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The real estate technology consolidation continued today, as DocuSign acquired Cartavi. Here’s the press release: DocuSign Acquires Cartavi to Create End-to-End Digital Real Estate Transaction Collaboration Cartavi, a DocuSign Company, and zipLogix ® To Deliver Best-in-Class Solution with Forms, Collaboration and eSignature SAN FRANCISCO, CA; DETROIT, MI and WASHINGTON, DC – NAR MID YEAR MEETING – May 15, 2013 – DocuSign, The Global Standard for eSignature®, and the official and exclusive eSignature provider of the National Association of REALTORS®, announced it has acquired Cartavi, a leading … Read More »

Being the fact that this is a technology blog focused on real estate, it seems fitting that we should cover an actual physical piece of (proposed) real estate focused on technology. The Vegas Tech House in Las Vegas. Who is behind it? None other than my friend Jon Sterling, who is certainly no stranger to the real estate industry. A Keller Williams broker for many years, worked at Altos Research for awhile, and has now moved on to co-found AgentFindr.com. Beyond that, he decided to undertake building … Read More »

+ = Congratulations!! I’m a big fan of Michele and team — both because they are great people but also because they’ve executed to build a real brand that means something. Great strategic acquisition by Move. Press Release

Given I write a fair amount about real estate technology and am currently in San Francisco, attending the RealTech SF 2013 at the Fairmont Hotel yesterday was a no brainer. There were 300 people in attendance (my best guess), a great speaker lineup, and a constant, lively discussion at the Startup Alley every time I walked by. I had a chance to speak with Mark and Uyen (two of the four co-founders of Reesio) and learn a little bit more about their product, speak with Steve Pacinelli, meet Drew … Read More »

Let’s face it. No matter what industry you work in – you want the inside scoop. If it’s not public knowledge, your desire to know anything and everything escalates — for no other reason than curiosity of the unknown. A few days ago, I was talking to a friend of mine who is an agent in Seattle — and got to talking about what a smart lead acquisition strategy Redfin has deployed with their Offer Insights (launched earlier this year). Offer Insights provides real-time statistics and notes from Redfin … Read More »

Are the following true statements for you? You love your city, and desire that everyone to see your city in a great light when they visit. You seek to get your branding in front of relocation buyers as early in their process as possible. If you know your city well, and any good real estate agent does, you already know what to tell friends when they ask for a few tips about how to best enjoy your city. And you likely have answered those questions … Read More »

Organizing people online is great, but it’s my firm belief bringing like minded people together in the physical world is where the magic happens. When doers & change makers come together, strong relationships form and great things happen. You all read blogs, or you wouldn’t be reading this post right now. I think you’ll agree the blogs you read regularly represent a fairly strong interest, given you spend your time (your most precious asset) consuming content from the same place day after day. As some of you … Read More »

This post will be brief. I’m curious about a few things (I’ll explain why later)… Do you have very specific digital “relocation” packages you send to relocation inquires you get from your networks? Anyone have physical relocation packages you send in the mail? Do you have a specific funnel you try to work your relocation leads through? What sort of feedback do you get to help you understand whether your information is valuable or not? How do you know whether anyone even looks at it? … Read More »

Doorsteps, which I’ve covered before just put out a new video… The bar to real estate marketing just got pushed up a notch. Bravo Michele and team. Bravo. PS: I’ll be asking Michele for some input when we embark on creating our own video for Oh Hey World.

Anyone out there trying to figure out the next social network of real estate? Active Rain seems to be the last social network of real estate that had any significant adoption, but has fallen off the map lately (3 years ago?). I think the time is right for someone to build a new social network for real estate. One that adds value in a meaningful way, not just more content and noise for people to sift through. Has anyone heard of Angel List? If you … Read More »