Comments for Austin Texas Real Estate Blog http://www.joecline.com/blog About the Austin Real Estate Market Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:45:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on Realtors Property Resource Proponents: It’s Good, It’s Free, Trust Us… by Did NAR just fall in love? | Austin Texas Real Estate Blog http://www.joecline.com/blog/2010/02/16/rpr-proponents-its-good-its-free-trust-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3284 Did NAR just fall in love? | Austin Texas Real Estate Blog Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:45:14 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=513#comment-3284 [...] had. That kind of thinking makes me wonder if NAR didn’t fall in love with the idea of the REALTOR Property Resource and make a mistake by funding it completely [...] [...] had. That kind of thinking makes me wonder if NAR didn’t fall in love with the idea of the REALTOR Property Resource and make a mistake by funding it completely [...]

]]> Comment on Realtors Property Resource Proponents: It’s Good, It’s Free, Trust Us… by Joe Cline http://www.joecline.com/blog/2010/02/16/rpr-proponents-its-good-its-free-trust-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3271 Joe Cline Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:25:06 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=513#comment-3271 Hi Brian, Glad I'm not the only one not getting answers. Wait... Well, you know what I mean. Anyway, it really is like asking someone to pull teeth without anesthesia to get any sort of fully qualified, official answers about RPR questions. Kinda irks me to be a member of the <del datetime="2010-02-17T19:13:01+00:00">funding</del> founding association and not get those straight answers. Additionally, it certainly makes RPR less believable when they issue assurances and other details on their own sites or in press releases. In any case, I'll check out your blog and see if you have any nuggets that I missed while trolling the web for data. Thanks for your comment and maybe we'll hear at some point from RPR. Joe Hi Brian,
Glad I’m not the only one not getting answers. Wait… Well, you know what I mean. Anyway, it really is like asking someone to pull teeth without anesthesia to get any sort of fully qualified, official answers about RPR questions. Kinda irks me to be a member of the funding founding association and not get those straight answers. Additionally, it certainly makes RPR less believable when they issue assurances and other details on their own sites or in press releases. In any case, I’ll check out your blog and see if you have any nuggets that I missed while trolling the web for data. Thanks for your comment and maybe we’ll hear at some point from RPR.
Joe

]]> Comment on Realtors Property Resource Proponents: It’s Good, It’s Free, Trust Us… by Brian Larson http://www.joecline.com/blog/2010/02/16/rpr-proponents-its-good-its-free-trust-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3268 Brian Larson Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:30:39 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=513#comment-3268 Joe, Your comments are interesting. You may find some discussion on our blog, www.MLSTesseract.com, but with few exceptions, RPR itself does not appear to be responding publicly to posts there either. It's important to keep asking the questions, though, until you get satisfactory answers. -Brian Joe,
Your comments are interesting. You may find some discussion on our blog, http://www.MLSTesseract.com, but with few exceptions, RPR itself does not appear to be responding publicly to posts there either.

It’s important to keep asking the questions, though, until you get satisfactory answers.
-Brian

