Breaking News — 4Realz And Bloodhound Unchained To Merge…First Joint Conference To Be Held On Neutral Ground In Palm Springs

April 1, 2008

Civilians and other normal people — scat.  This post is only for hard core re.net geeks.

This just in via the grapevine…despite an earlier, uh, tiff, Dustin Luther and Greg Swann, formerly best friends, most recently not so tight…have made up.  Dustin’s highly acclaimed 4Realz seminar series and Greg Swann’s Bloodhound Unchained conference will soon be merging.

Surprising news for those of us inclined to follow such events.  Still, it makes good sense.

In Dustin’s words:  “You know what?  We’re targeting the same group of clients.  We’re both trying to help the real estate industry better understand how to use online and offline marketing effectively.  It just didn’t make sense for us to stay separate.”

Greg Swann concurred (I think):  “Luceat lux vestra!  Luctor et emergo,  silentium est aureum.  sic semper tyrannis.  Quid pro quo — quo vadis?  Ipsom lorem.  Sine quo non. In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes!”

A potential sticking point — where to hold their joint conference — was easily resolved with the help of a slide rule and Google maps.  Palm Springs, CA is more-or-less in between the two previous venues, so attendees of both upcoming conferences will be meeting in the middle.

The truce was apparently brokered by none other than Joe Ferrara, broker, attorney, and blogger extraordinaire.

Other surprising related revelations:

  • The combined entity, to be known as “Bloodhound 4Realz Unchained,” is engaging the dynamic duo at 1000 Watt Consulting to market the event.  At Greg Swann’s insistence, all market collateral will be in Latin haiku.  Said Marc Davidson of 1000 Watt:  “The haiku bit is no problem.  My Latin’s a little rusty.  But it should be no problem.”
  • The combined entity is said to be in talks with Inman.  Joel Burslem:  “People were getting sick of the whole San Francisco and New York thing and indicated a different venue would be quite popular.  We figured we should just combine all three of us.  Details haven’t been finalized, but we’ll let you know as soon as we can.”
  • The official exchange rate will start at 44 Realz to 3.7 Bloodhound Bucks, and 88 Realz will get you on the short list of the weekly Odysseus Medal.
  • The official uniform of the conference will be day-glo-hued spandex tights with huge cod-pieces.
  • Kevin Tomlinson, self proclaimed Google backlink whore, will provide refreshments, primarily Diet Coke and popcorn.

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12 Responses to “Breaking News — 4Realz And Bloodhound Unchained To Merge…First Joint Conference To Be Held On Neutral Ground In Palm Springs”

  1. BawldGuy Talking on April 1st, 2008 12:35 pm

    I won’t even try after this effort. Absolutely fall down funny. You are the champ with a first round knockout. Wow.

  2. Todd Carpenter on April 1st, 2008 3:03 pm

    How silly and unbeleivable. Everyone knows Vegas would be the best place to hold a Real Estate conference.

  3. ARDELL on April 1st, 2008 5:05 pm

    Joe Ferrara brokering the truce was the dead give away :)

  4. Greg Tracy on April 2nd, 2008 8:13 am

    Things fell about this morning when Dustin realized that in parts of the agreement, written in latin, Greg changed the name to Bloodhound 4Realz Unchained.

    It was originally agreed that it would be called 4Realz Unchained, with Dustin being the headliner. Also, I think they disagreed over the color of the spandex…

    Thanks for the great reporting!!

  5. Kevin Boer, Broker Owner, 3 Oceans Real Estate, Inc. (650.387.2860) on April 2nd, 2008 9:54 am

    Greg, did I hear correctly that you offered SLC as a neutral venue, but were rebuffed?

  6. Russell Shaw on April 2nd, 2008 11:06 am

    Fantastic! Nice scoop, Kevin.

  7. Sandy on April 3rd, 2008 8:00 pm

    Ah, would that it were true.

  8. Kris Berg on April 4th, 2008 6:25 am

    You are a funny one, Kevin.

  9. Joseph Ferrara.sellsius on April 5th, 2008 4:40 am

    Now, that is satire!

    Kudos and Kettlecorn.

  10. Jim Marks on April 5th, 2008 11:17 am

    This is absolutely preposterous… Downright untenable. It would and could never happen… It offends me to even THINK that either 4RealzED or Bloodhound would stoop as low as to allow Kevin to provide refreshments…

  11. Kevin Tomlinson "Backlink Whore" on April 19th, 2008 9:06 pm

    Wow. Ardell clued me in on this one!

    All the mini-Diet Cokes will be supplied by moi.

  12. Barry Cunningham on May 17th, 2008 7:17 pm

    How did I miss this…this was way too funny yet kind of interesting in a macabre sort of way.

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