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…

Batman had Robin, The Lone Ranger had Tonto, Martin had Lewis, Kobe/Shaq, Gates/Allen…the list of successful “TEAMS” is endless. They accended to the highest levels of their crafts and became “icons”, “inspirations”, and most of all very very successful (Rich)! In Real Estate, the “Team” concept has…

I saw a post on PR 2.0 this weekend that could be of interest to many real estate professionals trying to find clients using social media — TwitterLocal Connects You to Local Voices. Jeff Turner also picked up on the new mashup of Twitter (H/T…

The 85th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at RealCentralVA.