When you are choosing a camera to use for real estate photography there are two key considerations: Does the camera have or can you adapt it to have a wide-angle lens? Can the camera be used easily with an external flash? These two factors are…

I’m very pleased to announce that Larry Lohrman is joining the regular contributors on the sidebar at GeekEstate Blog. Larry is a professional photographer specializing in real estate photography and 360VR. In addition, he is the founder of the Photography For Real Estate, a blog…

There was a fantastic discussion at Gnomedex (the “Blogosphere’s Conference”) last weekend led by my colleague, Vanessa Fox, that touched on a very interesting & important subject — How Much of Your Digital Identity Do you Control? Specifically, she talked “about how the more you…

The 55th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is up at TheLandJournal! Update: I’m excited to say that we’ll be hosting the carnival here at GeekEstate Blog next week to fill in for Manhattan Real Estate Voice, whose author is swamped with other commitments….

There is a great conversation (51 comments) occurring on Lani’s A Call for ALL to Participate in Blog Transparency at R.E.Revealed. Lani added PHP code to her blog that displays the IP address of each commenter as a way to thwart anonymous “trolls” who aim…

We’re all searching for that perfect real estate lead; the one that calls you out of the blue and says… “I want to buy a $1 million home next week and I want you to represent me”. That’s a no brainer. Who wouldn’t want to…

Update: My friend Dustin Luther, who works for Move, has chimed in both on the original thread and commented on this post — Realtor.com DOES support .wmv files. Sorry for the confusion. Relating to using video to market yourself or your listings, I came across…

There are a wealth of blog widgets out there that can help you satisfy your readers’ desire for real estate information — some of which are excellent, some which aren’t. Here’s 10 widgets that I’ve seen that provide value to consumers: Criteo Auto Roll –…

This post doesn’t have nearly the geek factor of Robbie’s Trulia API in PHP post (what would?). But it’s really important… As a technology inclined real estate professional you no doubt have a LOT of files on your computer. Your client database, contracts, listing agreements,…

Decades of images in television, magazines and online media have conditioned real estate buyers and sellers to expect and respond to strong visual images. Sellers want good photos of their home while buyers naturally pay more attention to homes marketed with strong visual images. The…