Weekly Blend: May 9, 2014

The Weekly Blend is your ‘weekly’ source covering real estate news and stories you may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web, newsgroups and forums looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to contribute, please post it in our comments section or Tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So, brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories…maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!

Here are my weekly picks:

It’s Mother’s Day and you’ve booked an open house.  Was that a good idea? Here are a few tips for real estate agents targeted at Mother’s Day marketing.

Moms – you rock…and here’s why you rock as REALTORS®.

Here’s what happen to a Brampton, Ontario Mom who tried to be the ‘cool Mom’ and let her teenager throw a #MansionParty.

Here are some great business card ideas…I’m thinking that #17 and #23 would be great for REALTORS®.

So you’ve been drafted by an NFL team and now you need a home. Well, for the .0000000002 per cent in that situation (approximate guess) there are real estate agents ready to hustle.

“HEY you elderly people…GET YER CAR OFF YER LAWN!!!” A NJ real estate agent sends an angry letter to an elderly couple who use their lawn as a driveway.

REALTOR.com is pulling the plug on internet portals and focusing on mobile.

For the global investor, here are 12 surprisingly hot cities for real estate (I’m actually not surprised that Miami and Chicago are on the list).

Jonathan Baker, our former Speech Writer, contributed to the development of speeches, advertisements, and communications to our membership. Our staff knew him as the go-to guy at 200 Catherine for some comic relief. Prior to joining CREA, Jon worked in the radio industry in Ottawa. If you meet Jon, be sure to ask him to tell you about his encounters with many famous musicians while volunteering at a local music festival for more than 10 years.


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