After the latest attempt at publishing MLS sales statistics for real estate agents in a public forum went down in an inglorious blaze, many people inside and outside the industry are still interested in the possibility of a second try.  It may be an outside 3rd…

Content is King. You have heard it before. If you don’t have good content on your blog, then who will want to read it? My biggest concern when I decided to start a real estate blog was that no one would care. I didn’t want to invest…

If you haven’t heard the Steve Jobs’ news, you’ve been under a rock today. It’s a sad day for the technology industry, and the world to see a true pioneer, innovator, and leader leave this world at the age of 56. Steve Jobs continually strove…

WOW. Redfin just pulled the plug on their VERY talked about Scouting Report feature just 5 days after releasing it to the world. Why did they take it down? According to their CEO Glenn Kelman: The basic problem is that the data wasn’t accurate, first…

The real estate industry, slow to adapt to new technology, has been experiencing growing pains from outside startup technology companies pushing the boundaries of its comfortable digs.  The latest flavor of dust-up was well-documented by Drew Meyers of Geek Estate.  Redfin’s Agent Scouting Reports change the…

The topic of last night’s #retechchat was Transparency of Performance Statistics. Another fantastic discussion. I have to say, this week’s discussion was a bit of a lay-up considering everyone (and their mother) has an opinion about the latest Redfin Scouting Report release (and some don’t)….

Well all, it is time to move away from my basic as can be WordPress site, with a theme from StudioPress (which I love BTW!) to a new platform for my real estate website. I’ve learned a ton along the way in creating my own…

Monday’s #retechchat topic of conversation will be Transparency of Performance Statistics. As you can likely infer based on the topic, this is as a result of Redfin’s Scouting Report announcement on Thursday (Geek Estate coverage). If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk –…

Yup, it’s happened again. Outsiders have out innovated real estate industry insiders. This time it is Redfin’s Agent Scouting Report. Any agent’s entire sale history analyzed and overlaid out on a map. Brilliant. For an example, take a look at Kris Berg‘s scouting report. I picked…

Here’s a 15 minute video on the topic of real estate video and website strategies from the Keller Williams National Convention. The panel discussion included Carey Sylvester, Kenn Renner, Ben Kinney, and Sue Adler. Kenn, Ben, and Sue are all driving significant business from their web efforts,…