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YouRealty – Legit Claims or Just A Shiny Object?

YouRealty – Legit Claims or Just A Shiny Object?

Jeff Turner is right — YouRealty is making some big claims. Uploaded with Skitch! Can they deliver on those bold claims? Or are they the real estate industry’s latest & greatest shiny object? For their sake, let’s hope they change the real estate game. If…

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Zillow + Yahoo Real Estate Partnership Goes Live

Zillow + Yahoo Real Estate Partnership Goes Live

Shortly after Google announces they will be removing real estate listings from their maps, Zillow and Yahoo Real Estate’s long awaited partnership goes live today. Is this strictly a coincidence? Strategically this is a great move for Zillow, and will effect the real estate industry in…

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How To Rank Quickly Using Google Places

How To Rank Quickly Using Google Places

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Flexmls Introduces IDX WordPress Plugin

Flexmls Introduces IDX WordPress Plugin

Today Flexmls has taken its IDX WordPress plugin out of beta and it is now available for purchase and download. I have been beta testing the plugin for a few weeks and found it works well. There is a $240 per year annual fee for…

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Zillow Hits 15.7 Million Unique Visitors in February

Zillow Hits 15.7 Million Unique Visitors in February

This morning’s Tweet from Zillow’s CEO Spencer Rascoff caught my attention: Zillow’s record January: 15.7 million unique monthly visitors, up 75% year-over-year. Thanks to each and everyone one of you! This seems to be a clear indication that Zillow is growing fast (13 million unique…

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ActiveRain Moves to $89 per Month?

ActiveRain Moves to $89 per Month?

As a result to being subscribed to Jay’s post about why he deleted his blog posts from ActiveRain (here’s the specific comment) — I learned that ActiveRain has recently changed their pricing from $39 per month to $89 per month for their Rain Maker program….

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My Thoughts on the "No Listings on Google Maps" News

My Thoughts on the "No Listings on Google Maps" News

You likely have already heard the news that Google is removing their real estate listings from Google Maps. You might have even attended the Webinar yesterday with Gahlord Dewald (Thought Faucet), Mike Simonsen (Altos Research), Dustin Luther (4realz), and Rich Bailey (Wolfnet). But, let’s be…

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Interview with Trulia's Lead Generation Manager Steve Rossi

Interview with Trulia's Lead Generation Manager Steve Rossi

Whether you’re an agent constantly answering phone calls from vendors, or a vendor yourself who relies upon selling to real estate agents to make your living, there are some interesting insights in the following video from Steve Rossi, Lead Generation Manager at Trulia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDC8dbUHvOs [via…

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Home Valuation Map Using Google Fusion Tables

Home Valuation Map Using Google Fusion Tables

Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management and publishing web application that makes it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online. Though in beta stage, I liked its potential and wanted to give it a try. Zillow Real Estate…

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Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms

Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms

Over the weekend I ran into a real estate related problem while I was researching for the cryptocurrency betting sites 2023 that mattered.  I rent an apartment in New York City and my landlord is planning to list the property for sale 8 months before…

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