Amazon Web Services (AWS) is perhaps the most significant example of the “cloud” phenomenon. If you are not familiar with Amazon’s effort, they have leveraged their massive investment in IT to offer online storage, database and content management services. In…
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Change has come to the real estate industry
[Note: I wrote this piece for Inman's "Roadmap to Recovery" series last week. I am re-publishing it here -- Brian Boero] Real estate and politics have a lot in common. They’re big, complicated people businesses driven by sales and marketing….
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What a brokerage must become tomorrow
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Fresh air from the Northwest: Windermere unveils new Website
Windermere’s new site launched yesterday. I decided to take some time and really dig into it because I like these guys and I know how hard they’ve worked at this. For the most part they’ve really nailed it. I love…
What consumers want, this report provides
In October of ’07, I attended 2-day think tank sponsored by Keller Williams held at Baylor Institute. I documented it here. This morning I received this report from KW on what consumers expect from agents. In a nutshell, the report…
A new tool for bold brokers
This popped up this week and is worth a look from brokers looking to move ahead of the pack: outside.in’s new Radar API As I have stated here before, the neighborhood is where the future of online real estate lies….
A question
Brokers and MLS executives across America woke up this morning to stories in the local paper touting Zillow as a source of market intelligence. The headline was probably something like “1 in ___ homes underwater.” If you haven’t noticed, the…
A stilleto among blunt axes
“Circumstances rule men, men do not rule circumstances.” – Herodotus, 400 B.C. Today, real estate is facing circumstances that rule every minute, every penny. It matters little what was or what should be. The fact is, what’s unfolding is nothing…
Blowing the foreclosure opportunity?
Someone sent me this image the other day. It’s the back panel of a Realtor’s moving truck. I thought about it often as I flew around the country last week. Look, I know everyone’s got to make a living. I…
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We’re consumed with work, but here are a few tips from the 1000watt grab bag we hope you find useful. More writing from us later in the week when we have some down time (i.e., flying time). 1. Set up…
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