There has been an explosion of real estate blogging within the last 2 years, and the writing can range from posts that are thoughtful and well-written to those that are mind-blowingly bad. Great writing is hard to achieve, no doubt. It takes time, commitment, a…

Since many real estate professionals use LinkedIn to network and farm for new clients, I thought it was worth mentioning that TechCrunch is reporting that LinkedIn is planning to allow individuals to upload photos of themselves starting Friday (tomorrow). I do find it odd that…

While browsing Zillow Discussions yesterday, one ad just popped out at me. Upon seeing it, I was immediately compelled to click on it. Why? The ad was interactive; it allowed me to control the ad. Here’s the ad that I am referring to — browse…

What do I mean? Audio and pictures rather than text — check out Sketchcast.com. I agree with the above embedded “sketchcast” that some ideas/concepts of blog posts are definitely better conveyed with graphics/pictures and audio rather than text. I know visual representations help many people…

Saturday morning started out like any other for me. Groggy with my coffee in hand, I checked my e-mail. David Gibbons had forwarded me a link to the now infamous “Leave Realtors Alone” video. I remember thinking to myself how it capped off a great…

Coulda Been a Contender Audio I’ve been engaged in several blog discussions in the past couple weeks that have come down to the fundamental question: “Is technology innovation within the scope of a brokerage’s core competency?” It has taken me back to a post I…

The 60th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at For Sale by Locals.

No matter what your opinion is of Zillow’s position in Real Estate, we should see their success in raising capital as something good for the industry overall. In my opinion, everyone from Dale Stinton to Glenn Kelman should be rejoicing in it. Real estate tech…

We just translated the Geekestate Blog into Japanese with the help of Google and Microsoft. So what does $87 million mean in Japanese ? Well…$87 million! This amount of capital has no language barriers and everyone around the world can understand that Zillow’s $87 million…

Congratulations to the Zillow Team, your stock option net worth just had a significant emotional experience today. 🙂 $87 million is spectacular and Zillow must have some pretty amazing plans since some very intelligent investors have partnered with them. However, this news struck a sour…