Normally, I greet the news of yet another real estate search website launching with a giant yawn of utter disinterest. Seriously, this space is starting to get pretty crowded. Just among the major players, you’ve got Realtor.com, Trulia, Zillow, HomeGain, RealEstate.com. Throw in Roost, Estately, Redfin, BlueRoof, and then the major brand sites like Coldwell … Read more
The second post ever on Notorious R.O.B. was entitled, “More Silliness from Real Estate Connect” and contained this passage: The Real Estate industry has gone tech-crazy. Here’s a wakeup call: all that technology does is make your existing processes more efficient. If what you do is crap, it makes crap more efficient. If what you … Read more
The second post ever on Notorious R.O.B. was entitled, “More Silliness from Real Estate Connect” and contained this passage: The Real Estate industry has gone tech-crazy. Here’s a wakeup call: all that technology does is make your existing processes more efficient. If what you do is crap, it makes crap more efficient. If what you … Read more
Matt Dollinger, of @Properties in Chicago, raised a very interesting question at the Leading RE conference that just concluded. He then raised it again over Twitter (Matt is @mattdollinger) and the discussion threatened to overwhelm the 140-char limit. It’s time for bloggery. Matt’s question was this (in essence): In 2015, with companies like Trulia, Zillow, … Read more
Just a brief note from the Leading RE Show going on right now in Scottsdale, AZ. I got to sit in on a great session earlier today with a speaker who I gather was a luxury marketing consultant. He actually had some great points to make and great things to say. However, a theme he … Read more
At the recent RE Tech South conference, I had the opportunity to meet Eric Stegemann — a self-described 25-year old going on 40 — who is the founder and CEO of a company called Tribus as well as the “Head Honcho” of River City Real Estate, a brokerage in St. Louis. Eric is really one … Read more
So I ask an innocent question recently on Twitter: “What’s the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?” And I got a number of interesting responses. So of course I have to blog about it, heh. Heather Elias (@heatherflynn) wrote: @robhahn interruption marketing versus permission marketing. Actually, I take that back. More like broadcasting versus … Read more
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. Twitter, some say, is a useless waste of time. That’s often true. But then, sometimes, it’s really kinda fun and … Read more
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. – Sir Winston Churchill . One of the true pioneers of the new generation of real estate companies, Redfin, has launched a new partner program: Redfin released a sprawling, glorious update … Read more