Archive for April, 2006



Real Estate Blog Finder: True Gotham

Mission: Find Cool Real Estate Related Blogs
Where: New York City
Why: Because it’s Informative & Fun
Blog Find: True Gotham
About: I found this informative and thought provoking NYC Real Estate Blog via Curbed the other day. It is authored by Douglas Heddings, a Broker and Senior Vice Presisdent from Douglas Elliman who is in the […]

Gizoogle: Jive Talkin’ Real Estate

We’ve been Gizoogled!
Gizoogle translates your homepage or any other site into jive. If you’re in need of a laugh, give it a whirl.
Here’s a screen shot of our landing page after being Gizoogled: Click on the image to enlarge.

Credit to Chris Bubny from Realtyblogging for finding this fun site.

Real Estate Blog Finder: America’s Overvalued Real Estate

Mission: Find Cool Real Estate Related Blogs
Where: Nationwide
Why: Because it’s Informative & Fun
Blog Find: America’s Overvalued Real Estate
About: This Blog finds Real Estate that appears to be severely overpriced. Although we don’t have the comps to substantiate the claims, it’s hard to argue based on the pictures and commentary. This is one list […]

Pictometry: Visual Intelligence

According to Pictometry, the company now supplying Zillow with imaging software:
Pictometry is the world leader in digital, oblique aerial imaging. Our revolutionary, visual information systems are helping homeland security, public safety agencies, and first responders save time and lives. By using our patented image capture process governments improve operational efficiencies, reduce expenses, and better manage […]

Vacation Homes: Is Your Beach Blue?

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
You and me, you and me. Oh how happy we’ll be..
“By the Beautiful Sea” 1914
Words by Harold R. Atteridge, Music by Harry Carroll
Many a vacation home or getaway is located by the ocean. But before you buy or rent, you should check the water quality to […]

WikiHow: Community Web How To Manual

We’re convinced the resurgence of the web will ride on the wave of community involvement and the exchange of ideas, the foundation upon which the World Wide Web was originally conceived by Tim Berners-Lee. Web 2.0 is the “Community Web”.
Involving the community in the “how to” field is not new. Heloise has […]

Web 2.0: An Academic’s View

A month overdue but thanks to Emily Chang at eHub for steering us to this interesting story by Bryan Alexander in the March/April issue of EDUCAUSE Review, entitled Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? Social software, openness, microcontent, social bookmarking, tag clouds, wikis, AJAX–it’s all in here. Plus interesting linked […]

Real Estate Commercials & Videos Gone Wild

After seeing how people reacted to the controversial Century 21 TV Commercial, I wanted to find other Real Estate Commercials or videos to compare it to. Here’s what I found on YouTube.com and Google Video:
YouTube.com Finds
TV Commercials:
Village Voice Classifieds - Posted by Buzzguy
Yahoo / Prudential - Posted by Redudemeister
Real Estate Loans - Posted by […]

Pimp My Brownstone

Brownstoner, has a cool feature on their blog which allows other fellow Brownstone owners to create their own Homepage to showcase their unique Brownstone. Whether you have an 1850 Brownstone in Clinton Hill or an 1862 Victorian in Ditmas Park, it’s an insiders look at a Niche real estate market.
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Curbed Linklove: Novare Slogan Poll

Here’s a cool poll on Curbed!

Submit a slogan for the Novare, a Church-Condo Conversion.

For all you native New Yorkers out there, this may bring back some memories of your wild youth - remember the Limelight? Back in my partying days, we used to frequent this church turned nightclub almost every weekend. Ahh, the memories…Ok, […]