Another Awesome TED talk

posted by Dan Flies @ 1/29/2009 03:55:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Condo: Dust in the Wind

Well, it look like I've lost the condo battle. I got an email from my agent after I said to counter at $130k. Now as you can read in the email below she said I lost this by some one bidding $145k, which was a hundred dollars more than the list price. I have no idea who would do something like that, but that what public records are for. Whatever, that's life.

I'm not to happy with this, but not because I lost the bid. It is because I still hear crap like this from my agent. If there is a good development out of this is that I don't have to worry about his anymore. I'm going to keep my eyes open, but obviously I'm moving on from the current agent.

Well, I'm sorry to say, I logged in and somebody else put in a post auction bid at 145k and it is sold. Please trust me when I tell you what something is worth, or if it is a fantastic deal. It is going to be difficult to match another like it. It wasn't that anybody didn't want to bid on it. They just didn't get to it in time during the auction. As I said before, EVERYTHING is going into multiple offers and anything reasonably priced sells very fast. The "bad" market that all the media talks about are the higher priced units, but comps can never lie.

Oh and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro, too. So everything isn't bad.

posted by Dan Flies @ 1/27/2009 03:10:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Copyrights & Creativity

Another great TED talk that I think about all the time.

posted by Dan Flies @ 1/26/2009 12:24:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

One Step Closer to Home Ownership

So I won an auction on Thursday night, for a condo. I won it at $128k, which is quite a bit off list, but still lower than their reserve price. SO now they want me to up to $144k (their reserve), but I don't know if the market is there. So I think I'm going to stick to my guns.

The advice so far has been to stick with my winning bid, until it is rejected, then see what is available next. Any thoughts?

posted by Dan Flies @ 1/25/2009 03:17:00 PM 1 comments links to this post

Best Stats Presentation Ever!

Here is a comment from the TED site:

This one's a classic. Hans has directed his passion for public health education to the fundamental problem of information accessibility. His efforts (with his students) have been successful enough to drive change throughout the public sector, and serve as an example across disciplines.

His enthusiasm is palpable. This one has earned its place in the top 10.

posted by Dan Flies @ 1/25/2009 02:40:00 PM 0 comments links to this post