Category: Friday Fun

Moo Launches Business Cards for Agents

Moo is one of my very favorite online printing companies. In fact, the first time I went to Inman’s Real Estate Connect (see Help Plan My Trip to Inman Connect NYC) I carried with me in my pocket a handful of Moo’s MiniCards with me that had my blog URL and contact information on it.
For [...]

What’s Next for Estately.com?

Estately.com is one of my favorite local real estate search web sites (see 10 Kick Ass Real Estate Search Sites). So, when news broke that they had secured $450K in funding I seized the chance to ask founder Galen Ward what was next for the budding property.
What are you going to do with all the [...]

Company to Watch - REA Group

REA Group is on a tear these days. They recently announced that their UK-based web site Propertyfinder.com has just acquired another another UK site Hotproperty.co.uk.
I recently had a chance to catch up with Simon Baker, CEO of REA Group who walked me through the company’s operations; which would be the envy of any Real Estate [...]

Questions About New Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Zillow just took the wraps off of their secretive new mortgage product (see A New Opportunity for Mortgage Professionals). Go check it out - it’s a pretty impressive addition to their site.

In a nutshell: it’s a total reversal of the normal online mortgage quote process. At Zillow, consumers fill out a RFQ for a loan [...]

Weekly FOREM Polls

Polls close Sunday night, so make sure you get your votes in.
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For more, read Using Sex to Sell Real Estate (and Other Drama).
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For more, read Realtor.com Dives Deep into Neighborhoods.

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Do you like bagels?

From the minds over at MySpaceTV, real estate marketing strategies straight from The Chad.
Oh, and there’s more too if you can stomach it. Part 2 and Part 3.On a more serious note - why is this stuff (mildly) amusing? I think it’s in large part because a lot of it hits too close to home.I’m [...]

For Your Listening Pleasure

Street View, the song.
Bonus Track.
“A Social Network for Two” by zefrank

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Friday Fun: When Dinos Attack

The world is changing so fast, and we’re all running to catch up. I
don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but look. Dinosaurs and man…
two species separated by 65 million years of evolution, have suddenly
been thrown into the mix together. How can we possibly have the
slightest idea of what to expect?
- Jurassic Park (1993)

See what [...]

Friday Fun: The Suburban Name Generator

Builders and developers, are you struggling with what to name your next development? Middle Earth-themed neighborhoods not going to fly in your neck of the woods?
Check out The Suburban Name Generator…
e.g.
Windsor Place
Narrative: The word windsor is another one of those English Royalty words that translates into “cha ching” for developers. While place is [...]

Friday Fun: gMapGolf

Neat mashup here. gMapGolf let’s you play a round of golf on top of a Google satellite map.
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