The Google team has done it again with their Cities in 3d program. You can now take a “virtual tour” through the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, or Washington, DC. Here’s a preview video showcasing Los Angeles: WOW is all I have to say….

Many of you have likely been to one of the many RE BarCamps that have taken place over the past year and a half, and now that movement is going “virtual“. Tomorrow marks the 1st “Virtual” Real Estate BarCamp from 9-4 PST and it’s free…

I just noticed that IDX Broker has an iPhone App called “myAgent” that is free to their clients. If there are any IDX Broker customers reading this who have tried it, what do you think? Are there any other IDX providers that have released iPhone…

For those who were using Walk Score’s real estate tile, you now have public transit data on your website (for the 40 cities covered) as a result of the addition of transit data to Walk Score. You can learn more over on the Walk Score…

If you get a DM that says “hey, FIND Out your IQ! here [link]” or “hi, look at this quiz [link]” — DON’T click the link. If you’ve experienced this but already clicked the link (doh!), change your password immediately. Additionally, tell the person that…

I thought this video from Matt Dollinger was worth sharing — the takeaway is to “FOCUS” on what really generates business for you and not get sucked into spending unnecessary time and effort on tasks that don’t lead to real business. Paralysis by Analysis –…

[via Spencer Rascoff and FoREM]

I thought I’d give everyone a heads up that version 1.1 of the Local Market Explorer for WordPress includes a new module — local class information from TeachStreet. From the TeachStreet blog: To see how it can work, check out this realtor’s local class and…

Short vs Long-Tail? Whatever you do, don’t ignore the long-tail in your SEO efforts. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Ignore the Tail at Your Peril! from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. [via September 10th edition of Whiteboard Friday with Rand]

One of the sessions I moderated (along with Garron Selliken) at yesterday’s RE BarCamp was titled “wordpress and real estate”. Both Garron and I are wordpress fanatics – though I’ll admit he’s a bit deeper in the weeds than I am. Garron is the principal…