]]> Comment on Realtors Property Resource Proponents: It’s Good, It’s Free, Trust Us… by Joe Cline http://www.joecline.com/blog/2010/02/16/rpr-proponents-its-good-its-free-trust-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3251 Joe Cline Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:21:29 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=513#comment-3251 Reggie, It was my poor run on thoughts that caused that. I removed the error and I apologize for the confusion. Basically, I meant that the blog didn't like comments that were potentially negative since they (GeekEstate's spam filter) deleted both my <a href="http://www.joecline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/disqus-comments.jpg" rel="nofollow">comments as submitted from Disqus</a>. The second part of that run on thought was that, since you are the social media director, I can only assume that your job is to evangelize (aka spin doctor and sell) the direction that the company has chosen to take. One would think the decision to buy technology assets and form a new company would be predicated on the "get feedback, figure out if it's good for the company" steps and since that was done 6 months ago, social media director sounds a whole lot like evangelist. Ok, hopefully we're done with the mundane semantics now. Why won't anyone from RPR comment publicly on the issues that I've raised? I'm happy to talk to you about them, but doesn't that fly in the face of social media? I mean, the idea would be to not have the same conversation 1.2MM times, but instead tell me where my thinking is screwed up so others with the same thinking (god forbid) have the answers right here. A short recap from up there: <ul> <li>*Why a national database, when NAR members only sell locally or pay for far more comprehensive proprietary data that a generic type tool like this will never provide??</li> <li>*Why do we, the members of NAR, care that the database is national? We already have the resources provided by our taxes to get the info that we need. Taxes from the county, flood data from local GISs, maps from google earth, street view, etc.</li> <li>*Who paid to buy all these tech resources and who is paying for the management team and worker bees who are building this thing? It came from NAR right? Who funds NAR? Members? I suppose it could have come from a bucket that wasn't member money, but in the end it's really all member money right? </li> <li>*How many FTEs are MLSs going to be adding to handle the data service and issues that cover the continued maintenance, upgrades, and support for said system? How much will those FTEs cost members in the boards who have to pay for them?</li> <li>*Will REALTORS have *complete* and *free* access to the *entirety* of system product offerings, that we are making possible with our funds, our data, our continued participation?</li> <li>*What's the plan if someone in the government doesn't like the national database, ala anti-trust, and forces RPR to become offered publically?? Why the hell are we poking the bear with this? </li> </ul> I read some more blog posts about RPR and some more questions come to mind. Who will have access to the analytics and aggregates? Will that be available to REALTORS free of charge?? What is aggregate data? Would this include, oh let's say, sold data aggregates? Such that our appraiser brothers can expect to be further made obsolete in the face of an inherently flawed automated BPO system? The flaw being that the computer doing the calculations has never been to the home, inside the home, or in the neighborhood to know how to make modifications other than basic feature/attribute adjustments ala zillow?? If you would be so kinda as to address any of the questions that I have listed above and or explain to me how my thoughts are incorrect regarding the RPR, I am all ears. Thanks for your time in advance. Joe Reggie,
It was my poor run on thoughts that caused that. I removed the error and I apologize for the confusion. Basically, I meant that the blog didn’t like comments that were potentially negative since they (GeekEstate’s spam filter) deleted both my comments as submitted from Disqus.

The second part of that run on thought was that, since you are the social media director, I can only assume that your job is to evangelize (aka spin doctor and sell) the direction that the company has chosen to take. One would think the decision to buy technology assets and form a new company would be predicated on the “get feedback, figure out if it’s good for the company” steps and since that was done 6 months ago, social media director sounds a whole lot like evangelist.

Ok, hopefully we’re done with the mundane semantics now.

Why won’t anyone from RPR comment publicly on the issues that I’ve raised? I’m happy to talk to you about them, but doesn’t that fly in the face of social media? I mean, the idea would be to not have the same conversation 1.2MM times, but instead tell me where my thinking is screwed up so others with the same thinking (god forbid) have the answers right here.

A short recap from up there:

  • *Why a national database, when NAR members only sell locally or pay for far more comprehensive proprietary data that a generic type tool like this will never provide??
  • *Why do we, the members of NAR, care that the database is national? We already have the resources provided by our taxes to get the info that we need. Taxes from the county, flood data from local GISs, maps from google earth, street view, etc.
  • *Who paid to buy all these tech resources and who is paying for the management team and worker bees who are building this thing? It came from NAR right? Who funds NAR? Members? I suppose it could have come from a bucket that wasn’t member money, but in the end it’s really all member money right?
  • *How many FTEs are MLSs going to be adding to handle the data service and issues that cover the continued maintenance, upgrades, and support for said system? How much will those FTEs cost members in the boards who have to pay for them?
  • *Will REALTORS have *complete* and *free* access to the *entirety* of system product offerings, that we are making possible with our funds, our data, our continued participation?
  • *What’s the plan if someone in the government doesn’t like the national database, ala anti-trust, and forces RPR to become offered publically?? Why the hell are we poking the bear with this?

I read some more blog posts about RPR and some more questions come to mind. Who will have access to the analytics and aggregates? Will that be available to REALTORS free of charge??

What is aggregate data? Would this include, oh let’s say, sold data aggregates? Such that our appraiser brothers can expect to be further made obsolete in the face of an inherently flawed automated BPO system? The flaw being that the computer doing the calculations has never been to the home, inside the home, or in the neighborhood to know how to make modifications other than basic feature/attribute adjustments ala zillow??

