Open Letter: Processing assault on the American Dream

Open letter to my real estate peers. Inman News, a well-respected presence in the real estate ecosystem, is acknowledging what happened yesterday and but trying to avoid conflict by saying, “we’ll all process this in our own way.”

In response, respectfully submitted that the constitution has “a way to process” what happened and the first member of the GOP has joined calls by Democrats to invoke the #25thAmendmentNow:

“… President Trump to be removed by the 25th Amendment, “voluntarily or involuntarily.”

“The president caused this. The president is unfit. The president is unwell,” Kinzinger said.

http://bit.ly/1stGOP_25thAmendment

Encourage Inman and other industry news sources to use this as a teachable moment, to remind readers that the American Dream is democracy itself. There are other themes to explore, not merely as a debating society but the recognition that real estate is the wealth engine of the country and it can be used to create more inequality or more commonwealth.

So let’s not try to silence the gravity of the moment by redirecting moral outrage to intoxicating eye candy. Mortgage rates fall to a new record lows today after America’s status in the world fell to new record lows yesterday.

Should we sit by watching America’s Nero fiddle while the American Dream burns? We have a “way to process” that, we must remove Donald Trump from office.

Invite links to help build that momentum below.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 03:50 PM

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM – "EJournalism: The Next
Generation – The Video News story, Blogs and I-Pod Casting." Brad
Inman, founder Inman News Features, and NAREE past president. –
Auditorium, lobby level, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Headquarters Building, 1201 15th St NW.

Creating a real estate version of ProductRED

Brad & Jessica,  brad@inman.com, Jessica Swesey <jessica@inman.com>

Hope you agree that the juxtaposition of this morning’s headline on
Billion Dollar Agents and Brad’s use of the biblical admonition "the
first will be last, and the last will be first" in his blog post, sets
the stage for Inman News to invite readers to consider how they might
use their real estate wealth to make the world a better place.

I believe that was Brad’s challenge to the audience in his closing
comments at ConnectNYC, and hopefully will be the subject of a panel
on real estate philanthropy at ConnectSF.

I’d love to see our peers, and consumers, brainstorm what it would
take to create a real estate version of ProductRED, either operating
independently or from within their campaign.  Can’t help but think it
would turbo-charge their mission:

http://www.joinred.com/manifesto.asp

Here’s my effort to help seed that discussion.  Did either of you see
Oprah’s "Building a Dream" television special on Monday night?  If
not, it will be repeated this Saturday night, see link in blog post
below:

Building a Real Estate Philanthropy Dream, ASAP

OFF THE RECORD:  I talked momentarily to Allan Dalton of Realtor.com
at ConnectNYC, and he invited me to send him ideas.  Another
conversation also took place afterwards with another serious player,
and the Harvard University Program on AIDS, which will be announcing a
new partnership with Habitat for Humanity International soon.
Subsequenlty, Mark Sennott, founder of http://www.HomeGift.com and
http://www.RealtyBridge.com, and I have been exchanging email.  He’s
got some big announcements in the pipeline and would be a great case
study if Inman News decides to do a mini-series / special report on
real estate philanthropy.


Bill Wendel
The Real Estate Cafe
realestatecafe@gmail.com
617-661-4046

Creating a real estate version of ProductRED

Brad & Jessica,  brad@inman.com, Jessica Swesey <jessica@inman.com>

Hope you agree that the juxtaposition of this morning’s headline on
Billion Dollar Agents and Brad’s use of the biblical admonition "the
first will be last, and the last will be first" in his blog post, sets
the stage for Inman News to invite readers to consider how they might
use their real estate wealth to make the world a better place.

I believe that was Brad’s challenge to the audience in his closing
comments at ConnectNYC, and hopefully will be the subject of a panel
on real estate philanthropy at ConnectSF.

I’d love to see our peers, and consumers, brainstorm what it would
take to create a real estate version of ProductRED, either operating
independently or from within their campaign.  Can’t help but think it
would turbo-charge their mission:

http://www.joinred.com/manifesto.asp

Here’s my effort to help seed that discussion.  Did either of you see
Oprah’s "Building a Dream" television special on Monday night?  If
not, it will be repeated this Saturday night, see link in blog post
below:

Building a Real Estate Philanthropy Dream, ASAP

OFF THE RECORD:  I talked momentarily to Allan Dalton of Realtor.com
at ConnectNYC, and he invited me to send him ideas.  Another
conversation also took place afterwards with another serious player,
and the Harvard University Program on AIDS, which will be announcing a
new partnership with Habitat for Humanity International soon.
Subsequenlty, Mark Sennott, founder of http://www.HomeGift.com and
http://www.RealtyBridge.com, and I have been exchanging email.  He’s
got some big announcements in the pipeline and would be a great case
study if Inman News decides to do a mini-series / special report on
real estate philanthropy.


Bill Wendel
The Real Estate Cafe
realestatecafe@gmail.com
617-661-4046

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