Going to San Francisco Next Week
Next week I will be sitting on a panel Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2008. I actually have to work next week as well (there's more to the real estate life than blogging and conferences), so I will unfortunately be missing Beer with Bloggers and…
Coming up this week on RealCentralVA – 16 June 2008
- One thing that didn't make it in last week's Daily Progress story - (Hopefully) more on homeowner's insurance and vacant houses - about 33% of the houses currently on the market in Central Virginia are vacant - so this is a very pertinent issue.…
A thought on the current Realtor.com/AVM debate
Copying is not innovation. Realtor.com has the opportunity to leverage their tenuous data advantage and position themselves ahead of the competition. Their current tactic of emulating rather than differentiating is not a positive sign.
The 93rd Carnival of Real Estate
Presented as only the Phoenix Real Estate Guy can - with Mexican food as the theme. I'm hungry.
Coming up this week
Tuesday - Why I cannot tell you with accuracy how often CSX's trains run Thursday - One way to encourage walking/biking Friday - Market update for the Central Virginia region. I've found that posting market updates at the immediate turn of the month is imprudent…
Proximity to rail equals higher property values?
What's old is new again. Estately, one of the best real estate search sites out there puts forth this as fact - When buying a home, living near rail lines is better. I wrote about mass transit's ability to increase property values in May of…
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…
Twitter insight of the day
"Viewing a real estate listing, but can't view any other photos from the listing until I register. Some people should fire their realtor."I might do this kind of post more often.
The Carnival of Real Estate #85
Who knew how much work hosting the CoRE was? I don't remember there being this many submissions the last time RealCentralVA hosted the Carnival, but here we go. The selection criteria focused on practicality, positivity (can't we all use a bit of positivity?) and simple…
The Social Internet
In light of the discussion at the end of ZebraTalk at today's VAR BloggerCon, this is a very timely and appropriate segment from the Colbert Report. Focusing on the "social" part of social media will bring great rewards, even if you can't draw a line…