In case you missed it, there is a new aggregator on the scene in the real estate industry — RealSeekr, which was announced early this week and was covered on Agent Genius yesterday (and there are already 30 comments). When I was in New York…

Sarah Perez over at ReadWriteWeb has put together a great post for anyone looking for a crash course in social media. Here are the lessons in Social Media U: Personal branding (a topic I’ve written about before) Know what web 2.0 is and how to…

I’m not sure how many people saw the news that Google Spreadsheets can now be edited by anyone, but the concept of a a wiki-style spreadsheet caught my attention. You now no longer have to “invite” people in order to have them contribute and edit…

I thought the fact that Point2 and RealtyTrac announced a marketing partnership today might be of interest to some of you.

As of today, Google Maps now has an integrated real estate search. You can head on over to Future of Real Estate Marketing for commentary from Joel. More coverage: PC World – Google Now Does Real Estate Searches in Maps: We’re Not Impressed lifehacker –…

Doug Heddings, who covers the Manhattan market at True Gotham, has built a great brand for himself with the help of video. However, he gets more than branding from his video efforts — he actually uses video to help move properties. Doug was a guest…

If you ask me, one of the hardest pieces of blogging is consistently finding content ideas. One possible source of interesting content is pure data — essentially, anything in a spreadsheet is potential blog content. Though Google Docs can also be used to embed a…

Here are a couple links worth checking out: The Trick To Adding Local Search To Your Website or Blog The Simple Way To Get Personal Emails From Your Blog’s Readers

Please join me in welcoming our newest Geek to the Geek Estate Blog — Brad Andersohn, who is one of three community builders at Active Rain (you can find his blog here). With over 22 years experience in the real estate industry, Brad specializes in…

I wanted to extend a congratulations to the Redfin team for adding foreclosures and for sale by owner properties to their already impressive website. I think it’s safe to say home buyers searching on Redfin will definitely benefit from the increased inventory of properties. More…