The individual property page for this real estate will be added tomorrow after I have some pictures but here are the details for my latest listing:

1.05 acres in Wittmann. The 3-bedroom, 2-bath manufactured home on parcel conveys in as-is condition. Water, electricity and a septic tank all are on the parcel but have not been connected to the manufactured home. This property is in pre-foreclosure and we’re racing the bank. Priced for a quick sale at $69,000.

(Editor’s note: Some argue a blog isn’t the proper place to promote real estate listings and I respect that opinion. But at the end of the day, my job is to sell property for my clients through any means necessary - even an SEO-friendly blog.

I don’t mind seeing listings promoted on a blog. I’d rather have that than posts that always seem to end with “call us because we’re the greatest agents ever!” We’ll allow others to toot our horn for us - when we’ve earned the praise.)

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There’s a great scene in Boiler Room where Giovanni Ribisi gets a call during breakfast asking him if he wanted to subscribe to the newspaper. He says no, but as the caller’s about to hang up, he gives him a lesson in sales. He still says no at the end, but at least the guy learned something.

I’m not much for playing. Too much to do, too little time. So the call’s got to be good and it better be quick.

I just a call from someone who received my name from someone connected with my son’s soccer team. They just bought a time share and, what do you know, my wife and I get a free vacation somewhere just by answering three questions. What those questions are, I don’t know — the call never got that far.

I mentioned I have a real estate license and I’ll take a pass. “What does one have to do with the other?” the caller asked. “It means I know about the timeshare racket business and I’m not interested in buying a timeshare.”

“But I’m not asking you to buy a timeshare,” he said. “I’m giving you a free vacation.”

Oh, well … now that you word it that way, now I’ll be more than happy to listen. I had the mistaken idea that you worked on commission, commissions earned for selling something versus simply being the Robin Hood of the vacation world, taking from the corporate rich and giving to the Ramen-eating Realtors of the world.

“Sure, whatever,” I say. “But I’ll still pass.”

End of call.

And here’s the thing … if you’re making a sales call, so be it. I’m in sales. I understand. You gotta do what you gotta do. But when you get called on it, especially by someone who tells you straight out they know there’s a catch, drop the schtick. Get to the real point and quick. Pretending the person on the other end of the line really doesn’t know the game is pretty silly.

Oh, and for the record … I don’t cold call. If I can’t stand being cold called, it would seem more than a little hypocritical to be dialing.

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Jonathan Greene was kind enough to rate the Phoenix Arizona Real Estate blog as one of the web’s top five blogs for consumer-oriented real estate content. And this was without him realizing I’m a 26-year Tampa Bay Bucs fan.
The mention is much appreciated, especially to someone who has been trying to avoid looking over his shoulder at the wistful days of national commentary as he writes copy more local and more for buyers and sellers and less for his fellow real estate agents.

For the full list, check out Jonathan’s article on his newly re-tooled blog.

(Paging Athol Kay. Get away from Blogger, Mr. Kay.)

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Interior night: a Connecticut real estate professional, pasty from too much time both in New England and in the region’s limited sun, places a frog head on an unsuspecting cat for the sake of a blog post …

Welcome to the twisted world of Athol Kay, author of The Real Estate Guide (a blog far too good for its Blogger platform) and this week’s host of the Consumer Oriented Carnival of Real Estate.

When not getting caught by the spam filter on my site, Athol mixes a rather unique blend of local and national real estate as well as items that can best be described as quirky. It could be the blood rushing to his head from his days Down Under, but his perspective makes his blog a one-of-a-kind read.

Enough about Athol … I’d hate for his head to swell … and on to this week’s winners.

“Help! I’ve Been Priced Out of the Market by Flippers, Low Interest Rates and Casey Serin” on the Salt Lake Real Estate Blog. Had to look up Casey Serin - he’s the author of “I am Facing Foreclosure.com.”

Dan Melson’s “When to Get a Buyers’ Agent and Start Looking.” I dunno. Maybe when your seriously ready to buy, at least for the latter half. On the first half, I’d argue that the right time’s when you first get the itch to look.

Jonathan Greene’s “The Tale of the Terrible F Bomb,” which doesn’t have an f-ing thing to do with what you’re f-ing thinking. (It’s late and I’m getting punchy. Work with me.) And props to Jonathan for choosing a better blogging mouse trip.

(Paging Athol Kay … make the switch, Mr. Kay.)

And Larry Cragun’s “I am not a Cat, I’m a Frog.” This apparently led to Athol’s photo choice.

There were other mentions but time is running short and I’ve got more single-property pages to add … playing catch up is a little rough when you’re taking a new listing every 10 days or less. (Signing the actual paperwork … the listing presentations are another story.)

Next week’s Carnival is back at Toby’s place and then it’s here. I was off by a week.

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