The speaker yesterday mentioned that Zillow did a survey a while back and asked, 'What is your favorite real estate website?" Amazon came in 5th place. But Amazon doesn't offer a real estate website. Remember when you would never send your credit card data over the...
The Z team was in town today. Here is a video of their presentation of the SD stats, plus Doug Harwood and myself discussing the future. My comments were based on this piece:...
We will probably see more initiatives on the ballot about legalizing marijuana in California - maybe as soon as 2016? Look at the boost it has given Denver's real estate market - and paying wild premiums too:...
I was in Las Vegas doing what I could to help Laker great Lamar Odom, and happened to swing by the Z-Group event for their premier agents. The big wigs rolled out a couple of new features, Stan did his presentation, and then they had breakout sessions that included...
You have probably heard of CarFax, the historical report you can get on a car? Now there is HouseFax: http://housefax.com/ Warning - if you sign up for the free report, they will pepper your cell phone with solicitations. The last bastion of protected real estate...
Some disagree with my idea that, while the majority of baby boomers will be fine, there will be a group that is financially restrained and will need to sell their house. Richard Green is a USC ivory-tower guy, so he obviously knows his stuff. He chimed in on twitter,...
A big shout out to the commenters on Thursday's 10th Anniversary Show - your involvement is appreciated! Rob Dawg suggested that the next ten years will be more interesting - indeed! What about the next ten years? Let's start with identifying where buyers are today -...
I keep hoping that the auction format will take hold, and at least become one of the choices for sellers to consider. The Harcourts hubbub has settled down - I haven't seen or heard of any of their auctions lately - but auction.com is finally sticking their toe in...
We've dropped off our baby at college this weekend. She's living in the dorms with two girls she met on Facebook. The 'efficient' room dimensions were known in advance, so Natalie and Mom planned well, and thanks to UCLA being extremely organized, the move-in was...
We already have at least twice as many realtors as we need, and now we are loading up with middlemen too - everybody wants a piece of the pie! There is an escrow company now that will input your listing into the MLS for $50, as long as they get the escrow! These guys...
