HomeGain has just opened an online Blog School to help real estate agents who want to blog for business.
Agents are given a free blog as part of HomeGain Source4Sellers marketing subscription (there are other marketing benefits for agents in the S4S system).
Now, most companies would stop at that and let agents figure it all out [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Free 411 service from Google (US and Canada).
Dial 1-800-GOOG 411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone
Select location or enter zipcode
Select business name or type (”pizza”, “italian restaurant”)
Choose the selection (by voice or # entry)
Google dials the call.
Nice. Only for businesses though, not residential (yet).
You can also get a map link sent to your mobile phone– see more [...]
Les Dens de Justice (Honore Daumier, 1845)
It’s true you lost your case…but at least you had the pleasure of hearing me make my plea.
Rather than hearing some blogger rant about how Zillow violates a homeowner’s right to exclusively control the advertising of their property, and allows misleading information to be associated with a home [...]
Google latest open source Android prototype for mobile phones is demonstrated:
Google’s Street View using Android: Turn the device and it pans.
via the Android Community
Basic Android video here.
Download the Android SDK here.
Wanna win some of the $10 million Google is giving away? Enter the Android Developer challenge:
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It’s Meme time again.
I was tagged by Sparky and Colleen Kulikowski.
Who is your favorite musical artist? (post a YouTube Video)
The crux of the biscuit is: If it entertains you, fine. Enjoy it. If it doesn’t, then blow it out your ass. I do it to amuse myself. If I like it, [...]
Answer to ‘You Be The Judge’: Time of the Essence Closing Date
Published by May 30th, 2008 in Legal. CommentsThe buyer wins. See the You Be The Judge post, click here.
Form the Court of Appeals of New York in ADC Orange Inc. v. Coyote Acres, Inc:
The question whether ADC’s late installment payment constitutes a material breach depends on whether time was of the essence with respect to that payment. Unless it was, [...]
NAR DOJ Settlement Gives Sellers Power to Control Internet Display of Their Listings: Watch Out Zillow
Published by May 28th, 2008 in Legal. CommentsThe Modified VOW Policy (Exhibit A) of the (Proposed) Final Judgment contains some interesting provisions which I believe recognizes the seller’s right to control the advertising and marketing of their property on the internet, including the right to:
withhold listings and property addresses from display on the internet and
prevent comments, reviews and AVM valuations [...]
My next conference room table:
via The Kiljoy Papers.
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Settles With National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Published by May 27th, 2008 in Legal. Comments
The US Dept of Justice has settled its antitrust case against NAR. I got the word from AgentGenius’ Bill Lublin in the ReNet Room at Friendfeed.
Here is the (Proposed) Final Judgment (h/t Barry Cunningham, Real Estate Radio).
More to come. … Here it is.
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The parties to a contract for a home purchase had a clause which read “closing of title to take place on or before November 30, 2007 but in no event later than December 31, 2007″.
A week prior to November 30th, the seller’s attorney called the buyer’s attorney advising that the buyer ought to be [...]
