An addictive easy way to shop for homes
I keep meaning to post an update to Estately Agent Match, but I’m going to put it off for another day. People often ask us how we differentiate between great agents and the rest (and let me tell you, there are a lot of “the rest”). I usually say something about client recommendations and a certain feeling we get with...
Every time someone tells me about a trick that helps get more money for a home seller, I can’t help but flip the idea on it’s head: logically it means homes that aren’t employing that trick are a better deal for buyers. Deal of the day: Homes with good photos sell for more and sell sooner because they get seen...
We just launched Estately True Area Search today to let you search within an area or nearby an area or an address. You’ll see the outline of the neighborhood, zip code or city you’re searching for on the map now. If you look up in the upper left, you’ll be able to limit your search to that area or to...
I was interviewed by Joel (Inman News / Future of Real Estate Marketing) for Inman TV a little while back they just posted the video this morning. It’s a quick overview of what we’re about and how Agent Match is different (and better) than other ways of finding good real estate agents on the internet. So without further ado:
There is an ongoing debate over divorcing commissions in the real estate blog world that hasn’t yet jumped into the mainstream media. Divorced commissions doesn’t refer to the consumer divorcing the agent of their pay and it will certainly need a better name to get any traction (pay for representation?). In a word, it means you as a consumer pay...
I attended Mind Camp, a local “unconference” this weekend and met a bunch of interesting people who talked about interesting (and geeky) concepts. Mind Camp could have been more aptly named iPhonistan; there were easily more iPhones present than any other make of cell phone. So what’s the first thing I wanted to see? The interface, but Estately on the...