Whether you’re an agent constantly answering phone calls from vendors, or a vendor yourself who relies upon selling to real estate agents to make your living, there are some interesting insights in the following video from Steve Rossi, Lead Generation Manager at Trulia. [via Vendor…

As we head in 2011, I think it’s safe to say listing syndication has been an accepted “best practice” for agents and brokerages alike for a couple years. ListHub is the largest player in the syndication game, but they were purchased by Move (who owns…

I don’t think I’m alone in thinking the real estate industry really needs a drop dead simple customer relationship management tool that works and is usable by anyone (even non techies). While speaking to agents over the past couple weeks about our new predesigned websites (update: now…

I’ll admit it. I love attending RE BarCamps. I’ve been to 15-20 of them all across the country over the past few years, and have met some amazing people as a direct result. Friendships with the likes of Brad Coy, Andy Kaufman, Todd Carpenter, Mike Price,…

Reading Seth Siegler’s “A Real Estate Groupon?” post got me thinking this morning. Seth talks about trying to figure out how to use Groupon to sell real estate. I’m thinking along similar lines. However, I don’t think the opportunity is to use the existing Groupon service…

I wanted to followup on Mike Price’s post regarding the changes ocurring here at Geek Estate. First, to summarize all the moving pieces in terms of Geek Estate Blog and myself: I returned to the United States from my travels abroad about 3 weeks ago….

I just discovered the PostRank WordPress plugin from reading Chris Brogan’s blog and was considering trying it out. Knowing which of my articles are being shared broadly across the web seems like it could be valuable. Anyone in the real estate vertical using this? If…

In addition to using Twitter and Facebook for branding, direct traffic, and relationship building, you can now add “better SEO” to the list of reasons to use the social platforms. While most in the SEO world have thought links shared on Twitter and Facebook have influenced…

As you may or may not know, I’ve been traveling since March (a month and a half on the road in the US, but mostly abroad). As a result, I’ve been a bit disconnected from the Geek Estate community over the past 8 months. However,…

Even though I no longer work at Zillow, I still browse around in Zillow Advice every now and then since that community was part of my daily life for so long. This evening, while making my rounds, I saw a question that caught my attention…