Technology Adapters: Early, Late . . & Never If you’ve yet to “Facebook,” “Twitter,” “Link In” (yes, they’re all verbs) or otherwise seriously partake of the orgy of social media apparently going on out there, I’m sure you’ll relate to the following: If Caroline Cua’s iPhone looked anything like her closet, where she keeps her...Read More
On Tap for 2010: Social Media, and (More) Foreclosures and Short SalesNo, I don’t predict the direction of home prices. But housing trends are another matter. Fortunately, if you’re an Edina Realty agent, corporate does that for you (or at least helps). Each year, senior management highlights at the annual meeting — and reinforces during...Read More
Facebook More Populous than . . . Europe! Once upon a time, to convey exactly how big California’s economy is, experts would point out that, if California were a country, its economy would rank 7th or 8th in the world. By that same yardstick, Facebook’s growth is even more impressive. If its users were a...Read More
VOW’s, “Me Media” & the Housing Market Did you know that there are now real estate Web sites where you can rate homes you’ve seen, leave comments — and see what others are saying, too? So-called Virtual Office Websites (“VOW’s”) such as ZipRealty.com combine much of the interactivity of social media like Facebook, MySpace, and...Read More
Presenting Offers Old-time Realtors — my definition is anyone in the business before there were faxes — may not know how to twitter or blog, but there is one skill that they excel at relative to newer Realtors: presenting offers. Once upon a time, Buyer’s agents would actually meet the Seller and their agent to...Read More
Is Zillow Getting Smarter?I’ve discussed third-party real estate sites such as Zillow and Trulia previously on this blog (“Trulia Hits — and Mostly Misses“; “Zestimates Wildly Off-Target“). The verdict? In most cases, you’d be better off throwing darts to establish your home’s value. That’s because publicly available housing statistics — and dated ones at that...Read More
