The Lastest From The Geek Estate Blog
An Amazing Example of a Minimalist Broker Home Page
Take a look at the brand new McMillin Realty site. It’s by far and away the best example of a minimalist design for a brokerage site that I’ve seen. I personally absolutely love the “Did you know that McMillin Realty can also help you with…” call to action. Just the other day, I mentioned via email to the geek build participants I’d love to see the home page design with JUST search and a call to action that says “Not interested in searching homes?” that directs … Read More »
Geek Build 2012 – ClearwaterBeachLife.com Semi-Final.
If you have followed Geek Build 2012 you know we had a designer working on TheClearwaterBeachLife.com home page design, which will be used as a template when building our custom theme for the Genesis Framework (affiliate link). Last week the designer finished up her work and sent us the final Adobe Photoshop .psd file. The total cost for the work was $280, including a $30 bonus for additional work to the search box not included in the initial quote. Once we had the .psd in hand … Read More »
The real estate young guns
A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled Where are the real estate young guns? that highlighted a few very successful (and one might add “tenured”) bloggers, agents, and marketing mavericks in the real estate industry. Their stories are inspirational and serve as a benchmark for anyone looking to make an impact in the real estate spaces. If you don’t follow “The Guard” yet – you should. But this is a new era and like Emilio Estevez says in the movie “we’re gonna show these guys … Read More »
An MBA in real estate
It was about a year ago today that I accepted admission into TCU’s MBA program in Fort Worth. It was a very tough decision for me at the time because I had also just decided to launch a real estate brokerage. I weighed the advantages/disadvantages carefully, and although I knew that developing a company was going to require my full attention – I decided to move forward with the MBA program for a number of reasons. I’m fascinated by education. I’m a terrible student … Read More »
Where Have All the Real Estate Bloggers Gone?
SAD DAY today when I was looking for one of my favorite real estate blogs (FOREM), and it was nowhere to be found. Where have the bloggers gone? I suspect two things: mother companies like Inman or Zillow want to go in a different direction. Or blogger cannot be sustained by the current business model. My hunch is it’s usually the second one. Bless you Drew, for trudging forward (and successfully.) I have been blogging for five years and I’ve stopped twice, for a combined … Read More »
Disqus Commenting System Updated
I just hit the upgrade switch to the latest version of the Disqus commenting system. Let me know what you think in the comments… FYI that you can request an invite for the new version for your own site from this link.
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Contributors & Authors
Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers is the founder and managing editor of Geek Estate Blog. He currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a web design firm specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict and social entrepreneurship & microfinance advocate.
view profileDaniel Bacon
Daniel Bacon is a Florida real estate agent and licensed broker specializing in waterfront and luxury homes in the St Petersburg - Clearwater Real Estate market.
view profileGreg Fischer
Greg Fischer is a real estate agent in Fort Worth, TX and licensed broker for Fischer Real Estate Services. He enjoys helping people achieve their real estate goals and loves everything Fort Worth.
view profileJoe Salcedo
Joe is fascinated with business models more than super models. The last two years he has been focused with his Lake Tahoe Short Sales site and stalking the Reno real estate market since 2007. He works hard for his beautiful wife Anna, and two wonderful kids, Alonzo and Jiana. Add him on his Twitter account
view profileDaniel Beer
Daniel is a San Diego real estate agent focusing on Santaluz homes for sale. He also has a passion for helping people moving to San Diego and introducing them to the city he loves.
view profileJeff Riber
Real estate broker (ERA Heavener Realty) in sunny Jacksonville, FL. Enjoy all things tech and love the way it is constantly changing the way we do the real estate biz.
view profileJason Richards
Jason Richards provides residential real estate services, strategic planning and investment consulting in San Diego County. Our model is to combine an entrepreneurial approach with being on the cutting edge of an ever changing industry.
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