Ben Martin at Agent Genius(an excellent site that I have now added to my RSS reader) has posted a trenchant response to my earlier post on proof in Web 2.0 type of activities. He takes issue, it seems, with a few things, confessing himself further and further befuddled by the dialogue. First, measuring ROI from … Read more
Really, I have no axe to grind against the National Association of Realtors. I suspect that I would like most of the individuals who work there, and I admire them for many things. The Center for Realtor Technology is a good example of things I admire about NAR. But they make it so easy to … Read more
I think Pat Kitano at TransparentRE is one of those guys who has brilliant and useful insights to anyone interested in exploring what Real Estate 2.0 might look like. And despite disagreeing with him on a specific thing here or there in the past, I continue to think his blog is valuable and his insights … Read more
In part one of this series, exploring the implications of the Cluetrain Manifesto on the real estate industry, I focused on the basic concept behind the Cluetrain: that markets are conversations, and in the Internet age, authenticity and honesty is absolutely indispensable. In this part, I’d like to muse on what the value of expertise … Read more
Mike Farmer at Bloodhound has an inspirational and thought-provoking post up on what he calls a “Biz 2.0: Super Real Estate Company” would look like. Read the whole thing; it’s long, but worth the time. By now, readers of this blog know that I am entirely simpatico to Mike’s call for a new enlightened leadership … Read more
Work has been absolutely crushing the past couple of weeks, and blogging has been light out of necessity. Hopefully, I can get back on schedule next week. But I did want to briefly note that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling (PDF) affirming the lower court’s decision in Craigslist v. Chicago Lawyers Committee (H/T: Inman … Read more
This is big news that portends intensely amusing times ahead: A National Association of Realtors tech incubator company has acquired a commercial real estate data exchange company and plans to use its technology to launch a national commercial real estate listing and transaction platform in May. Second Century Ventures LLC, a private equity fund established … Read more
I could, theoretically, go on for a few thousand words on this topic. What should a real estate website look like? What should it provide visitors? What design, what usability, what philosophy should it embrace? I could do that, yes. Or I could just tell you to go see this. Seriously, Redfin is doing some … Read more
From Inman blog comes news of this new organization: The Association of Associates Representing Sellers (AARSTEAM), a just-launched for-profit corporation that is open to membership by independent, non-Realtor agents and brokers who work with sellers, promotes an “Oath of Actions” that may rubsome buyers (and their agents) the wrong way (see Inman News). One of … Read more