Links for Geeks (October 3rd) – RE/MAX, Trulia Data Connect, and Augmented Reality
A few links of note over the past few days…
- Congrats to Suzanne Roy for her new position at Move!
- RE/MAX surges in its first day of trading. Related: Does anyone actually think RE/MAX is a good long term investment?
- Are you faking it?
- Trulia Data Connect to tackle their real estate data accuracy (or Trulia Blog announcement). Maybe it’s just me, but I’m bored of this data timeliness issue. Updates every 10 minutes? So they want to beat Realtor.com’s longstanding 15 minute refresh cycle….but do consumers actually care? Seems like overkill.
It’s been awhile since I’ve heard much about Augmented Reality, so I leave you with this video from Augmented Pixels…
PS: Non real estate related, but SnapChat launched “stories” today.
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mattdollinger
Posted at 06:29h, 04 OctoberDrew – I’m stoked about Remax going public and think that they’re blazing the way for true brokerage and franchises getting into the public arena. I’m no Jim Cramer but have to say that after looking at their info I’m a fan of their stock.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 07:34h, 04 OctoberI don’t really know enough about their core business/financials to make any really great arguments 🙂
Sam DeBord, SeattleHome.com
Posted at 09:13h, 04 OctoberAugmented Pixels–nice trick, not sure what problem it’s solving. It’s interesting.
Trulia Data Connect–are they announcing new MLS partnerships, or just a new marketing campaign? They’re “focusing” on MLS partnerships….like they’ve been trying to do for a long time. I don’t see anything new in terms of accuracy until they get new MLSs under contract.
RE/MAX is probably a good investment while the real estate market continues to expand and agent rosters grow. Not sure in a downturn.
Thomas A B Johnson
Posted at 13:45h, 07 OctoberThe RE/MAX IPO gives the company a currency to buy back their regional master franchises. It also gives them Wall St. funds for further acquisitions in the real estate space from the VC world looking for an exit.