I think it’s safe to say many local real estate markets are now buyers markets — NAR published a press release saying that, at the end of July, inventory of (existing) homes available for sale had reached 9.6 months of supply. For real estate agents,…

Drip campaigns are something many agents use today to help manage their leads — lets take a look at what makes a Drip Campaign tick. For me, Drip Campaigns have always been broken up into 3 main parts Campaign Templates Email Content. Campaigns: The Campaign…

GeekEstate Blog’s own Steve Jagger was featured on Inman TV and discussed marketing tips for real estate websites. Steve is the CEO of Ubertor, which builds websites for real estate professionals. Joel Burslem from Inman News interviewed Steve during Real Estate Connect. Here’s the video:…

Apple has announced their new line of iPods and they are nothing short of brilliant. For the first time, the iPod Nano will have the ability to store and view up to 5 hours of video with an enhanced interface. The iPod classic now comes…

My job in Baghdad was a civil affairs team chief with the mission to “improve the governance, economics, and essential services” for my district of Baghdad. As unqualified as I felt to accomplish this mission, I found myself and other captains in this position who,…

The 57th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at Valparaiso Indiana Home Builder – Northwest Indiana!

The most important photo of a home is the front exterior. The reason is that time and time again the listing agent is required to choose a single photo that is either featured most prominently (as on web sites) or the only photo (as in…

Recently Realtor.com announced a free blogging platform is now available for their 1.4 millionish members. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — REALTOR.com, the most comprehensive real estate listings Web site, today announces the introduction of Featured Blog and “Let’s Talk Real Estate!,” a new blogging…

Search is an amazing mechanism for gaining customers. You can do all kinds of advertising — newspapers, billboards, TV ads — but those take a scatter approach. Not everyone who sees the ads are interested in what you’ve got to say, but you hope to…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dylan Schleppe, Austin entrepreneur who launched DriveBuy, a real estate tool that allows home buyers to quickly and efficiently get detailed listing information by simply sending a text message from their cell phones. I’ve been using Dylan’s system for…