While I’m recuperating from Rebarcamp NY and Inman Connect, and working on the next chapter of the RPR reviews, I thought I’d post something that crossed my virtual desk because, well, I feel like it. 🙂 I’ve heard from a couple of people during Inman week that some of the more prominent voices (and honestly, … Read more
After a fairly lengthy silence, the team at RPR has released a deluge of new information on their new blog. A couple of things before we delve in. First, Reggie Nicolay and his team deserve a ton of credit for the new blog. It’s well-designed, the content is rich and detailed, and many of the … Read more
Had a great time at Virtual REBC (kudos to Jim Cronin), and thought I’d put up my presentation in case anyone is interested. 7DS on Social Media Thanks to everyone who came, and again, apologies for the audio cutting out. -rsh
In part 1, we explored the controversies and the issues surrounding what a Real Estate BarCamp should or should not be, and explored the rules and principles of the original tech-focused BarCamp. At the end of that, I asked three questions: What goals are we trying to achieve with REBarCamps? Who benefits from REBarCamps? Who … Read more
Although I wanted to post this sooner, other commitments prevented getting to it before now. And quite a few of these ideas have been hashed out, particularly in the TQ Radio Show yesterday, but there is something to putting ideas and questions into words. So here we go. But first, a disclaimer: Many of you … Read more
An incredibly busy week of planning and preparation for REBarCamp NY as well as actual paying work piling up prevented me from getting to this Part 2 earlier. Sorry! But in Part 1 of this series, I asked real estate agents who they would use to sell their own homes if they could not do … Read more
One of the wonderful things about being part of networked conversations is that you often end up having awesome discussions with people many thousands of miles away. This post is the result of such a conversation — thank you Kelley Kohler. You rock. This part is short, and requires your participation: Realtors almost universally represent … Read more
One of the most interesting threads of 2009 sort of blew up this past week over at Marc Davison’s place when he posted a heartfelt mea culpa about his past cynicism about social media. Various heavy-hitter commenters came by and a full blown debate erupted. Oh, it’s good stuff! But there was one topic within … Read more
In my latest Inman column (link is for subscribers only, unless you made it in before the paywall dropped), I took issue with mobile for real estate, and called it the “eternal next big thing” for real estate. I didn’t have the space really to address what I do think is the future of mobile … Read more