who is in his sixties. He is a text messaging fiend.