A few years ago when David Gibbons and Drew Meyers both worked at Zillow.com, they came up with the idea of launching a new multi- author blog focused exclusively on real estate technology. GeekEstate was launched and has since become a go-to resource for anyone…

As you may or may not know, I’ve been traveling since March (a month and a half on the road in the US, but mostly abroad). As a result, I’ve been a bit disconnected from the Geek Estate community over the past 8 months. However,…

I published the 177th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate yesterday at the Virtual Results blog – head over and check out this month’s winners! The September CoRE will be hosted by Kris Berg, at her San Diego Home Blog. Submit your best September article here…

With the recent news of existing July home sales plunging (27.2%) to its lowest level in approximately 15 years. Some economists are predicting a double dip recession. A couple reasons are because a lot of the banks are holding foreclosures off the market along with…

Most of you  likely know I managed the Carnival of Real Estate from when it was founded back in 2006 up until sometime in 2008, and as a result, it will always hold a special place in my heart. The CoRE was started to be…

So I guess at some point this year American Express came out with an online payment gateway, Accept Pay. From what I can see it looks like it kicks the crap out of pay pal – direct invoicing and receiving funds same day. Why wasn’t…

Please join me in welcoming my friend Ken Brand to the GEB contributor team. Ken is the sales manager for Prudential Gary Greene Realtors in The Woodlands Texas. He’s a transplanted surfer originally from San Diego but naturalized as a Texan 🙂 I first met…

What The Heck is #RETT? About a week or so ago, I started noticing a hashtag associated with many of the posts in my social media stream, #RETT. Most of the posts were notices of meetings regarding RETT but nothing that revealed what it was….

Creating A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers Conduit.com is a site that allows you to create a “custom” toolbar that works with popular Internet browsers like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari.  The toolbar can be custom created from scratch, then offered as an…

Lately I’ve been revisiting my goals from 2009, setting new ones for 2010 and trying to find ways to streamline my workflow to make things more efficient. One web-based trick I’ve been using to do that is Timebridge. Timebridge gives you the power to set…