About Kurtis Holsapple

Currently I reside in Portland, OR. While not a real estate agent, I work closely with agents on many levels. When I'm not providing in house tech support at a local Keller Williams office, I'm developing web sites or working behind the scenes of PlugMyListing.com. I love computers and new technology, and above it all open source. If you don't know what that is, think of computers with a worldwide support team, no file format conflicts and unlimited options for plugins or upgrades. All for free. No, really, it all exists and has for years.

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Technology Cost vs. Value

Technology Cost vs. Value

As an owner of an online marketing tool that is always expanding its options and features, I am wondering what technology enhancements does to your listing fee.  We all know that in each brokerage there are those that “Get It” and those that don’t.  With…

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Who needs a local desktop anymore?

Who needs a local desktop anymore?

In a world that is rapidly filling up with internet access points, that question might be more and more realistic. Introducing Ulteo.com, a complete online desktop with the tools to do most day to day work. I urge you to take a look at this,…

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Online marketing, "The worst idea ever"

Online marketing, "The worst idea ever"

Read this article from Yahoo Real Estate as to why they are pulling the plug on everything that has to do with online real estate. Quote: “With the lack of face to face business taking place today, we have decided to help out those that…

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What is your home's Walk Score?

What is your home's Walk Score?

For any agents out there working with buyers, especially for those that are looking to buy in the city, here is a great website to build the value of the area you are showing. It’s called WalkScore.com and it is a pretty cool site. Living…

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Live near the Portland, OR area?

Live near the Portland, OR area?

If you live near the Portland, OR area, and you read this blog, chances are you should think about attending this event. All the tech savvy Real Estate people from the Portland Metro area are going to get together for a few drinks, some talking…

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Top Producer – 8i Improvements over 7i and still boring websites

Top Producer – 8i Improvements over 7i and still boring websites

Working with agents in the Portland, OR area, I run into many different contact management systems, but keep running into Top Producer. Just about every agent using this system is using version 7i, and with it’s quirks and annoyances, it seems to be doing a…

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Another Web Tool – Splashup

Another Web Tool – Splashup

As I continue to find new tools online, I will write about them here if they are applicable to the real estate business. With as much real estate photography talk as is going on here, I though I should share this great tool. Toady I…

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Save the planet, be more geeky.

Save the planet, be more geeky.

I know a few agents in the Portland area that are working to save the environment and cut paperwork by using a new service called DocuSign. We can all do our part in 2008 for our planet, and I think that online document signing could…

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2007, a bad year for OS upgrades?

2007, a bad year for OS upgrades?

As a nerd, I like to check out the end of the year lists that most companies put out. You can find thousands just by typing “Best of 2007” in Google and waste a couple of days getting feedback from everyone. One list I thought…

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Feed generation annoyances

Feed generation annoyances

As a web developer, I have the fun of creating feeds for different agents to use as a means to get their listings onto some of the bigger listing web sites (Trulia, Zillow, formerly edgeio, Vast, etc.). All of these sites have different specifications as…

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