Geek Estate received a visitor the other day from this search term on Google: how to stop unwanted calls from real estate agents I’d say this proves the SPAM problem we’ve discussed here previously (and here) is real.

Facebook has recently become replete with countless real estate groups of every stripe. There are tech support groups, online marketing groups, direct mail groups, WordPress groups, video groups and so on, all focusing on the real estate realm. This can be a great resource to brainstorm with…

I came across Realstir recently, and their “Try Before You Buy” concept/trademark. A blend of Zillow & AirBnB essentially. Thought I’d share a few thoughts… AirBnB and Realtor.com partnered in a very similar fashion in June of last year (see here). That initiative is already…

Greg wrote about whether Xome is going to rebrand the other day. I saw a television commercial last week during the Seahawks game advertising Xome as the official real estate app of the Seattle Seahawks. I went to their website, and see the primary value…

Related to the opportunity to find leads via social media — has anyone tried Socedo? I’d be curious to hear whether real estate is a viable use case for their offering.

There are, of course, numerous ways to generate leads for a real estate agents or brokerage. Zillow/Trulia (aka Zillow Group). Realtor.com. Organic SEO. Paid SEM. Content marketing. Working your sphere, day-in and day-out. Another option is social media marketing — finding public conversations about buying or…

[Via JK Realty]

1000Watt announced the Turn On Podcast today, and released the first version. Head on over and listen. One thought I come back to after listening to a few of Marc’s thoughts on a broker loving local, is the socially conscious broker/agent. A brokerage could really…

The answer is surprisingly simple. Start hustling and build one. Now, go read this, this, and this. (the question in the title, “How to Start in Real Estate Without a Sphere of Influence”,  is one which I found in this site’s analytics as a source of…

Arnold Waldstein wrote an interesting post the other day titled “Can you platform community?“. It’s a topic I think about non stop, given community is what I’m most passionate about enabling in this world. I KNOW community changes lives for the better, and if I…