It’s true — the VAST majority of independent brokerages can’t afford to write a 7 figure check to the Zillow’s of the world. As Jay puts it: This could be the beginning of the end for small brokerages Or not. I’m in the “not” camp….

First, I’m going to take a wild guess and say that SEO has been on your mind recently. That’s just a hunch. Second, I’ll take a wild guess and say you already know SEO in the real estate vertical is expensive. Again, just a guess. If not?…

My name is Jason Richards and I have been working in the real estate industry for over 10 years. My experience spans across all aspects of real estate including industrial, office and residential investment, development, entitlement and brokerage. My career began  primarily on the commercial…

My name is Greg Fischer and I want to build the best real estate brokerage in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth is a beautiful and dynamic city which is experiencing incredible growth. I am thrilled to be launching Fischer Real Estate Services and look forward to providing…

My name is John Womeldorf and I have been working in residential real estate in the Williamsburg and Hampton Roads Va area for about nine years now. Prior to real estate I spent 15 years in the wholesale floral distribution business as a supplier to…

My name is Daniel Bacon and I have been working in residential real estate with my wife Christine for about nine years now. Prior to real estate I spent five years in the tech industry as a software engineer, db programmer and web developer. In…

I firmly believe that SEO is at the route of this listing syndication discussion that has been picking up steam since Edina and ARG stopped syndicating their listings, so wanted to expand on the SEO discussion that Sam picked up on. Some have defended the SEO tactics…

It happened — Metrolist and Santa Barbara booted Diverse Solutions (now owned by Zillow) from their list of approved IDX vendors. The Metrolist decision was reported by Geek Wire, while Inman picked up on the fact (premium content) that Santa Barbara had also pulled the plug. Eric…

Here at Geek Estate, we’re going to undertake a fun iniative in 2012, which will be called “Geek Build 2012” (maybe we’ll do this again next year). What is it? Building a local real estate website/blog (or several) from scratch, with all decisions voted on…

Every home has a story — some long, some short. The history of a home includes a lot of things, depending on the age of both the home and the community it resides in. In the case of my parents home in Sammamish, that includes…