Random Articles

• Property History & Comments - Another Reason for Real Estate Agents to Blog There’s been a few parties interested in our house, I’m surprised to learn from our agent how unstructured, the agent-to-agent feedback process is. Sounds like the listing agent has to initiate the contact with the showing agent, rather than the showing agent providing it by default. As a seller, I want to know what prospective buyers
• Rooting For Redfin “While companies like Zillow and Trulia fight for the online table scraps otherwise known as advertising revenue, Redfin is busy pushing the fat guy out of the chair and taking his seat at the table.”- Aneil, PostBubble.com In TopofthePod #13, Mark and Rob ask which media will get disrupted after the movie industry. I’m saying real
• Three Thoughts on Demand Supplying Itself “So what do you do when the deer have guns, You get into the ammunition business.” - Gordon Borrell “Attention tuning will reduce RSS overload but not noise to signal.” - Steve Gillmor “[Real Estate] Sellers and buyers can figure out pricing via Zillow; they can bid via Redfin; they can list via PropertyShark or Craigslist.” -
• Second Minneapolis Real Estate Agent Blogging Just a few weeks after a conversation inspiring the Wanted - Real Estate Agents to Blog post, Samantha launches her Strong Urban Realty blog. Congrats Sam. Other Minneapolis real estate bloggers include Duane Thilmony offering a very comprehensive write-up of Zillow.com
• Soft Landing?  I’m not a fan of roller coaster rides, so this is almost comforting compared to California, Florida, or Arizona. Thanks to Mark Perry for the pointer.