A big part of a real estate professionals job is knowing your local area better than anyone else. Whether looking for blogging inspiration, researching a specific topic for a blog, or seeking answers for clients moving to the area — where do you research neighborhoods? It’s been quite awhile since I’ve…

More agents/brokers/teams should be creating videos like this… Well done, Anne and Marguerite. [via Greg Fischer]

I was just editing my About.me bio randomly, and one thing mentioned there is the Carnival of Real Estate (I left it in). The following images may bring flashbacks to some of you… and and Originally launched summer of 2006 (see here by the one and…

It seems Zillow’s commitment to Snapchat as a marketing platform is real…

After reading Fred Wilson’s post about 2nd and 3rd tier cities, and then Seattle, I thought I’d list the top real estate startup cities (in a very unscientific way): Seattle: Zillow, Estately, Market Leader, HouseValues, Redfin, ActiveRain. Even without Zillow, it’s a thriving real estate startup…

I came across myakronneighborhood.com via a retweet of this tweet from Gahlord. Having spent a fair amount of time thinking about neighborhoods while working at Zillow (see here, here, and here), this is an interesting approach. For the brokerages out there, perhaps you should consider…

I read Brian’s “The Real Estate Moment” blog post this morning… Pepsi created meaning around sugar water. Imagine what we could do with Homeownership. What cultural moment could a real estate brand seize upon to create a new connection with people? Who might be bold…

The other day I saw a Century 21 commercial on television. It was one of the “Smarter. Bolder. Faster.” iterations, though I can’t remember specifically which one (shows how memorable it was, right?). That got me thinking… What does “Smarter. Bolder. Faster.” mean — to…

Did you know more than a billion people in the world live in slums like this… I don’t know about you, but I believe that’s a problem worth addressing. Along with Giveback Homes and New Story, there’s another organization focused on the intersection of housing…

I’ve written about New Story before, and had the chance to meet Alexandria and Brett in New York in January. Alexandria was recently interviewed on the Social Entrepreneur podcast (which I’ve been listening to religiously since I was on it). Listen away…