Last night, podcast #31 of Mom Talks Real Estate tested a new format. We went to a streaming live videocast in a talk show format. It was a surprise sneak preview to an audience of about 500.
The topic was the Sunday federal government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including possible implications for the real estate market and homeowner/homebuyer.
After a brief overview, the audience questions came quickly. With so much audience involvement, we shortened the presentation to address related issues that the listeners wanted to discuss.
It may be posted as Podcast#31 (rather than video format) and I hope that by listening to it we all can judge the effectiveness of the test. During the talkshow, I thought we were jumping too quickly from topic to topic and opinion to opinion, but it was fun, and right or wrong, I was required to think and react immediately ”on my feet”.
If we do future videocasts or talk show formats, I know that we will improve.
After speaking live to a reactive world wide audience, I thought about what knowledge I gained from the participants. I gained a new mantra, which I will use to preface and frame all future discussions. It is:
Real Estate is a local phenomenon affected by personal, regional, national, cultural, geopolitical and often global events. No other product or service can be described this way.
