Marc and Brian at 1000watt Consulting put together a list of the top 10 brokerage sites that’s worth taking a look at, particularly if you’re an agent or brokerage looking to improve your web site. I agree with them when they say that consumers (primarily)…

If you’re currently blogging on a WordPress based blog, then read this!  For those of you who aren’t familiar with WordPress, here’s they say about it – “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both…

I’m at REBarCamp in Houston right now, and Paul Chaney is currently giving a keynote speech. He just detailed 5 trends that are turning this world upside down: Consumer skepticism and resistance to advertising Media fragmentation is out of control Increasingly the consumer is in…

Real World Impact on the Digital World The internet doesn’t always reflect the reality of day to day life, especially when it comes to online businesses. For example, Google has posted increased earnings despite the economic woes that we hear about on a daily basis….

We have a new entry to the broker blogger space — as of today, Steve and Kris Berg are now operating as San Diego Castles Realty. They were formerly agents for Prudential California Realty and have built a great brand in the San Diego area…

Ok, the #1 reason Brokers hire me, is because I possess the rare ability to translate “Geek Speak” into English! #2 is, I can spend 8 hrs reading all the coolest Blogs on the Internet and decipher what cool new tool has some relevance to our…

“Mr. Watson, come here, I need you”…recognize those infamous words? I hope so, they are the words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant, Mr. Watson (Is this the same guy that Sherlock Holmes called “Homey”?). History has recorded this as the very first phone…

Here’s a humorous look at blogging and copyright. Swallow your coffee first and then click through to this blog post by Faye Hendry. Faye’s blog tells you repeatedly that she’s a christian but that fact only adds to the irony of the image Mike Mueller uploaded…

In the real estate world, the Internet is often held up to be some sort of “promised land” that offers sanctuary to real estate professionals from the slavery of conventional real estate marketing and sales methods. The result has been that thousands of realtors have…

I thought it worth noting that Homethinking added a neighborhood feature today to help consumers compare neighborhoods in separate parts of the country — here’s the press release. To get a feel for the new functionality, take a look at New York neighborhoods compared to…