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NAR BOD Votes on Wide Range of Issues

NAR BOD Votes on Wide Range of Issues

The NAR Board Of Directors voted today on long list of issues from the use of drones to take property photos and member codes of excellence to rules that require MLS boards to expand the data they provide for use on broker and agent sites through current IDX…

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Walkscore and Redfin: Is Real Estate Tech Too Profitable For Distractions and Discounts?

Walkscore and Redfin: Is Real Estate Tech Too Profitable For Distractions and Discounts?

Seattle’s technology brokerage, Redfin, recently acquired our local community metrics company, Walkscore. The guys who run WalkScore have grown their business into household name nationwide, and have remained the same gracious, humble, community-conscious entrepreneurs in the meantime. You can’t help but feel happy that Josh and Matt…

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RE Tech. Zillow & Move Get Hot, Everything Glows.

RE Tech. Zillow & Move Get Hot, Everything Glows.

Crunchbase posted an article today covering the hot investing activity surrounding RE tech. One of the quotes in the post could probably be found in just about every story that has been written on the subject since 1998 or so. “Real estate is a super attractive…

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How Important is Local Content? Ask Redfin

How Important is Local Content? Ask Redfin

Redfin, the venerable disruptive, tech forward real estate Broker based in Seattle has made it’s first technology acquisition. Details of the deal haven’t been disclosed but it’s one of the smarter moves I’ve seen in the recently bubbly M&A activity in the RE tech space….

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Fred Ehrsam on BitCoin

Fred Ehrsam on BitCoin

This presentation by Fred Ehrsam (CEO of CoinBase) was shared on AVC yesterday, and I thought it was worth highlighting here. While I don’t think many people will be buying houses with BitCoin anytime soon, I do think the technology can enable some interesting businesses for new agent/broker…

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Lightbulbs, your Business and your Life

Lightbulbs, your Business and your Life

Is that post title cryptic enough for you? What do lightbulbs have to do with real estate? Well, it’s not about LEDs or CFLs, it’s about priorities. Confused? Hopefully I can shed light on the subject. As real estate agents and brokers, we have no shortage of people…

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Tinder for … Agents?

Tinder for … Agents?

There is a Tinder for virtually every industry. Including real estate. What about a Tinder for Real Estate Agents? This would be a drop dead simple app to design and build, as it would need only about 5 total screens. What would the primary screens contain?…

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What’s the Dream?

What’s the Dream?

Every business has a dream; a vision for what the future holds. Those that don’t, likely aren’t accomplishing much. Ours at Horizon? Want to Know? What’s your dream?

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The Fault Lies not in the Stars…

The Fault Lies not in the Stars…

From the National Association of Realtors: The Fault Lies not in the Stars … Much has been made of how technology has and will affect our lives and chosen vocations. Technology speeds things up. Technology provides instant access. Technology feeds the insatiable demand for more…

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Cards of House (Tinder for Real Estate)

Cards of House (Tinder for Real Estate)

The Tinder user interface is drop dead simple. Swipe right if you like it. Swipe left if you don’t. And it’s being brought into pretty much every vertical. See Jobr, Poachable, Kwoller, and Catch as just a few examples. If there are any car enthusiasts reading,…

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