Says Greg Fischer… agent search is the next frontier I’ve never really seen anything that leads me to believe a big percentage of people search for agents. People search for houses. Conversion from traffic to leads generally happens on the listing detail page — when buyers…

The other day I randomly looked to see if Realius still existed (see this, this, and this). It doesn’t. For those of you that never played with Realius, it was a game that allowed people to guess the value of homes. I was always a…

Lets make the assumption you want your brokerage/franchise to be viewed as the local expert for the areas you serve. (let’s be honest: what agent DOESN’T want to be the local expert?) Lets make the assumption you buy into the long term lead generation concept/strategy…

Today’s Tuesday morning debate: Is Zillow a valuable tool? Go read the article on the Seattle Bubble before responding (75+ comments). What say you?

I kid you not, the following was an inbound search term that found Geek Estate today: how to find easy real estate clients using craigslist Really? Are real estate agents really that lazy? If a client is going to pay you thousands of dollars in commission…

I came across SideDoor this weekend, with the following value proposition: Sell your home directly to buyers. No agents or their fees. More context in their video: Given the context here, I’d be curious to hear what’s unique about SideDoor’s approach? Where are they going to…

I wrote about the possibility of putting “Zillow Advice into a mobile app” in 2013. That was before I ever started consulting for StreetAdvisor, whose business model is to white label their local reviews + question & answer offering to brokerages/franchises (or corporations). Especially for the…

Realogy announced the contests for the 2016 FWD competition (press release): ASK DOSS – An artificial intelligence-powered real estate advisor designed for real estate professionals with a voice-controlled natural language interface. (Houston, TX) CallAction – A mobile web application to automate the tracking and engagement…

This may be a bit too geeky, but is anyone thinking about the commitment curve? Carrie Jones, one of the best community builders I know, has some thoughts worth reading here. How are you thinking about long term engagement, relationship building, and community building?

"What's the most important non-obvious skill for success?""The ability to keep believing in your own ideas when others say they're dumb" — Sam Altman (@sama) May 1, 2016 To re-iterate what I mentioned last year — don’t let me derail your startup by telling you…