If you would be so kinda as to address any of the questions that I have listed above and or explain to me how my thoughts are incorrect regarding the RPR, I am all ears.

Thanks for your time in advance.
Joe

]]> Comment on Realtors Property Resource Proponents: It’s Good, It’s Free, Trust Us… by Reggie from RPR http://www.joecline.com/blog/2010/02/16/rpr-proponents-its-good-its-free-trust-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3247 Reggie from RPR Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:13:22 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=513#comment-3247 Joe, I can't believe what you're claiming in the opening of this article... I 100% did not have anything to do with that comment being deleted from GeekEstate. Your post is the first I've ever heard of such a thing. Please understand I take this accusation very seriously. Also do you understand I do not have access to the GeekEstate blog backed? How would I do such a thing? Please correct the facts quickly. (Verify with GeekEstate) In the case of RPR….please reach out to me, let's create dialog...I'm totally open to hearing your point of view. I think our collective wisdom is much more powerful. I just followed you on Twitter. Joe,
I can’t believe what you’re claiming in the opening of this article…

I 100% did not have anything to do with that comment being deleted from GeekEstate. Your post is the first I’ve ever heard of such a thing. Please understand I take this accusation very seriously. Also do you understand I do not have access to the GeekEstate blog backed? How would I do such a thing? Please correct the facts quickly. (Verify with GeekEstate)

In the case of RPR….please reach out to me, let’s create dialog…I’m totally open to hearing your point of view. I think our collective wisdom is much more powerful. I just followed you on Twitter.

]]> Comment on The NEW 2009-2010 Tax Credit! by Tax Man http://www.joecline.com/blog/2009/11/19/the-new-2009-2010-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Tax Man Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:21:26 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=377#comment-2939 The IRS e-flie system is now open, most W-2s and 1099s will be in mail in the next couple of weeks. Is everybody ready for tax time? The IRS e-flie system is now open, most W-2s and 1099s will be in mail in the next couple of weeks. Is everybody ready for tax time?

]]> Comment on Austin Ranks High Among College Towns for Affordability by ZombieMan http://www.joecline.com/blog/2009/11/14/austin-ranks-high-among-college-towns-for-affordability/comment-page-1/#comment-2566 ZombieMan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:43:07 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=341#comment-2566 Zombies rule.. and so do you! Yea! Zombies rule.. and so do you! Yea!

]]> Comment on 10/16/09 Mortgage Market – Week in Review by pete http://www.joecline.com/blog/2009/10/19/323/comment-page-1/#comment-2509 pete Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:22:13 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2509 Texas Unemployment Trends - August 2009 Texas Unemployment Situation in Heat Map form: here is a map of Texas Unemployment in August 2009 (BLS data) http://www.localetrends.com/st/tx_texas_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=curr_ue versus Texas Unemployment Levels 1 year ago http://www.localetrends.com/st/tx_texas_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=m12_ue Texas Unemployment Trends – August 2009

Texas Unemployment Situation in Heat Map form:
here is a map of Texas Unemployment in August 2009 (BLS data)
http://www.localetrends.com/st/tx_texas_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=curr_ue

versus Texas Unemployment Levels 1 year ago
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]]> Comment on 10/16/09 Mortgage Market – Week in Review by Chris Audette http://www.joecline.com/blog/2009/10/19/323/comment-page-1/#comment-2496 Chris Audette Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:10:45 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2496 Very inciteful Joe. I have been following yours and other blogs from up in Calgary Alberta, Canada as so much of our market in Calgary(i.e. the real estate market)is heavily tied to the Texas market with the oil and gas. Over the last few months we have seen dramatic increases in the listings and sales with several communities hitting all time record sales. It would appear that although certainly not over we have hit and come through the worst of it. Buyers are unlikely to benefit by waiting any longer to purchase in your market. And we (up here) have begun to see increases in the lending rates. It seems as though now is truly the time to take the plunge into home-ownership. Very inciteful Joe. I have been following yours and other blogs from up in Calgary Alberta, Canada as so much of our market in Calgary(i.e. the real estate market)is heavily tied to the Texas market with the oil and gas. Over the last few months we have seen dramatic increases in the listings and sales with several communities hitting all time record sales. It would appear that although certainly not over we have hit and come through the worst of it. Buyers are unlikely to benefit by waiting any longer to purchase in your market. And we (up here) have begun to see increases in the lending rates. It seems as though now is truly the time to take the plunge into home-ownership.

