Over the past few months, there have been several excellent summaries on website design on Geek Estate. Drew’s post talked about the 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design and Jeff put together a great article about website design and usability and how it can…

Good Morning Everyone, I am posting this on Geek Estate because I am sure that the comments and discussions that are derived from it, will be from some of the finest, and most daring thinkers in Real Estate. Afterall, this is where anyone, who is…

Drew’s post of Matt Dollinger’s video on Web 2.0 paralysis by analysis made me think back to how I have adapted technology and whether it has affected my business in any way over the past year. My initial foray into social networking definitely consumed more…

I thought this video from Matt Dollinger was worth sharing — the takeaway is to “FOCUS” on what really generates business for you and not get sucked into spending unnecessary time and effort on tasks that don’t lead to real business. Paralysis by Analysis –…

In college, and for a couple of years after (including the first 6 months I worked as a licensed agent,) I was a bartender.  It was a pretty cush job – working ~25 hours/week and meeting interesting people who had to be nice to you…

Alright, so maybe we all get a little tired of hearing about all this Web 2.0 talk, but you have to admit that it has resulted in a lot of great small to midsize start-ups that make all of our lives a little bit easier….

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When I call a prospective client for the first time I don’t use a script to qualify and understand what they’re looking for. Instead, I have a general idea of the things I need to know like number of bedrooms/bathrooms, location and where in the…

Can anyone tell me why so many agents spend so many hours on Twitter? It seems a lot of agents are caught up in the Social Media hype these days and Twitter is high on their list.  Is the business they generate off Twitter predictable…

I’ve been to 3 Real Estate Barcamps in the past year. Seattle, Portland, and then Seattle #2. This isn’t nearly as many as some of the vendors like our friends at Zillow or Altos have attended, but I feel like I have a feel for…