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The Real Deal 5th Annual Forum: Distressed Opportunities

October 12, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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Just a quick post about this event to let everyone that we’ll be attending this week - The Real Deal 5th Annual Forum: Distressed Opportunities.   Looks like a good show.  Hoping for some fireworks on stage.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
3PM (Networking/Exhibition) 6:30 PM (Main Event)
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
FEATURED PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Joseph J. Sitt, Chief Executive Officer, [...]

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Steve Forbes at the Five-Star Default Servicing Conference

September 22, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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The Five-Star Default Servicing Conference featured Steve Forbes as the keynote speaker yesterday. I was fortunate to attend his presentation and wanted to share some of the key points that he covered during his address.
Forbes began by stating that we’re “at an extraordinary place in economic history.” However, while the global economy has [...]

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NAR Spotlight Awards for Altos Peeps!

September 18, 2009

by Mike Simonsen
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There’s something like 1.5 million real estate agents out there and at Altos Research we only work with a tiny fraction of them. But the ones we work with are truly remarkable. The best in the business – innovators and achievers all.
So I was beaming like a proud papa when I saw the Spotlight Awards [...]

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Carnival of Real Estate – Architecture, Ann Liebovitz, ARMs

August 10, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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It’s been a few years since we last hosted the Carnival of Real Estate – hope that we can shake off the rust!
I dove into the project planning to offer my opinion on the 1-2 best posts – authors that encapsulated unique content and interesting perspectives.  I can’t say any one post was  a clear cut [...]

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The other, other #altos

August 8, 2009

by Jason Buberel
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As some of you may know, we’ve been encouraging the use of the #altos Twitter hash symbol for customers to use in their tweets. If that hash is followed by a city or zip code, the tweet text will be displayed on one of our market research pages. While monitoring the use of the hash, [...]

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Altos Research featured on “The Housing Helix”

July 22, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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We’re big fans of Jonathan Miller, co-founder of residential real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel and author of The Matrix.  That said, we’re delighted that Jonathan featured Mike Simonsen, our fearless leader and Altos Research CEO, in his latest podcast on The Housing Helix.  Their conversation focused on the status of the US Housing market, [...]

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Greed or Just Plain Stupidity?

July 14, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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On of my favorite bloggers is Paul Kedrosky, author of Infectious Greed. Kedrosky suggested a few articles to read recently, including “The Man Who Crashed the World” by Michael Lewis in the August 2009 edition of Vanity Fair.  (You might recognize Lewis’ name if you read Liar’s Poker about the 1980’s bond market.)
Here’s the summary [...]

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Webinar this Thursday! Social Media Marketing with Altos Research

July 13, 2009

by Scott Sambucci
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Join us for a Webinar on July 16
(Anyone can join, but yes, space is limited!)
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/842714963

Yep – we know – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging – who has the time for it all!?  But that’s where your clients and contacts find you the most online, so Altos Research developed a number of [...]

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