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…

I don’t know what took ATT and Verizon so long to bring unlimited plans to their phone platforms, but I’m glad to see it. Business users burn through minutes all of the time and it’s great to see limitations removed starting February 22nd. Before you…

The 78th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Pine Needle Lawn.

I 2nd Russell’s point. I’m not going to single anyone out by name or with a link, but there have been several personal attacks in the RE.net over the past several months that have bothered me. This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to…

I was recently asked by a SELLER what tools are available for their them to futher market (a) their listing and the (b) listing agent/broker with whom they are in contractual agreement. Good question. Here we have a scenario of a fully qualified agent/broker, but…

Apple unveiled a complete new build of it’s photo application Aperture a couple of days ago. I finally had a chance to install it and check out the new features. The first and most notable thing is speed. It’s absolutely blazes in comparison to v…

For those of you that love Gmail, Google Docs, Google Analytics and all of the other great tools that Google provides comes another beauty. Now with Google Spreadsheets, you can create a custom form for your website and have your leads fill it in and…