Real estate information overload

Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann recalls those days in his youth spent listening to the frenzied conversations of agents in his mom's real estate office.

"They were drinking a lot of coffee and smoking a lot of Winstons," said Mann, 41, a writer and Internet personality who will deliver a keynote presentation at the Real Estate Connect conference next week in San Francisco.

There were two chalkboards in the room -- one for listings and one for sales -- said Mann, who would visit his mom's office on occasion.

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