From Derek Sivers: It’s so easy to waste time doing that stuff that’s of no importance, no challenge, no benefit to anyone, not even yourself. It’s so hard to fight the resistance to do the more difficult but more important thing. Finishing that book. Writing that song….

A few of you may know that I’m currently redeveloping our Atlanta real estate website, IntownElite.com, to give it a design refresh. Though I considered outsourcing our website to an all-in-one design / hosting / idx service provider, in the end I decided I was too…

In general, I’m a huge advocate for the sharing economy (prior post is located here). I use AirBnB when I travel. I use Lyft when I need a ride. I would love nothing more than to use a sharing economy brokerage (& agent) whenever I…

Brad Feld bought a “startup” house in Kansas City in February, located in Kansas City Startup Village. The team at HandPrint is living in the house. Where should Brad buy his next “startup” house? Maybe you are the startup real estate agent in that city?

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Want a great example of a video highlighting a neighborhood? Well done, Phipps Realty.

You come up with the greatest idea on the planet for a mobile app. It’s an amazing value add for your existing clients. Or maybe it will help you reach a whole new group of potential clients. You decide to build it. But you don’t…

It’s been a few weeks since I presented Curb Call, on stage at the Realogy / Retsly hackathon, the day before the NAR Expo in San Francisco. For those unfamiliar with it, it’s most easily described as “Uber for real estate”, where home buyers in the…

There’s one key component of real estate CRMs that’s often neglected – reports. The reporting functionality in a CRM is instrumental to better understanding your business and improving in the appropriate areas.  It’s one way to become a better REALTOR® and exponentially grow your business…

There are a lot of big ideas out there in the real estate industry, some of which are likely to slowly iterate from ideas into reality. There are even real day to day pain points still unsolved. AgentMatch is the current rage. Literally, rage. There is opportunity…