Real Estate

• Loopnet…Selling
  Posted by Howard on September 5th, 2007 at 11:49 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I am taking some small losses now in Loopnet (LOOP) in respect of the sheer nastiness of the real estate markets. I am in no [...]

• September Swoon?
  Posted by Howard on September 1st, 2007 at 11:52 pm, Comments: 7 comments

  This market rally sure feels thin. If I were a gambling man, I would say September should be a mess. I don’t gamble and I [...]

• Zillow Update…I Want Yesterday's Prices, Not Today's!
  Posted by Howard on August 20th, 2007 at 4:25 pm, Comments: 5 comments

  The day is at hand…real estate agents are closer to extinction than ever before. O.K…that’s a stretch, but a man can dream. Zillow has a [...]

• Real Estate agents and Dinosaurs – Both not prepared for the storm. Look what happened to the dinosaurs.
  Posted by Howard on September 3rd, 2006 at 9:38 am, Comments: 18 comments

  Real estate agents are a favorite pet peeve of mine. They mainly suck. Period. It was the same story for travel agents and stockbrokers and [...]

• Lindzon – 5 click weekend mash-up for the Markets….
  Posted by Howard on September 3rd, 2006 at 7:13 am, Comments: 1 comment

  The markets have had a nice little rally the last few months. If strength continues I am looking for large caps and healthcare to continue [...]

• From a Nasdaq bubble to a housing bubble – Are we ready to learn anything?
  Posted by Howard on August 22nd, 2006 at 10:04 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  You won’t learn anything from watching CNBC or social stock picking networks. NOISE. You don’t need to pay big fees for walled stock market picks [...]

• Sometimes, the first loss is the BEST LOSS – AND – Anecdotal for SURE, but my Mark indicator says that the real estate swoon has a way to go…
  Posted by Howard on August 14th, 2006 at 6:16 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  I had dinner with my old partner and best bud Mark last night . He takes losses like no other human being. I have handed [...]

• Forget everything – THIS MARKET IS REALLY HARD – tread carefully!
  Posted by Howard on August 14th, 2006 at 5:49 pm, Comments: 5 comments

  I can’t imagine a harder market to trade but I am sure that some people are making money. Just not me! I am happy to [...]

• CNBC at it's worst AND why you should listen to Doug Kass
  Posted by Howard on August 11th, 2006 at 6:57 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I just saw Doug Kass get lampooned by his “pal” Mark Haines and the new “hot” chick of the day. Doug Kass has been trading [...]

• Rent or Own – What does the stock market say…
  Posted by Howard on August 10th, 2006 at 10:17 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  The stock market has been screaming “RENT” for at least 6 months! Math always matters in the end and the math does not pencil out [...]

• Surf's up Japanese Style
  Posted by Howard on August 3rd, 2006 at 10:05 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Just have to laugh at the Japanese intuition.

• I repeat – the market is difficult
  Posted by Howard on August 3rd, 2006 at 6:30 am, Comments: 2 comments

  Early yesterday AM, Garmin was trading at $105 up $15 on their earnings. This morning it is trading at $86 – Ouch! (I am long) [...]

• Is Technology a bottomfish!
  Posted by Howard on August 2nd, 2006 at 5:33 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  This is a very difficult market. Cramer says there is “always a bull market somewhere”. I can’t argue, but it is a dangerous statement to [...]

• Zillow is having it's month in the sun. "The Summer of Zillow!"
  Posted by Howard on July 27th, 2006 at 2:13 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  I have posted frequently about the real estate market and how the coming shakeout in home prices will meet dead on with overpaid, underqualified real [...]

• A world without real estate agents.. Oh to dream…
  Posted by Howard on July 19th, 2006 at 8:27 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  Next to lawyers there is no more hated profession to me than a real estate agent. Stockbrokers and travel agents have been ravaged during the [...]