Ruthman Real Estate

Last night I received a wonderful email thanking me for the good job we have done on following up on a transaction. In this, "makes me feel good - that's why I am in real estate" kind of email, the customer mentions the name of the company that they were working with previously.

So, here is my question:

Can I post the actual email verbatim?

Should I post it verbatim?

Our weather in Fairfield County Connecticut has been a little damp latey, and strange things are appearing. As I drove down my driveway, I saw three balls nestled near the drain. I thought perhaps the neighbor kids up the street lost their soccer balls. On closer examination, and the lack of black, I got out of my car to find that these three objects were "Fungi". They were quite enormous, but I didn't want to go all the back up the driveway for a ruler, so I used the next best thing to show how big they were...A Starbucks Venti* Coffee.

That evening, I went to visit a friend. In his yard, there was another soccer ball(?) My friend has no children, so I figured, "OK, another one of those huge pod people mushrooms". I was still parked in my car, and took a picture of it.

But, it was not a Puff Ball...well, maybe kind of a puff ball. It was a cat.

*7:41pm Update: I was sitting down to dinner just now, and for some reason I questioned what I typed for coffee-size.... Good grief! I was right, I typed in the wrong word for large.

What is the real FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? Well, we know that print adveritising is definitely not FREE.

My question is:

• Do newspapers charge "advertisers" to be included in news articles?

I know newspapers sell bulk advertising, and will even negotiate those prices. But, does how much a real estate company pays in advertising on a certain newspaper allow them to be important enough to be interviewed for real estate news articles.

• Have you noticed that the real estate company named in many newspaper articles are the newspapers biggest advertisers?

This past summer I kept an eye on a certain (local paper) independent journalist who habitually interviewed the same company in his real estate based articles.

• Is this another form of marketing competition? Aren't the consumers controlled by restrictive content of the articles that do not include other real estate company's points of view, or information?

In my opinion, if newspapers want more readership, they should report real estate news from different angles. If not, then the newspaper is just a PAID ADVERTISEMENT, disguised as a news.

Newsmeat.com

Daniel H. Mudd, Fannie Mae CEO

Richard Syron, Freddie Mac CEO

This is for inquiring minds who want to know who is supporting who in our government.

We already know that "we" the taxpayers are supporting these guys...

This bailout takes "welfare" to a whole new level! ---

Why must the (greedy) rich stay rich?? So as not to create surplus of middle-class????

Home Sales Down More Than 20 Percent. Again.

Single-family home sales in Connecticut plunged 23.8 percent in July from a year ago, the ninth consecutive month that sales have fallen by more than 20 percent, according to The Warren Group, The Commercial Record's parent company. It was the worst sales pace for the month of July in 13 years.

According to information regarding Single Family Homes listed in the Greater Fairfield MLS:

January 1, 2007 to September 11, 2007, 7384 houses sold.

January 1, 2008 to September 11, 2008, 4649 houses sold.

There are presently:

8225 Single Family Homes For Sale on the Greater Fairfield MLS.

723 Single Family Homes Pending on the Greater Fairfield MLS.

If you would like more detailed information about properties sold in your area click on our logo or call 203-400-5355.