Friday Feed Bag - The Usual Suspects
February 1st, 2008 The Feed Bag
It’s all the favorite punching bags in one heady royal rumble. The National Association of Realtors appearing front and center more than once.
Rudy Bachraty joins Trulia as the new social media guru. Watch for exciting marketing tips from strippers and prostitutes to start appearing on Trulia Blog I guess. 
Redfin? What Redfin? Trevor Smith catches the NAR department of Truth in action. DoublePlusGood. I’m kinda impressed that they actually managed to make an article about Redfin, complete with photo of Glenn Kelman, into an article that didn’t even mention Redfin at all.
I’m really not trying to be a NAR hater, but sometimes the old sociology degree just screams to be used. Me at Agent Genius… NAR is Spinister. Well at least Jay Thompson said it was a must read.
Spin + Sinister = Spinister
Spinister: A presented research thesis so chock full of knowingly misleading information presented as fact to support a outcome desired by the person or group funding the research. Also it’s probably evil.
FSBO Jane at Bigger Pockets worries about the Economic Stimulus Plan and the possibility of increasing FHA limits as NAR is pushing for in Short-Term Fix, Long-Term Worry? Considering that we got in this mess by sloppy lending, I think she has a point in that relaxing lending rules seems like just more of the same. But I guess one way of getting rid of a hangover is just having another drink.
Here’s my basic housing price worry in a nutshell. Most middle class still can’t buy a house at CNNMoney.com.
Jeff Brown is always good. How Much Is A Good Night’s Sleep Worth To A Real Estate Investor? Thou$ands
Ronaldo… The young pre-injury Ronaldo with just stunning strength, speed and ball control overpowering defenses. Something to think about being…
Writer Andrew Downie asserted a correlation between Ronaldo’s personal life and performance on the pitch, noting that his most prolific periods of goalscoring have coincided with the times when he was happily married.
You see how I managed to tie a random sports video into a statement of commitment to marriage? Say what you like, but it gets me laid. That’s how intolerable I am.
How to get a baby deer that’s fallen through the ice safety to shore with just a helicopter…
Serious daughter love points for this video. Oh yeah!
…and you’ve been fed.
