Archive for September, 2007

RockstarApps has built the first Facebook application (App) to publish Zestimate values using the Zillow API. Keep Up w/ the Jones is a simple App — just enter your address to keep track of your Zestimate and share it with your friends (note: you can chose to make your Zestimate private). Once you’ve added the […]

Zillow’s CEO, Rich Barton, and Joel Burslem of Inman News discuss starting Zillow, Web 2.0 and innovation in Real Estate. If you’ve been bitten by the startup bug or are curious about how Zillow got started you’ll enjoy Rich’s frank insights. Personally, I always enjoy hearing Rich say that the key to startup success […]

Kris Berg of SanDiegoCastles.com and a frequent contributor on Bloodhound Blog, topped the list of seven “winners” in the 58th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate, which is now posted at real/diaBlog. Kris’ post, “News You Can Use — Real Estate is a Business,” ties together business analogies that range from cell phones, Heinz ketchup, Cracker Jack, and […]

With our fabulous intern Whitney on her way to Sienna, I have taken over writing the weekly Top Viewed For Sale Postings post.  It’s harder than it looks!  Makes me appreciate the creativity Whitney was able to muster.  So please, bear with me here.
Ever since I was able to grasp the concept of owning a […]

Photo courtesy of Carolina Structural
Garages are great for all sorts of thing — storing odds and ends such as Christmas ornaments, extra furniture, that classic car, or the brand new treadmill that you keep telling yourself you’ll bring inside. But what is more important — the garage or the home? When thinking of buying a […]

(Photo courtesy Desert Home Stagers)
Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Why Does My Home NOT Sell?
Thanks to the sub-prime mortgage mess, it’s a question many sellers are asking these days — Why Does My Home NOT Sell? Daniel Herron of Coldwell Banker in Lakewood, Colorado, is the creator of today’s Wiki Wednesday feature article that helps dissect […]

One of my favorite services just added Zillow functionality, and I had nothing to do with it. No biz dev deal required; no pitching; no nothing. I’m in heaven.
Jott is a free service that transcribes voice to text. It works like this: set up your cell phone (or any phone) for free with an account, […]

The RE.net didn’t totally take the weekend off. Here are five great posts published by hard working real estate bloggers this past Labor Day weekend:

How to Select Your Agent (Sort of) Kris Berg has an incredible knack for using sarcasm to teach her readers a valuable lesson.
Realtor.com — Blogging for the Masses? Jay Thompson reviews […]

It looks like Maple Heights, Ohio is the epicenter of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. This is according to a depressingly grim feature article in Sunday’s New York Times Business section, “Can the Mortgage Crisis Swallow a Town?“ For homeowners, this scenario is like “Night of the Living Dead,” in which the bloodthirsty zombies are the equivalent of property foreclosures […]

The 57th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at Valparaiso Indiana Home Builder - Northwest Indiana — take a look!
The carnival will make its next appearance on Monday, September 10 at real/diaBlog. Please submit your best post by Sunday, September 9, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and […]