Rob Hahn A cautionary tale from the real estate world: The Fifth Amendment ends saying, “…nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” In the end, this is private, not public property. The same person that wants to dictate what can and cannot happen on private property, does not want anyone to tell … Read more
It appears that Zillow has broken the 100,000 real estate agent milestone: Sometime last Friday, real estate agent number 100,000 (yes, one hundred thousand!) registered on Zillow and posted a listing for sale in Niceville, Florida. I’d like to say; “Welcome to Zillow!” to Jamee Graff (pictured at left.) Jamee is a Realtor with The … Read more
The Real Estate Journal is reporting that the largest landlord in San Francisco is putting apartment properties up for sale, and raising some questions: After five years as the most aggressive buyer of apartment buildings in San Francisco, the Lembi family has — for now — become the city’s biggest seller. The 18 buildings up … Read more
Speaking of Dustin Luther, he has posted a fantastic interview with Marty Frame of Cyberhomes. Read the whole thing. It’s filled with interesting observations and thoughts. None more interesting than the conclusion: What do you see as some of the biggest changes coming to online real estate in the next two years? The herd will … Read more
And the drama has escalated once again. The brouhaha was sort of dying down, but the flames have roared into life once again, with this from Dustin Luther (obviously a great and influential blogger), then this, and this, and I’m sure others I’m missing. The comments in the Luther post are fascinating. As a brand … Read more
And the drama has escalated once again. The brouhaha was sort of dying down, but the flames have roared into life once again, with this from Dustin Luther (obviously a great and influential blogger), then this, and this, and I’m sure others I’m missing. The comments in the Luther post are fascinating. As a brand … Read more
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch takes note of a new startup called GenieTown that is aiming at the local services space. From his post: The company says they are addressing the long tail of local services. The GenieTown site allows local service providers (plumbers, dentists, whatever) to put up a web presence. Users looking for providers … Read more
If you care about legal issues, this is a must read post from Real Estate, Real Competition, and The Law. Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (CLC) sued Craigslist for violating the Fair Housing Act and got pretty much slapped around by the trial court. CLC appealed, and the Seventh Circuit heard … Read more
I know I take contrarian views to much of the received wisdom on the RE.net, but… well, I can’t help it. Since I’m not flogging any product, or trying to get leads from this blog, or any such thing, but just write on topics that interest me, I suppose I find it more fun to … Read more