Most agents have a website that is maintained by some agency. These vary from very boring templates where you have very little control, to sites that give you a wide range of control over every aspect of the site. The problem I have seen most…

What would a good real estate photography setup be if you were purchasing today? CNET currently rates the Nikon D80 and Canon EOS Rebel XT as the top DSLRs under $1,000. Both of these cameras are in the top 5 best selling DSLRs in the…

Do you understand blogging? Like, really understand it? If not, don’t worry — you’re not alone. Here’s a video from the Common Craft show that makes blogging simple to understand. [via Realivent Blog]

Earlier today I was assisting a client in adding some content to his Realtor.Com template web site. While viewing the source of his main page I stumbled upon some commented code. Commented code is used by web and software developers to communicate in situations where…

Blogging is one of the primary activities associate with real estate web 2.0 and a vital means of creating community, according to Brian Boero of 1000Watt Consulting in his post-NAR interview on Inman TV interview with Joel Burselm. While Blogging can be a powerful tool,…

Google updated its Google Reader feed reader today yesterday. One change I’ve been waiting for is the ability to drag-and-drop feeds into different folders. My feed reader list is pushing the 300 mark, and it’s vital (for me) to organize those feeds in some way….

Every real estate agent should at least be considering online video as a potential mechanism to advertise your listings and/or your personal brand. I’m no video expert, but we’re lucky to have a GeekEstate contributor who is — Michael Price. I asked him several questions…

Do you know what a stealth site is? Putting it simply, this is an unbranded, simple web page that you use to draw traffic to your site, or to generate leads. Many agents have multiple stealth sites that they maintain on a regular basis. I…

So you’re driving to an appointment, trying to finally eat lunch at 4pm and you still have to send 14 emails before the end of the day and you’re behind on this week blog….what do you do? You sign up for Jott. Jott is still…

Though Denny Oh has already written several posts here, I’d like to take a moment to officially welcome Denny to the GeekEstate Blog team as a regular contributor — you’ll notice his photo now resides on the sidebar along with all of our other fantastic…