Please Google, Bring Fiber to Charlottesville
Alerted by a Tweet from @sajego: Dear Charlottesville municipalities - sign up for Google Broadband! https://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi I read on ... Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed…
Bing Maps Versus Google Maps in Charlottesville
The world is flat. I just got off the phone (although I have Skype, too) with a client overseas who had been questioning whether the railroad near the Belvedere development was abandoned. She answered her own question when she said, "I'm looking at it now,…
Google Street View in Crozet
The Google folks drove through Crozet - likely just before Memorial Day weekend this year. View Larger Map
Google Transit in Charlottesville
Read all about it at Charlottesville Tomorrow. Shame Google's Street View folks decided Charlottesville wasn't worthy.
Agent Genius Spheres and News
Agent Genius, the national real estate news magazine, launched two new features/branches this morning - AG Sphere and AG News - If you're a consumer curious about what some of the best and brightest real estate minds have to say, or if you're in real…
What’s outside the window?
I'll be adding these photos to my listings soon - what's outside the window of the house, what the street looks like, what's to the left and right ... not just because a client mentioned it to me the other day, but also because Google…
Do you Google people you meet?
I do. Ted Demopoulus does. It's simple business intelligence. - If I'm in a meeting with my laptop open and my phone rings with number I do not recognize, I'll quickly Google the number (it's amazing how many Realtors' cell phone numbers aren't found via…
What will MLS data standards do for the consumers?
Hopefully, all of our lives - buyers, sellers, Realtors - will become more efficient. With the recent talk of how forthcoming data standards are going to make property data sharing more efficient and thus better for consumers and Realtors, here is one of my requests…
Google 411 gets better
1-800-GOOG-411 has saved me a few times, and if I didn't have a GPS in my car, I would find this even more useful - Today, your GOOG-411 experience just got better: during your call to GOOG-411, just say "map it", and you'll get a…
Friday roundup
Zillow gets pillowed ... And Realtor.com's CEO goes Springer The Difference between good Realtors and bad agents Buying a new construction home? Bring your own tape! Housing Starts rebound (national) ... but building permits are down (PDF) Zillow uses their prominence to discuss eminent domain.…