Last night, Rudy and I got together with a small but interesting group of New York bloggers and entrepreneurs. We shared stories at Pazza Notte on 55th Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas). The meet up was organized by Alejandra.
Meet up is a great face-to-face networking tool. Check it […]
Archive for October, 2007
Trick or Treat: Zillow to Buy Active Rain
Published by October 31st, 2007 in Blogging, Real Estate Marketing and zillow.com. 26 CommentsHappy Halloweenie. (we couldn’t resist T)
Zillow is now pitching its goods and services in the Active Rain community. Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff has joined Active Rain. He says he’s there to blog– but it appears he’s mainly there to advertise for Zillow. Gadzooks, his first few posts are basically Zillow ads. (The one […]
World’s Largest Pumpkin from Rhode Island (Again)
Published by October 31st, 2007 in Sellsius Real Estate Blog. 3 CommentsThis hugemongous pumpkin was grown in Rhode Island by Joe Jutras. It weighs 1,689 lbs. — a world record! It was weighed in on September 29, 2007. For the smallest state, they grow ‘em big.
What were you feeding that rascal, Joe?
Source : PumpkinNook (more pumpkin records there). Photo by Steve Connolly SNGPG)
Interesting Halloween Pumpkins
Published by October 31st, 2007 in Ghosts, Happy Halloween, Sellsius Real Estate Blog, humor and photos. 3 Comments
Other pumpkins at Teresa Boardman’s StPaulRealEstate Blog.
Related Halloween Posts:
10 Greatest Ghost Photos Ever Taken (creepy)
A New York Ghost Story (true story about buying a haunted house)
Haunted House Brokers (yeah, they really broker haunted houses
The Stigmatized House and the Duty to Disclose (damn the law)
World’s Largest Pumpkin Grown in Rhode Island.
Sources: FujiFilm, Picture Perfect […]
Are You’re Paying Too Much Rent? Rentometer Will Tell You
Published by October 30th, 2007 in Real Estate Technology, Technology, Tools and rental. 5 CommentsTenants, are you overpaying rent? Landlords, are you charging enough rent? Rentometer claims to give you the answer. Just enter address, monthly rent, bedrooms & units in your rental property:
The magic machine will analyze your rent. It displays the results in a nice graphic meter which shows the low, median and high rents in the […]
Local News Mapped and Yapped on Yourstreet
Published by October 30th, 2007 in Cool Websites, Real Estate Map, Real Estate News and Real Estate Technology. 4 CommentsIf you want more than hyper local news, Yourstreet may be a website worth visiting. Simply type in a city and state, zip code or neighborhood and you get:
a snippet of news (about 1 sentence) , with a link to the original news source (and full story)
a map, with those little stick pins, identifying […]
Vanity Zip Codes? Saks Fifth Avenue Makes Marketing History
Published by October 29th, 2007 in Advertising, Branding/ Marketing, Marketing tips and Real Estate Marketing. 3 CommentsVanity License plates. Vanity phone numbers. Now, vanity zip codes. New York’s Saks Fifth Avenue made marketing history as the first store to get a vanity zip code from the United States Postal Service Office. Actually, it’s for their newly launched eighth floor shoe department. The unique zip […]
Halloween House of Pumpkins
Published by October 28th, 2007 in Happy Halloween and photos. 7 CommentsThe Great Pumpkin House is in West Virginia. Every year owner Ric Griffin goes nuts carving pumpkins with friends, neighbors and anyone with a knife. Over 3,000 jack-o-lanterns.
H/T: WVpics.