]]> Comment on Austin Drivers Are Accident Prone! by sandrar http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/08/16/austin-drivers-are-accident-prone/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:05:24 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=72#comment-2382 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

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]]> Comment on Green Floor Options by floor jack http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/12/30/green-floor-options/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 floor jack Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:22:19 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=108#comment-1672 This is the first time I comment here and I must say you give us genuine, and quality information for other bloggers! Good job. p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where have you got it from? This is the first time I comment here and I must say you give us genuine, and quality information for other bloggers! Good job.
p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where have you got it from?

]]> Comment on The Three Million Dollar House by Joe Cline http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/06/06/the-three-million-dollar-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 Joe Cline Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:27:48 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=57#comment-1638 Cool deal. Got any pics? Cool deal. Got any pics?

]]> Comment on The Three Million Dollar House by Terilyn http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/06/06/the-three-million-dollar-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Terilyn Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:13:41 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=57#comment-1635 As of today the house has been knocked down and cleared out. As of today the house has been knocked down and cleared out.

]]> Comment on Schools Vote on Property Taxes by Wendy Patten http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/08/08/schools-vote-on-property-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 Wendy Patten Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:28:31 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=69#comment-1620 I enjoy reading your blog. This is my first time to comment - just wanted to thank you for your work. I enjoy reading your blog. This is my first time to comment – just wanted to thank you for your work.

]]> Comment on A Toll Road No Longer by Car art http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/08/24/a-toll-road-no-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Car art Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:40:24 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=77#comment-1551 Hello from Sweden, just wanted to say great article! I try to visit your blog atleast once a week :) Hello from Sweden, just wanted to say great article! I try to visit your blog atleast once a week :)

]]> Comment on Green Agents in a Tired Market by Annie Brunson http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/12/09/green-agents-in-a-tired-market/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 Annie Brunson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:08:05 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1342 Even though oil prices are down, I don't think anyone will forget how quickly gas and related energy products jumped up this year. In a way, I think it was the best thing that could happen to our country because now we're so much more aware of how we can conserve. I built my home about 4 years ago and we used passive solar designs. But I wish I'd done more! My next home will definitely have the lowest carbon footprint I can manage! Even though oil prices are down, I don’t think anyone will forget how quickly gas and related energy products jumped up this year. In a way, I think it was the best thing that could happen to our country because now we’re so much more aware of how we can conserve. I built my home about 4 years ago and we used passive solar designs. But I wish I’d done more! My next home will definitely have the lowest carbon footprint I can manage!

]]> Comment on About Joe and Team by Joe Cline http://www.joecline.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Joe Cline Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:04:05 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-369 Hey there Ajay. I guess I did forget to put that in here. Doh! You can check out more info at http://www.joecline.com/about-joe.php Hey there Ajay. I guess I did forget to put that in here. Doh! You can check out more info at http://www.joecline.com/about-joe.php

]]> Comment on About Joe and Team by Ajay http://www.joecline.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Ajay Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:04:12 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-363 Hi, I think I met you somewhere in austin.but its been a while.. and I am not sure.. My name is ajay.. and I own a house in westlake.. I stumbled across your blog today. I must compliment the blog's- very nice design -- easy read..aside from rich content I couldnt find information about YOU though -- ! please send me a mail, if you can .. Hi, I think I met you somewhere in austin.but its been a while.. and I am not sure.. My name is ajay.. and I own a house in westlake.. I stumbled across your blog today. I must compliment the blog’s- very nice design — easy read..aside from rich content

I couldnt find information about YOU though — !

please send me a mail, if you can ..

]]> Comment on Graywater Reuse Systems by Michael http://www.joecline.com/blog/2008/06/22/graywater-reuse-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Michael Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:02:57 +0000 http://www.joecline.com/blog/?p=49#comment-287 There is a Colorado Company called Water Legacy at www.waterlegacy.com manufacturing a residential graywater reuse system. There is a Colorado Company called Water Legacy at http://www.waterlegacy.com manufacturing a residential graywater reuse system.

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