So the blogosphere has been lighting up with references to the recent launch of Roostsm. It has been quite interesting to read the reactions to the product on many levels.
Having played some small part in helping to bring this product to market, I thought I would make an effort to give a description of the [...]
I found this somewhat remarkable. Of the detached homes on the MLS at the moment nearly 20% are short sales of one sort or another.
Nearly 1 in 5. That is some pretty powerful math. Are you tired of dodging the short sale opportunities because there are too many potential pitfalls?
My association, CCAR now offers a [...]
This is undeniably cool. It is not like most of us haven’t experienced a web conference on some level… but not something on this scale. According to their website announcement:
“Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world. Singularity is over 100 of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, [...]
Since he will almost certainly not publish my follow up comment to his intro post, I will publish it here.
First of all, proclaiming your blog as great doesn’t make it so. Secondly, we hardly need a self-congratulatory vitriolic venue to vent our frustrations at anyone… that is what yelp and other professional resources are [...]
The National Association of REALTORS® put out a provocative new website last week. http://www.housingmarketfacts.com/.
I will address the ‘bad’ first.
It is barely a ’site,’ and can much more accurately be described as a launch page with a few paragraphs of new content and then a number of links to existing NAR services through their flagship REALTOR.org [...]
Pretty cool.The Eye-Fi card won the Last Gadget Standing competition at CES 2008. Wi-fi meet memory, memory meet wi-fi.
I’m still not sure what I might want to do with it, but I am sure I can think of something. Direct applications for real estate are a bit narrow. Sure, you can send your pics of [...]
Banking behemoth BofA purchased Countrywide financial for 4 billion and some change.
Ok, so what? Well, I actually think it is a very positive thing and a sign of hopefully more to come.
First, Countrywide apparently held nearly one in every six mortgages in America at one time. That seems high to me, so feel free to [...]
While I work within the ‘traditional’ real estate structure, I am certainly not an apologist for the real estate industry or REALTORS® in particular, nor for the mortgage industry or any other sector of the broader whole. When I hear that the real estate industry is under assault from the media, I try to [...]
I start my commute nearly everyday asking myself the same question… why can’t I talk to my car and more importantly why can’t it talk to the internet for me?
Voice recognition has made huge strides. Cellular technology as well. And the internet is just there waiting. Yet the best I [...]
I am hearing a lot of this right now. To say that this is a tough time for many in our industry is an understatement.
So what can you do? Well, without knowing your business model and strategy, it is hard to answer precisely. But I thought it might be a good time [...]