Realty Alliance General Membership Meeting
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Archive for February, 2008
More Real Estate Organizations Sued over Search Patents
photo credit: bloomsberries
An old lawsuit over real estate search patents has resurfaced again.
Florida inventor Mark Tornetta and Real Estate Alliance LTD (REAL), who owns Tornetta’s patents (Nos. 4,480,576 and 5,032,989), have announced today they have moved in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to sue the industry’s largest trade association and several national brokerages, [...]
Coldwell and Banker Back At Helm
Uhh.. ok. Not really sure how to start this.
Coldwell Banker just gave us a preview of their new marketing campaign for Spring/Summer 2008.
First the positives.
No print. No outdoor. The campaign will revolve around TV spots and an integrated web-based campaign (microsite, search ads, sponsorship etc.). Certainly makes a lot of sense given the new marketing [...]
Mark Your Calendars – Portland RE Meetup
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We blog, we Twitter, we IM, we Facebook each other – so why not meet in person? Let’s have a few beers and talk Internet and Web 2.0, markets and marketing, Zillow and Trulia, Roost and Frontdoor, blogging and social media.
Ron Ares and I have been talking for a while [...]
Lloyd Talks Zillow
My conversation with Lloyd Frink, President and co-founder of Zillow.com.
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Friday Morning Linkfest
Blogging Fog by nj dodge
The real estate community has been busy this week:
Dustin Luther launches 4Realz Internet Marketing Education.
Jay Thompson breaks away from the mothership and starts Thompsons Realty.
Daniel Rothamel posts a new episode of ZebraTalk.
Loren Nason of Future of Real Estate Technology brings on a new contributor.
Paul Chaney, now with Bizzuka, launches a [...]
Seth's Advice for Real Estate Agents
From his Seth Godin:
Quit being an agent. Get a job doing something else.
He’s serious too. But not for everyone.
His advice to those that stick around? Get Hyperlocal. And to that effect he had the guys at Squidoo (which he founded) build SquidZipper, a place where Realtors can become “Mayor of Zipcode”.
Now I have a lot [...]
New HAR Site Corners Houston Real Estate Search
Inman News reports this week that Houston Association of Realtors web site got a facelift.
Funnily enough, as I was researching my post 10 Kick Ass Real Estate Search Sites, I’d gone over to HAR.com and noticed the new site and bookmarked it to check out later.
HAR’s site has all the characteristics of a kick ass [...]
Quizzle Launches New AVM Tool
Quizzle is the latest web effort to try and put a price on your home. This time from the folks at Quicken Loans.
What do you get from Quizzle? From the Quizzle Blog:
What will you get? A free Experian credit report and score, a free home value estimate, free personalized mortgage recommedations, a free custom big-picture [...]
