Jun
20
Uh, What Happened to the Fixtures?
June 20, 2007 | 3 Comments
Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Fixtures
Fixtures are a funny thing — especially when they’re missing from the house you just bought. During your many walk-throughs of a home that you eventually buy, you measure walls and take notes of everything in the house and how you will decorate it to your liking. You appreciate the ornate, [...]
Jun
19
Today’s Young & Internet Empowered Consumer
June 19, 2007 | 9 Comments
Born in 1982, I think I’m officially part of Generation Y. Generations X (1965-1980) & Generation Y (early 1980’s - 2000) have grown up with the Internet and, as a result, have a vastly different mindset than our parents in many ways. Let’s apply this to marketing. I’m not saying I’m the rule, but the [...]
Jun
18
Carnival of Real Estate #47
June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It looks like Athol Kay of RE Agent in CT blog had a very busy Father’s Day in which he styled the 47th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate after what his hometown, Bristol, Connecticut, is known for: the home of ESPN. So, as ESPN has their “Top 10 Sports Plays of the Week,” [...]
Jun
18
What you Learn at a Harvard College Reunion
June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Recently, I went to my Harvard college reunion. It was a lot of fun seeing what people are up to. As you’d expect from Harvard grads, it was a mix of Wall Street types, lawyers, doctors, and occasionally someone with a more interesting job like filmmaker or writer (or online real estate entrepreneur). I was [...]
Jun
15
It’s roughly mid-way through Project Blogger and I think it’s worth another brief progress update for my apprentice, Tisza Major-Posner. Tisza is aiming to make her blog, Route66 Living “the place” for local information about Claremont, CA. I’ve added two new features to the blog in an effort to get closer to that goal.
The 1st [...]
Jun
15
Are you a Right-Clicka or an iBook Flippa?
June 15, 2007 | 1 Comment
My recent Music Video (posted below) poses that question. Click the play button; I am the PC. This Rap is a spoof of Apple’s advertising campaign … you know, the commercials with the white background where the PC ends up looking foolish and the MAC is not really as cool as Apple would like it [...]
Jun
14
Broker Feeds - Coming Soon
June 14, 2007 | 11 Comments
Soon, we will be launching the capability for brokers to automatically upload their active listings for free to Zillow, reaching the more than 4 million people who come to the site every month – more than half of whom are in the market to buy or sell.
Even when we first launched the ability for listing [...]
Jun
13
Bird’s Eye View Expanded
June 13, 2007 | 4 Comments
Last week we added Bird’s Eye View for 14 additional counties, bringing our total Bird’s Eye coverage to almost 40 million homes, more than half of all homes on Zillow. The biggest addition was Chicago, which is famous for its amazing architecture. With Bird’s Eye View, you can now do fly-bys and think about [...]
Jun
12
Washington CEO Best Companies to Work For
June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
We are excited to announce that Zillow has been selected by Washington CEO Magazine as one of "Washington’s Best 100 Companies to Work For." The selection process included a lengthy questionnaire completed by our employees ranking our company on every thing from benefits to culture and recognition. It must be all the fun we seem [...]
Jun
12
A New Opportunity for Mortgage Professionals
June 12, 2007 | 11 Comments
You may have noticed that we quietly added a link to our footer: NEW For Lenders. It’s true. We’re working on a new loan service we’ll be launching later this year. Yes, we are being somewhat cryptic as we don’t want to ruin the surprise. But while we can’t tell you much more now, we [...]

