I have a section of my Google feedreader titled “re-local-blogs” to keep me on the pulse of what local, aka hyper local, bloggers are talking about in their respective areas. Which bloggers are in that group? Heather Elias Jim Duncan Brian Copeland Greg Dallaire Teresa…

RentJuice is now part of Zillow. I love this strategic move by Zillow to get into the rentals market in a big, big way. Speaking of acquisitions, I wonder which real estate technology vendor will be next to be acquired? The likely candidates in my…

Geek Build 2012 is moving along nicely, and we now have an initial design concept ready for public comments and suggestions for revisions. We chose to use TheClearwaterBeachLife.com for our initial design, which will be finalized in Adobe Photoshop .psd format. Once this is complete we…

We have all been through the excitement of getting that alert via phone or email that we have a new lead on our site.  We immediately grin, day dream for a quick second of what it may hold in store for us, and head to…

Wouldn’t it be awesome if you had something that you could talk about with every single home owner (and renter) in your community? Something that wasn’t a real estate conversation per say, but entirely relevant to your line of work. Wouldn’t it be awesome if…

Background: I firmly believe business ideas are worth next to nothing; execution is everything. Additionally, I’ve talked to no fewer than 3 others who are either working on this or have thought about working on it — which is a good sign in my book since it…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be Email Hacks (Plugins, Programs, and Productivity). For a quick read on a few existing plugins and productivity apps check out: Seven Gmail Add-ons That Make Email Suck Less. If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join…

There have been a number of issues going on in the industry recently, and some of them haven’t been covered here on Geek Estate — so thought I’d do a quick recap: 1. Rumors that Zillow will become a Brokerage (AGBeat story) Zillow Realty has a…

Got your attention? Good. You do realize that a 27 year old just bought out a 28 year old for a billion dollars last week? This is just the most recent W in the “win column” for the young guns of the world and there…

A lot has happened with Geek Build 2012 in the past month, and we thought it would help to summarize what we have accomplished and explain where we are in the process. About one month ago we got the steering committee decision recommending  www.wpengine.com for…