Other folks have already praised the new Real Estate Marketing Report Card, which the company was kind enough to alert me to via email. (/wave at Brian Thibault). And if you can get Joel Burslem to say the following, you probably don’t need my two cents: It’s a great promotional tool – one that’s clearly … Read more
As some of the commenters on my original thread have already surmised, Aybaf is not a real company. It is a thought experiment that came about as the result of my hours-long conversation with an executive at one of the top web real estate companies. My first thought was to call this new concept Trillow, … Read more
The Setup The talented and lovely Kris Berg is but one of the able spokespersons on the vanguard of a movement I have whimsically dubbed the “Kristians”. This is an important movement, with very important points to make, and even as I disagree with them on points, I take their arguments seriously. Essentially, the Kristian … Read more
I just heard of this new company that is planning to launch in mid-2009, called Aybaf. It is a new virtual brokerage model with the following pertinent points: A world-class consumer web portal, currently generating north of 2 million unique visitors per month Roughly 15,000 web-based leads every month, growing at 10% on average month … Read more
Greg Afarian of Zipvo.com was kind enough to alert me in the comments section of my original post on Zipvo that they are about to announce Zipvo Platinum: I wanted to get back to you about our “incredibly flawed business model”. We are revealing http://zipvoplatinum.com/ after MANY months of production. We have kept ZIPVO Platinum … Read more
Greg Afarian of Zipvo.com was kind enough to alert me in the comments section of my original post on Zipvo that they are about to announce Zipvo Platinum: I wanted to get back to you about our “incredibly flawed business model”. We are revealing http://zipvoplatinum.com/ after MANY months of production. We have kept ZIPVO Platinum … Read more
The conversations continue. It appears there are a whole bunch of folks who want to talk about the future of listings. And rightfully so — listings are important to the modern practice of real estate. The latest salvo marks the return of David Harris of Geek Estate to blogging, and it’s a good one. Read … Read more
Louis Cammarosano is a really smart dude. I know you might think you know that. But, really. He’s a smart smart guy. In this interview he briefly mentions his history prior to HomeGain: Upon graduation from the Fordham University School of Law, I worked at Cravath Swaine and Moore in New York and London. I … Read more
Want to know what will be on the minds of real estate brokers and agents in a few years’ time? It isn’t often that you get to peek into the future, but I have found a time-travelling peephole: For Jeff Good, president of Good Hospitality Services, the question of who owns customer data — the … Read more