According to a feature story on Yahoo’s home page yesterday, many folks around the country are turning to house swapping to move properties in hard markets. Originally a practice utilized primarily for vacation homes, house swapping works by matching relocation clients with similarly valued homes….

Please welcome me in joining Erion Shehaj to the list of contributors here at Geek Estate Blog. Erion is a real estate entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Signature Real Estate, a Houston based real estate brokerage specializing in investment properties. He also maintains the In…

I’ll admit, I’ve been on the fence about video and listings. My 2 core issues w/ video have been the following: No “Navigation” – I’ve been wanting to see better navigation in video tours, so I can jump right to footage of the kitchen per…

Working with agents in the Portland, OR area, I run into many different contact management systems, but keep running into Top Producer. Just about every agent using this system is using version 7i, and with it’s quirks and annoyances, it seems to be doing a…

Darris Cassidy reached out to me a couple weeks ago for some feedback on his new site — RealEstateEcards.com. The eCards include background music, professional looking photographs of the home with captions, along with details about the listing agent (click “view” on the lower left…

Congrats to NikNik and Reggie at MyTechOpinion for getting MyMarketWare out the door with their new single property website solution. Here is an example of what you can get for $39. Press Release While you might think I got this tip from Dustin, it actually…

Point2 Agent has changed their pricing model. Up until today, a “Standard” Point2 NLS membership has been free. Point2 provides a 15 page web site, and membership in their “NLS” (National Listing Service) for no charge. An email I received this evening states that NLS…

I’ve been in real estate for about 4 years now and am always looking for new ideas on how to improve…learning new marketing strategies, better ways to stay in touch with clients, how to structure my time, etc.  When I first started out, I was…

I just stumbled across a story in the East Bay Business Time that some of you might find interesting — TurnHere has raised $7.5 million in VC funding – Online video publisher TurnHere Inc. will use $7.5 million in venture funding from Venrock and Hearst…

It looks like MyBlogLog is aiming to ramp up adoption in the RE.net by adding support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain profiles (and Tumblr, Multiply, and FriendFeed) as part of their Online Services section of MyBlogLog profiles. Now, if you use the About Me…