On my last shoot of a home in Issaquah, I tried a technique that is becoming popular with real estate photographers. It’s called High Dynamic Range (HDR for short) or Exposure Fusion. This technique allows you to produce interior photos that are light and bright…

RealBird was 1st out of the gate integrating Google Street View imagery back in March. Trulia announced their Google Street view integration a week later. Today, RealEstate.com announces their integration. I’m sensing a growing trend…

Image from here. I have been brainstorming creative ways to approach marketing from a real estate standpoint and for some inspiration, regularly read my Bloglines feed. I came across this post on BloodhoundBlog by Greg Swann and had to smile as it’s a great example…

First, on Monday, it was announced that the KML format is now an international standard supported by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Google Earth Blog coverage – Google Earth’s KML Now International Standard. Then, Google Earth 4.3 was released on Tuesday (more commentary on Mashable). If…

According to TechCrunch , Fatdoor has closed its doors and will reopen as Center’d. From the about page (via TechCrunch) — At Center’d, we’ve been thinking about how to solve the challenges that exist in making plans. From the smallest get together, where you just…

Some weeks are just better than others when it comes to reaping the benefits of Blogging and Blog-Surfing. Over the past 5 days I have found MakeUseof.com, a fantastic post by Matt Rathbun, and a web 2.0 tool that every stinkin Realtor/Real Estate Agent/Anybody in…

Though TopProducer seems to be the most popular CRM tool in the real estate industry, I know some real estate professionals use Salesforce.com as their customer relationship management application. As of today, those of you using Salesforce have some new tools at your disposal —…

The 86th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at True Gotham.

As the market has shifted and distressed sellers are more plentiful, a variety of companies are trying to help home buyers and Realtors keep up to speed.  In response to the increase in foreclosures and short sales, Sean O’Toole founded a company called Foreclosure Radar.  Foreclosure…

Trulia announces a partnership that allows viewers of listings in 30 or so cities to “Walk The Neighborhood” using Google’s Street View technology. Street view is a service introduced by Google last year that allows viewers to navigate mapped 360 panoramic images from street level…