Is it just me, or is there not much innovation occurring with IDX these days? Diverse Solutions long had the reputation for being the most innovative IDX vendor, but then sold to Zillow, saw product problems (documented here), and were just recently unloaded to Market Leader. Displet…

Fred Real Estate Group recently put out a A Fresh Approach To Bend video to showcase Bend (& their brokerage of course). Very well done…, and worth watching if you’re contemplating something similar for your brokerage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuIW9-VUc1E

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Los Angeles Next Market For New Format Inman.Com is taking it’s popular Connect conference format on the road in an abbreviated single day format. The events are geared toward trending technology, marketing and business development topics. The next events will take place in Los Angeles (October…

From a guest post I published on Inman: The hardest part of running any business is finding customers. Real estate is no different. One way or another, as a broker, you’re going to spend money to attract clients and leads. You pay in either time…

Real breakthrough innovations don’t come along very often, in any industry. Real estate is no exception. What gets me excited is when products / businesses enabling consumers to do something they can’t do today (rather than just recreate the same wheel that’s been created 10 or 20…

I often tell people community building is the most defensible strategy in existence. It’s also the hardest. For those who want to better understand community, you should read the latest post by David Spinks at CMX Hub (hint: he knows more about community than virtually anyone…

Everyone wants to see an example of someone using your product/service in a way they should be using it. StreetAdvisor is no different. The value proposition for sellers is clear, and the agent/broker value proposition is the ability engage with buyers and sellers who have self…

Want real, honest feedback on the user experience of your real estate website? Go inside Starbucks (or any other busy coffee shop), and offer to buy someone in line a coffee in exchange for spending 10 minutes browsing your website and providing honest feedback. Many people will…

Readers of Geek Estate range from tech savvy agents to technology vendors to aspiring entrepreneurs. I thought I’d share the questions that seem to resurface again and again in my conversations… With entrepreneurs/founders: Can you cover our upcoming news on Geek Estate? Can you write about our startup? How…