Drew and I were discussing the need to get more mortgage and lending professionals involved with Geek Estate. I am lucky enough to have a friend and former colleague that works with the on-line lender, RMC Vanguard Mortgage Corporation out of Houston Texas. RMC employs…

Take the test and find out. Here are my results 70% Geek 70%Looking for payday loan? I’m surprised I scored that high. Out of 22 questions there were plenty of things I had never heard of. In my opinion, if you take the time answer…

Earlier today I was assisting a client in adding some content to his Realtor.Com template web site. While viewing the source of his main page I stumbled upon some commented code. Commented code is used by web and software developers to communicate in situations where…

Owen Raun of Online Mortgage Podcast did a great interview with Amy Bouhtinsky, Director of Communications with Zillow.Com. It’s very comprehensive and does a great job of explaining Zillow’s business model, recent announcements and upcoming products. My recent trip to the NAR convention underscored a…

I recently did an interview with a national business publication regarding consumer usage of the web in real estate. One of the questions I was asked is why the web has been become so important recently to the strategy of real estate professionals. The answer…

Damon Pace at Incredible Agent is hosting “Meet The Bloggers” at the upcoming NAR Expo. I have been working the past few days to invite a group of great real estate bloggers to provide attendees with some insight to their experiences with blogging as well…

If you’re the kind of person that digs surveys, polls and red-hot press releases, you’ll want to follow the news from two large industry trade associations that came out back to back yesterday. The California Association of Realtors released their results of their latest technology…

Yahoo took the final wraps off of their improved search today. The engineers have been working hard to catch up to Google in the feature department. I have to say that after my early tests I may just re-join the ranks of the Yahooligans. The…

Palm announces today the release of a new smart phone priced at $99.99. The Centro is a slick new phone that is surprisingly very feature rich. It comes in a choice of red or black, supports the 3G networks for a fast broadband internet connection,…

Saturday morning started out like any other for me. Groggy with my coffee in hand, I checked my e-mail. David Gibbons had forwarded me a link to the now infamous “Leave Realtors Alone” video. I remember thinking to myself how it capped off a great…