Do You Blog?
I’d like to take a quick poll of Geek Estate readers: Do You Blog? If the answer is yes, feel free to leave a link to your blog in the comments here. Inspired by AVC [Update: If you leave a comment with a link, it’ll…
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Travel-Relocation, and Breadcrumbs
A month or so ago, I wrote about the travel-relocation dynamic. And, it’s no secret, leaving breadcrumbs all over the internet that lead back to your website is a viable, and proven strategy. It’s extremely hard to get links within from local bloggers particularly if they…
New Businesses in Your Farm, and the Local Opportunity
The other day, I worked at a coffee shop right near where I used to live in Queen Anne. The old coffee shop closed down since I was there (probably a year ago), and now its under a new name and new ownership. The new…
Converting Your Real Estate Website Traffic Into Leads
Mоѕt buyers today prefer pulling up their favorite search engine and running a quick search online to find out аbоut the latest properties аvаilаblе on their local market, but the visitor to lead ratio with online traffic can be unusually low…if you don’t know how…
Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Rayhan Rafiq Omar
In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Rayhan Rafiq Omar of Wigwamm — all the way from London. Here’s a bit more about him, from his own mouth… What do you do? Design apps to make life easier for estate and lettings…
Zillow Buys New York
+ Zillow has announced they are paying $50M in cash for StreetEasy. StreetEasy is the #1 site in New York, the US real estate market pretty much everyone has known has been Zillow’s major weakness since it launched in 2006. Back in late 2006 while…
Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Justin Alanis
In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Justin Alanis of Rentlytics. He and I spoke recently, and they are well on their way toward coming out of Beta with their offering. Here’s a bit more about him, from his…
5 Things Real Estate Agents Should Never Do on Google+
Google+ is an outstanding tool for real estate agents. With Google+, agents can improve local search engine rankings, become more familiar with a target audience, and build relationships with industry influencers. But real estate agents can easily invite trouble by not using Google+ appropriately. To…
Minimalist Home Page Design
It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at the Walk Score home page, but I like what I see today… The trend toward minimalist home page designs continues…
Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Zeb Dropkin
In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Zeb Dropkin of RentHackr. Zeb and I had coffee in NYC prior to him heading to Chile for the Startup Chile program, but is now back in New York again. Here’s a bit more…
