For the geeks who know what GitHub is, and use it…you should watch this Pando Monthly video with its founder, Tom Preston-Werner… There is a real estate angle in there — Tom bought a house while in debt and without any sort of proof he was…

March is one of my favorite months. Spring real estate is revving up, it’s almost sailing season and my Jayhawks frequently make long NCAA Tournament runs. Last night, DePaul and Georgetown fought it out, with DePaul narrowly winning 60-56. However, neither team is likely to…

Does your Real Estate Website have outbound links? The typical authority sites Zillow, Walkscore, and GreatSchools offer some great data and insight for your users. But to use that data, you have to link to the source. What is the ranking cost – if any?…

Today, I’ll leave you with Marc Andreessen’s recent talk at Stanford Business School: At about the 26 minute mark in the video, Marc Andreessen says… There are No Silver Bullets, There are Only Lead Bullets So true, in blogging, and everything else.

Identifying the problem you seek to solve is the first step to building a startup. In real estate, or any other industry. Often times, that “problem” or “pain point” is one you’ve experienced in your own life and you want to solve. If you are…

I wrote a piece a while back about some new technology products coming out in the next year like Tile and Coin. The ability to pack more and more tech into tinier objects with data transmission capability to interact with your smartphone is really interesting….

I’ve mentioned the idea of a hired real estate CTO twice over the past few months (here & here)…and it’s now officially available. We are currently working with 1 beta client to iron out the concept, and will only take 1 brokerage client per market. Click…

Today’s news is sure to send shockwaves through the industry: the (now former) president of Realtor.com® and chief strategy officer of Move, Errol Samuelson, is joining Zillow as their Chief Industry Development Officer. Here’s the press release. I think it’s safe to say this will be the primary…

In the age of social media, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the different forms that are out there. With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and more, it can be tough to know where to put your energy. However, one of the…

Given my 5 years working at the big Z, I was stoked to see this Tweet tonight… "What is Zillow?" On Jeopardy tonight! pic.twitter.com/N7IXfDOfMy — Spencer Rascoff (@spencerrascoff) March 4, 2014