I’ve mentioned the idea of a hired real estate CTO twice over the past few months (here & here)…and it’s now officially available. We are currently working with 1 beta client to iron out the concept, and will only take 1 brokerage client per market. Click…

Today’s news is sure to send shockwaves through the industry: the (now former) president of Realtor.com® and chief strategy officer of Move, Errol Samuelson, is joining Zillow as their Chief Industry Development Officer. Here’s the press release. I think it’s safe to say this will be the primary…

Given my 5 years working at the big Z, I was stoked to see this Tweet tonight… "What is Zillow?" On Jeopardy tonight! pic.twitter.com/N7IXfDOfMy — Spencer Rascoff (@spencerrascoff) March 4, 2014

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to David Greenberg of Updater. Updater is one of the companies I heard a lot about in New York. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? Updater saves people 5-10…

Your Monday morning task, should you choose to accept it, is to read Arnold Waldstein’s post. The title is a quote from Chuck Close… Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work. – Chuck Close I agree….

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Dan Daugherty of rentbits.com. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I am the CEO and founder of rentbits.com, a rental solutions company for the apartment and single family…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Eric Liu of Rocket Lease. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? My company, Rocket Lease, provide online rental applications for property managers (and landlords/real estate agents).  The majority…

Watch this video… Yes, it’s about the building and the units within it. But it’s actually peeling back the curtain to the lifestyle that goes with living in the Fuente Laureles Penthouse. I’m going to Medellin, Colombia for a month, departing a week from today. The…

Warning: This has nothing to do with real estate technology. My friend Monica clued me into this TED video the other day, which I’ll leave you with today… So, CAN art change the world? You can learn more about the Inside Out project here.

The coders reading, would be wise to take note that Trulia released some open source code today — the Trulia Java RETS Client. It is an open source RETS data feed importer — meaning it should vastly speed up the time it takes to start working…