Well…

We’re not as subtle or as popular as Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, but we at The Real Estate Schmoozer are very proud of our successful year.

After rummaging through thousands of pieces (OK, maybe one) of fan mail (OK, hate mail) , we’ve compiled The Real Estate Schmoozer’s BEST OF 2007.

The Real Estate Schmoozer’s Top 7 Posts of 2007 are:

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Did You Stash $200,000 In Your Underwear Drawer?

6.

Kvetch Of The Week…The Guy Who Rides His Bike On A Main Street

5.

What The Heck Is Schmoozing??

4.

Does Your Office Look Like This???

3.

It’s Time To Kvetch About The Unprofessional Real Estate Agent!

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Code Dread?

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The Schmoozer Is A Top 100 Real Estate Blog!

Everyone and their Grandmother is talking about Facebook. With almost 70 million subscribers to date, 2008 should be another phenomenal year for the one who brought us”The Virtual Poking Age.” Some Wall Street analysts say Facebook may rival Google as the next Web 2.0 advertising powerhouse and even become the new darling among investors. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the future brings for Facebook financially. Until then, some people just can’t get enough of Facebook as Facebook Addiction Groups are now starting to form.

Therapists get ready!

Below are 2 humorous videos that help explain Facebook and its features.

Video # 1 is from Wall Strip and is starting to blow up around the blogosphere. I found it from our friends over at The Future of Real Estate Technology. Enjoy!
http://blip.tv/file/545422

Video # 2 is apparently the original Facebook promotional video. Try to enjoy this one also as it is rumored that Dr. Dre and Eminem helped write and direct the video. Can’t you just hear the musical influence??

Video # 2 - Click Here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMlfJN4wt2Y

In the dense universe of web commentary called blogging , it seems everyone these days are starting to blog. Iranian President and propaganda pusher Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to throw his turban into the blogging community and start his own blog entitled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Personal Memo’s. Feel free to peruse the absurd rhetoric here at www.ahmadinejad.ir.

Also, don’t miss out on our Iranian Eerily Similarity Showcase at the link below.

(Be Sure To Push The Play Button)

http://www.theschmoozer.net/?p=69

In my quest to provide only the very best news and information to my readership, I came across a website that was offering <em>Future Hawaiian Ocean Front Property for $39.95 per lot</em>. Talk about a deal! Current Hawaiian Ocean Front Lots are going for upwards of $330.00 Per Square Foot.

Loihi Seaview Estates will be located just miles from the main island of Hawaii, Lo'ihi will have 360 degree views of the ocean. Just a short ride by boat or plane will land you on the island of Hawaii and close to all the modern conveniences.

Check Out <a href="http://www.petroglyphs.com/loihi/default.htm">LO'IHI SEAVIEW ESTATES</a> for further information on this fantastic opportunity. Please just remember that patience is a virtue!

By the way, I will be taking bids on Ebay for my pancake that is shaped like Hillary Clinton next week!

Do you know your real estate agent?

I mean do you REALLY know your real estate agent that is supposed to be handling and representing your best interests during your very expensive and extremely important real estate transaction??

Your agent or Realtor is required under their Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice to have “competency, fairness and high integrity in conducting their business relations.” Unfortunately, I’d have to say that there are just too many agents out amongst us who have failed to even meet the absolute minimum standards set forth by The National Association of Realtors.

During the previous real estate boom many people made millions just by getting their real estate license. Even the neighborhood stoner guy got himself off his couch long enough just to make a few easy bucks! There was an enormous influx of new and very inexperienced agents who represented our buyers and sellers of America’s homes. It didn’t matter whose name was on the real estate sales sign because everything that hit the MLS immediately sold before the sign even went into the ground. To our dismay, these agents still exist today.

I have dealt with multiple agents that in my opinion, couldn’t get Brittney Spears or Paris Hilton any publicity at all. They have been either extremely unprofessional in their approach and actions or just plain incompetent in servicing their client.

Don’t get me wrong, not all agents are bad. In fact there are quite a few in my network that are exceptional. My hope is that the current degraded real estate market will not only cycle back towards the positive, but also will cleanse away the bad agents that has flooded our real estate brokerages so that the good agents can do their job effectively.

Maybe it’s time to get Noah on the horn and tell him to start building a new Ark. We could post an ad on Craigslist.org which could read:

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE ON NOAH’S NEW ARK

Competent, Qualified, Courteous and Professional Real Estate Agents Need Only Apply

Call Today Before It’s Too Late!