You all know I’m a travel addict. And news flash: that isn’t changing anytime soon. In a couple weeks, I’m headed back out on the travel trail. Well, more like the “moving” trail since I’ll be living in Santiago, Chile for 6 months as part of the Start-up…

The brokerage for which I work (8z Real Estate), recently released version 2.0 of an internal mobile application.  This mobile app, for the Android and iOS platforms, helps agents create listing based micro content quickly by ‘checking in’ at listings.  The micro content includes an image, a…

As I said several years ago, I think the history of the home opportunity is a massive one. Essentially, a CARFAX for homes. No one has really nailed it though, at least in my opinion. There are several entrepreneurs and funded startups dabbling in this space……

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Mahesh Kashyap, founder of Zipandfind. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I am President/CEO of ZipandFind, which helps connecting Home Buyers and Sellers with Local Real…

Yup, offline marketing still works. Take a look at three items that came over the past week via the postal mail to my parents house on Lake Sammamish… A physical flag for ski boats, and two mailings. One mailing is listings on the lake, and the…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Michael Neef, founder of Pre Approve Me. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? Pre Approve Me is making the home loan process fun, convenient and easier than…

As a real estate agent, you need to use the perfect mix of traditional and digital marketing tactics to generate traffic and attract new clients. With so many sellers’ agents advertising their services and their home listings on the World Wide Web, it can be…

Naming a startup, and the branding that comes after, is certainly not easy. Given that I’ve written about naming and branding several times recently as we’ve been going through the exercise for our own startup (we are making a 2nd attempt at solving the missed…

I read that Re/Max partnered with Bank of America, and is now feeding their luxury listings to BofA. And I scratched my head. Why is Re/Max doing this? The real question, is who actually uses Bank of America’s Real Estate Center to search for properties?…

I’m an independent broker in the very competitive Newport Beach, CA market.  As an independent broker and one man show, I wear a lot of hats: realtor, broker, SEO expert (I use this term very loosely), blogger, a transaction coordinator, bookkeeper, marketer, graphic designer… well…