There’s an interesting post at webmapper that’s probably worth reading, especially if you are a techy interested in real estate – Neighbo(u)rhood 2.0 The new services and products launched by Urban Mapping, Zillow, and the Dutch CBS in the first weeks of January may herald…

The 75th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Zillow Blog.

Many of you may have Zolve.com blog accounts. Its a real estate focused blogging network similar to ActiveRain.com and RealTown.com. According to their site, they have plotted 4008 network participants throughout the world. What makes it nice is how the drill down shows members by…

Over the past 2 years, I’ve seen numerous real estate blogs adopt the MyBlogLog Recent Readers widget — and I love the fact that so many use it. However, I have yet to see a real estate blogger adopt the new About Me widget MBL…

With all of the digital media being used in real estate today, there is one relatively new medium that could invigorate your marketing: the digital picture frame. You know, the things you connect a flash drive filled with family pics into that sits on the…

One question that I receive from realtors on a steady basis is “Do single property websites work? And if so, which company do I hire to provide this service?” In my opinion, “yes” single property websites do work and can be a very effective marketing…

It never ceases to amaze me how much a little added elevation can help out a exterior real estate shot. Because the front exterior shot is what buyers doing web searches initially see of homes a little extra effort and expense can be well worth…

Roost.com launched this morning at midnight Pacific time. (Full press release is below) Not unexpectedly, those champions of getting the news out to the RE.net — Joel, Dustin and Greg — have already summarized well the features of Roost. Go forth and read their favorable reviews. I…

As a Realtor, I like many of you, am on the run a lot and don’t always have the luxury of being at my office. And in a time where a 5 minute response time is 5 minutes too long, I depend on my phone…

When Zillow released their neighborhood data last Wednesday night, I was floored. My company had talked about trying to acquire similar data off and on over the past two years, but it was always too cost prohibitive to do so. As I thought about the…