Trulia has added Google Street View to help provide a better viewing experience to its users. Now, visitors to Trulia can “virtually” walk the neighborhood and get a sense of parking, views, neighboring homes, stores and other neighborhood amenities, as well as all the unzillowables that are not found in raw data, like […]
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Trulia Using Google Street View to Enhance Real Estate Search
Published by April 9th, 2008 in Real Estate Technology, Real estate search and Trulia. 6 CommentsCyberdoorman or Where Have the Humans Gone?
Published by March 15th, 2008 in Real Estate Technology and cyberdoorman. 3 CommentsFaced with the rising cost of human labor, it is not surprising that companies are turning to alternatives provided by technology. In apartment buildings, the first to go may be the doorman.
Cyberdoorman, located in New York, provides security and a technological replacement for the building doorman using internet cameras, intercoms, telephones, remote entry […]
Blogestate Marketing: How Real Estate Blogs Get You Noticed
Published by January 28th, 2008 in Blogging, Blogging Tips, Brokers & Professionals, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology and bloggers. 20 CommentsWe help real estate agents set up blogs and coach them how to use them for marketing purposes to increase the quality and quantity of their business. While the heart and soul of blogging CANNOT be taught– no more than you can teach passion for your profession– the basic mechanics and methods of blogging […]
Access Your Computer From Anywhere: GoToMy PC
Published by January 26th, 2008 in Cool Tools, Real Estate Technology and Technology. 5 CommentsLet’s say you need to get an important document, file, photo, property listing or email (or need to use a certain application) on your office computer and you are at home, a conference, a hotel room, a client’s office or anywhere other than at the office. With GoToMyPC you can fully access your office […]
Wirelessly Upload Your Photos to Your Computer or Web: Eye-Fi
Published by January 25th, 2008 in Real Estate Technology. 2 CommentsEye-Fi is a wireless 2GB SD memory card. Once you set up the Eye-Fi manager, just insert the card into your digital camera. Your photos can be uploaded to your computer or any number of photo-sharing or social networking sites on the web you choose, such as Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa and others. […]
Zillow’s Smart Search Ain’t So
Published by December 21st, 2007 in Real Estate Technology, Real estate search and zillow.com. 13 CommentsZillow (Big Z*) just announced its new Smart Search feature. Here’s our review: It ain’t. It’s as fuzzy as most of the real estate search engines out there.
According to Dave Beitel, Zillow’s chief technology officer,
Smart Search sets a new standard for online real estate search and solves one of the biggest challenges […]
The Great Video Debate Continues
Published by December 21st, 2007 in Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology and Video Marketing. 8 CommentsJeff Turner of RealEstateShows put together a video “conversation” to examine the “good, the bad, and the ugly” of videoblogging and podcasting in real estate. Quite informative and entertaining– exactly what an effective video ought to be.
Now, you have a choice. You can skip over the 14 minute video and read […]
ZipSkinny: Get the Skinny on Your Zip Code
Published by November 11th, 2007 in Real Estate Technology. 4 CommentsSimply type in a zip code and ZipSkinny displays the latest US Census data for the neighborhood. This includes:
Education levels
Marital status
Household income
Occupation
Unemployment
Stability/Newcomer Appeal (% of people living in the same home 5+ years)
Map
Comparison of data with neighboring zip codes
Compare up to 20 zip codes with ZipSkinny’s technology. Don’t trust the data, go […]
eReal Analyzer is Cool Real Estate Investor Tool
Published by November 9th, 2007 in Real Estate Marketing and Real Estate Technology. 3 CommentsReal estate buyers and investors will find eReal Analyzer a useful research tool. It works to evaluate residential and commercial property. That is one good reason why a real estate broker should consider adding this analytic tool to their real estate property listings.
eReal Analyzer is a spreadsheet on steroids. Graphic results in tables, […]
You Can’t Eat a Steel Sandwich: What the WOW Factor is Missing
Published by November 8th, 2007 in Real Estate Technology. 14 CommentsIn marketing lingo, the WOW factor is the consumer’s first impression of a new product. It is involves originality, surprise, and coolness. It makes you want to tell your family and friends. And by sharing the WOW, a little coolness rubs off on you. Buzz marketing, viral marketing and word-of-mouth WOM marketing all flow from […]
