Date Archives November 2006

Public credibility in the blogosphere

Another example comes to me today from the Charlottesville blogosphere concerning public credibility in the age of blogs. Write this down:You cannot screw somebody over and not have it written about for the world to see…. I am not going to link to the particular post, but suffice it to say that those in the under-35 population will morel likely than not find it.

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How do you assess your agent’s tech skills?

How does one assess whether a buyers’ agent is tech-savvy?For prospective sellers, the question is easier: do you have a website?… What tools do they offer to prospective buyers?For buyers, there is more to the equation than, “Do you have a Blackberry”?… Simple – a good real estate blogger will be better prepared for the task at hand.A “good real estate blogger” : one who writes original material in a transparent way, one who updates his blog frequently, one who reads other blogs.

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Links for 11-01-2006

A possible way to get a data off a dying hard disk- wish I had an external HD enclosure handy.With all the talk about Zillow, why no fuss about ditech.com’s implementation of “eAppraisals”? They are trying to entice folks to refinance based in part on their “eAppraisals,” versus Zillow’s (current) ad-based revenue stream.Can concrete be green?Housing recession isn’t spreading?Virginia is for Losers.

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