The American consumer is going mobile at a break-neck pace. Sometime late last year, according to researchers, the number of people living in households with one or more cell phones exceeded that of people living in a household with a landline. And, it’s only going to move more in that direction. The convenience of the cell phone in our busy lives is just too great.

Flickr.com is one of my favorite photo hosting sites. The SEO generated from Flickr is just one reason I use their “paid” service and membership.  Having said that, here’s a brand new feature PhotoBucket just announced that I hope Flickr will investigate and soon incorporate….

You’re reading all over Inman and in other news, mobility of the real estate agent and the office.  New apps that question, what is really the office?  Do I have to meet clients at the office…or simply meet at a local coffee shop or cafe for face-to-face time. Online…

Walk Score just released some cool new transit time maps for the Bay Area, Seattle, and Portland (based on the Google Transit feed). You can see how long your commute would be depending on the area you live in and what time you need to…

How do you keep track of ALL the social networking sites you’re currently on? Are you on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, ActiveRain and others?  Do you have online profiles scattered all across these continuously growing WEB 2.0 platforms?  How many are you on?  How many…

Many of the listing sites that service the US and Canadian real estate investor don’t accept international properties. And those that do may not rank well for the search terms that are relevant for your property. The classifieds site craigslist, for example, accepts international properties…

If you’re like me, it’s hard to commit hours and hours of writing “why” you should live in my area when choosing a home. Sure, I could frame in a local page of great information but what makes the internet great is the ability for…

The ultimate success of your business will probably be tied closely to your success on the Internet. Your website or blog is your storefront in a very big world. It’s easy to get a dry cleaning customer if they pass your store every day on…

Last week our team at Ubertor and Reachd ran the Inaugural Fraser Valley Real Estate Technology Meetup. We invited Realtor and Uber Video Blogger Ian Watt to talk about how he runs his business completely online. Here is the video from the evening. Death of…

The last time I posted on Geek Estate, I wrote about how to use the Trulia API from a PHP page. Since watching mortgage rates fall is a lot more fun than watching home prices fall, I decided to implement a simple widget that uses…