Can you still build a real estate search portal? Yes, absolutely. Anything is possible. That said, if you plan to build a portal and compete – you need to win the consumer (buyers), somehow. Without buyers, no one in the industry makes any money. So,…

If you read this blog, and don’t know I’m passionate about giving back — well, you’re not really reading. While in San Francisco at Inman Connect, I attended the “Finding a Cause that Aligns With Your Brand” panel that included good friends Caroline (Giveback Homes) and Greg…

We’re simplifying advertising options to a basic monthly sponsorship package. We’ll take 6 sponsors at $500 per month. Each will receive: 100% share of voice with a 180 x 150 ad module on the home page 100% share of voice with a 180 x 150 ad module…

Agents and brokers — and the broader industry — has a vested interest in ensuring cities grow and prosper. The Unreasonable Institute and Rockefeller Foundation’s are working together on the Future Cities Accelerator, offering 10 grants of $100,000. The goal is to help organizations serving poor…

Brian Boero from 1000Watt has alluded to a theme in previous writing (I can’t remember the exact post though to link to): The post-internet-enabled real estate experience is worse than before. He mentioned that again on an Inman Connect panel I saw last week in San…

As you know by now, I’ve been thinking about rentals a lot recently (see here and here) as a result of having to move in the next month. I’m signing a lease later tonight, and was sent the City of Seattle’s landlord and tenant laws this…

I came across HomeView at Inman Connect this past week…another player in the history of the home arena. I just took a super quick peek at the product, and feel the “why use it” context is missing… but I’m sure they’ll iterate. (it’s not easy)….

My morning routine is to make a cup of coffee and peruse the Inman Headlines in my inbox. This morning, I was intrigued by the lead article: The 6 texts you should send every online lead. I (naively) assumed that the article would cover 6 different…

Sam’s right (read comments on this post). There’s little financial incentive for someone to really improve the consumer rental experience on the tenant side. Rather than the tenant paying, perhaps the best incentive is agents/brokers building trusted relationships with future buyers by delivering real value by…

Am I a broken record yet about what a huge fan of Giveback Homes I am?I can’t speak highly enough of Blake and Caroline at Giveback Homes. I’ll keep beating the drum… This week, they announced a new partnership with ReferralExchange: current Giveback Homes member…