Direct from Realtor.org (not .com) What does it mean to advertise a property as “coming soon”? The answer to that seemingly simple question varies among agents, brokers, MLSs, and state regulators nationwide. While the real estate industry has not agreed on a definition of “coming…

Take a look at RealConnex. Matching Real Estate Professionals to the Right Capital, Opportunities, Services and Each Other. And the video… Frankly, I still don’t really know what exactly they do. Remember, simple is better. Boiling the ocean, and attempting to bring the whole real estate ecosystem together in…

You may remember, Zillow’s early positioning: Find the value of any home, without giving up your contact information (or some close iteration of that). Every home owner, buyer and seller wanted to know what houses are worth. But they most certainly were not willing to give up…

Realogy is putting on their FWD Innovation Summit this week in New Jersey… Beamly Closing Time CO Everywhere Curb Call Deductr GoConnect HouseHappy Lasso KISI Matterport Remotely Retsly Slide Bureau Smartexpose Zumper Congrats to all the participants. I’ll be anxious to see who walks away with…

Geek Estate got one visitor the other day from searching for the following term: how to make photos look sunny in photoshop You know what? Maybe you should just show a property in it’s real state? If it’s cloudy everyday, maybe you should show the…

Look no further… If you haven’t already, take a look here: http://givebackhomes.com/

I think a massive home run opportunity, is to build a marketplace for pocket listings with a consumer base rather than just agents. Zillow is going after the pocket listings opportunity with “Coming Soon“… Smart. Very, very smart.

There are a ton of social networks focused on neighborhoods. Nextdoor (prior coverage) is likely the largest and most well known. Fatdoor is re-launching. With robots. Truthfully, this just makes me sigh. For those who want to connect with your neighbors with robots, you can sign…

If you follow the tech industry, “unbundling” mobile has been a trend over the past 9 or 12 months. Facebook is doing it. Dropbox is doing it. Foursquare is doing it. Heck, even Google is doing it. I’ve talked to several entrepreneurs over the past…

I just came across this video, Bounce. You should watch it. My bet is that you’ll get through the whole thing. It’s basically a soccer version of Where the Hell is Matt. Some of you may have seen several of the Where the Hell is Matt…