I’ve been wanting to cover international real estate technology in detail for quite some time, but have never gotten around to it until now. PropertyFeast in India paid for a sponsored post via the Press Release submission tool built into this site (their Press Release is already…

How Much Real Estate Will I Sell if I’m on the First Page Google I just saw this as a search query in my Google Analytics. Meaning at least one person is out there trying to figure out the answer. Of course, we all want…

Take a look at the brand new McMillin Realty site. It’s by far and away the best example of a minimalist design for a brokerage site that I’ve seen. I personally absolutely love the “Did you know that McMillin Realty can also help you with…” call…

I just hit the upgrade switch to the latest version of the Disqus commenting system. Let me know what you think in the comments… FYI that you can request an invite for the new version for your own site from this link.

I have a section of my Google feedreader titled “re-local-blogs” to keep me on the pulse of what local, aka hyper local, bloggers are talking about in their respective areas. Which bloggers are in that group? Heather Elias Jim Duncan Brian Copeland Greg Dallaire Teresa…

RentJuice is now part of Zillow. I love this strategic move by Zillow to get into the rentals market in a big, big way. Speaking of acquisitions, I wonder which real estate technology vendor will be next to be acquired? The likely candidates in my…

Wouldn’t it be awesome if you had something that you could talk about with every single home owner (and renter) in your community? Something that wasn’t a real estate conversation per say, but entirely relevant to your line of work. Wouldn’t it be awesome if…

Background: I firmly believe business ideas are worth next to nothing; execution is everything. Additionally, I’ve talked to no fewer than 3 others who are either working on this or have thought about working on it — which is a good sign in my book since it…

There have been a number of issues going on in the industry recently, and some of them haven’t been covered here on Geek Estate — so thought I’d do a quick recap: 1. Rumors that Zillow will become a Brokerage (AGBeat story) Zillow Realty has a…

I just spent a few minutes taking a look at the home page of both Zillow (my former employer) and Trulia. As a shareholder of Zillow, I’m always curious what their main competitor, Trulia, is doing and how they are publicly positioning themselves. As you…