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Now that Matt… March 13, 2007

… has a new condo in Bellevue at the Meritage, you might have thought he would slow down the pace of his condo blogging at Urbnlivn. But no chance there… instead he unleashes the urbnlivn forum for the Seattle-area Market. Very cool. It’s a little quiet at the moment [...]

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum… March 24, 2006

Actually it was a great evening at the MIT Enterprise Forum program last Wednesday (3/15) on the topic of Online Real Estate. I was on the volunteer program development team that put the evening together, and I got tagged to put together this note for you And my own personal thanks to [...]

Corporate Personalities on Display at the MIT Forum… March 15, 2006

Brief overview of the event…
Moderator:

Jim Reppond, a Residential Real Estate Agent of Coldwell Banker Bain

Panelists:

Nikesh Parekh, VP of Corporate Development of HouseValues
David Eraker, Founder of Redfin
Spencer Rascoff, CFO of Zillow and a blogger
Gordon Stephenson, Managing Broker with Real Property Associates

Jim did an excellent job leading the discussion. I didn’t take notes, but [...]

Lots More than Just the Sexiest Real Estate Agents

It’s been a while since I had a real “ramble” post, but considering the occasion, hopefully people will forgive me for trying to cover a lot of ground in one post.
Happy Birthday to Rain City Guide!!!
It’s been one year since I wrote my first post (Hello World, of course) on Rain City Guide. I [...]

Something’s Afoot in the Real Estate Business – but what does it mean and where is it going? March 1, 2006

(Editor’s Note: I few weeks ago, I sat down with Chuck Reiling to discuss an MIT Enterprise Forum he is helping to organize that will feature leaders from some of the top real estate technology firms. His excitement at the idea of bring people from Zillow, Redfin and HouseValues together to discuss the future of [...]

Forget tradition! The New World of Buying and Selling Real Estate February 28, 2006

I’ve been going to the MIT Forum’s dinner topics for years as a technology geek. Now that I’m in real estate, I’m still finding applicable topics. Let me put my plug in for the MIT Forum first — The Northwest Chapter of the MIT Forum hosts monthly dinner meetings with topics relating to business and [...]