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More Politics - Real Estate Politics
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Christopher Zabka & I have launched a new blog titled Real Estate Politics and we’d love to get feedback from the Geek Estate audience. The purpose of the blog is to encourage balanced discussion of industry topics, with the goal of allowing both sides to have an equally strong voice. Related to that, one thing [...]
“Framicus Digitalus”
Thursday, January 24th, 2008With all of the digital media being used in real estate today, there is one relatively new medium that could invigorate your marketing: the digital picture frame. You know, the things you connect a flash drive filled with family pics into that sits on the fireplace mantle automatically telling the story of your life?
Consider this: [...]
Learning from Past Blogging Mistakes
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Blogging is one of the primary activities associate with real estate web 2.0 and a vital means of creating community, according to Brian Boero of 1000Watt Consulting in his post-NAR interview on Inman TV interview with Joel Burselm.
While Blogging can be a powerful tool, we are noticing that without adherence to a set of standards [...]
[Redfin] “I coulda been a contender…”
Monday, September 24th, 2007Coulda Been a Contender Audio
I’ve been engaged in several blog discussions in the past couple weeks that have come down to the fundamental question: “Is technology innovation within the scope of a brokerage’s core competency?” It has taken me back to a post I read by Brian Boero of 1000 Watt Consulting Titled, “Redfin: A [...]
$87 million for Zillow - that’s all?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Congratulations to the Zillow Team, your stock option net worth just had a significant emotional experience today.
$87 million is spectacular and Zillow must have some pretty amazing plans since some very intelligent investors have partnered with them. However, this news struck a sour note with me for a reason unrelated to [...]
Challenging the MLS Data Access Assumption
Saturday, September 8th, 2007I read a post today by Michael Wurzer titled “Is Data Free? Is There No Free Lunch?” at the FBS Blog. By the way, this is phenomenal blog if you have an interest in MLS-related topics. I am not completely sure what FlexMLS does, but their clients are MLS’s. Considering their clientele, [...]
Discovering the Real Estate Internet Community as a Mental Distraction during Evenings in Baghdad - Part 2/4
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007My job in Baghdad was a civil affairs team chief with the mission to “improve the governance, economics, and essential services” for my district of Baghdad. As unqualified as I felt to accomplish this mission, I found myself and other captains in this position who, like me, were called to active service from the civilian [...]
How the Industry Changed While I was in Iraq - Part 1/4
Thursday, August 30th, 2007In 2005, I was a Colorado Springs real estate broker who had just sold a Keller Williams franchise five months before and opened a new private brokerage with the first 18 agents. I was having the best year of my career brokering real estate - mainly working for California real estate investors buying newly-constructed [...]
