As the market has shifted and distressed sellers are more plentiful, a variety of companies are trying to help home buyers and Realtors keep up to speed.  In response to the increase in foreclosures and short sales, Sean O’Toole founded a company called Foreclosure Radar.  Foreclosure…

I was a late comer to the blogging party. About a year and a half ago, I found Active Rain and first discovered purposeful blogging. This was around the same time that most traditionalists were discounting this phenomenon as just a fad for ‘youngins” looking…

When I first came into the blogging world (seems like a long time ago), there was a period of time when I could not decide which blogging platform was best for my personal needs. Each option had positive aspects as well as negative ones and…

Ok great! Please contact me at any of my links and I will give you my address, so you can send a check. Please try to send it immediately after reading the Blog, I have 2 kids in College, and Spring tuition is due!! Ok,…

Without any introduction, here’s what I mean…. 1. Hard to Get The method in which one pretends not to be interested, or at least less interested in the other person, as they really are.  Actions related to this method may include, but are not limited…

Please join me in welcoming the newest regular contributor to the Geek Estate Blog, Eric “The Coach” Bryant. Eric is the Director of Information Services at Prudential California Realty, a broker with 300 agents and offices located throughout the Central Valley area. Eric spends a…

MyBlogLog is now in the lifestreaming category with their most recent announcement! MBL previously announced their “new with me” feature, which is the main new feature they’ve added to member profile pages. “New with me” looks and acts similar to Facebook’s Newsfeed — it streams…

A huge congratulations has to go to Jay and Francy for getting all the paperwork done and unveiling the newest Phoenix area brokerage — Thompson’s Realty!   If Jay isn’t the definition of a “Broker Blogger,” I don’t know who is.

There are many real estate technology vendors that build agent websites, with Real Estate Webmasters (REW) being one of the companies in the mix. If you’ve heard about REW before, chances are you’ve also heard about their superb ability to optimize their websites for search…

Dustin Luther of Rain City Guide and 4REALZ.net fame, along with Jim Marks at Virtual Results are launching “Valuable Internet Marketing Education for Realtors”. (“affiliate” link) A one-day seminar that promises to be jam-packed with useful info is offered. Cost is $149 and includes a…