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Real Estately on Rails
Looks like our friend Galen has been busy….
In case you haven’t heard, ShackPrices has been rebranded Estately. With a new name, a new logo and a more publicized business model, it appears this old Shack has been retired. Here’s what the ole RE.net blog-o-rama has posted thus far…
Bloodhound Blog
The Real Estate Bloggers
John Cook’s Venture Blog
The [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: bart-simpson, beer, estately, Galen, homegain, HouseValues, leads, moes-tavern, ShackPrices
Comments: 11
Is HouseValues really gaining traction or are they just churning agents?
I don’t know how many of you on this site have dealt with HouseValues as one of their subscribers but I saw some recent postings on the RE/MAX International message board (RE/MAX agents only) where they were getting hammered by agents for what they saw as predatory practices, lies, and now combative collections processes. Having [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: conversions, HouseValues, leads, quality, real-estate
Comments: 5
Mark is Radically Re-thinking “Lead Management”
Mark Lesswing just published an interesting article on thinking through how to treat online customers. Here’s a highlight:
In person-to-person interactions, negative intentions are easy detect. People leave long lines at the bank in disgust and dislike “pushy” sales clerks. The challenge of detecting gestures on the web lies in the anonymity of the [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: agents, conversions, lead-management, leads, real-estate
Comments: 1
It may be broken, but here’s a plan to fix it!
Ah, finally get to catch up on reading some RCG posts. What a prolific group this is! Makes you wonder just how important a degree in creative writing might become to the average agent in the future. I’ve been busy cuz I’ve been doing alot of recruiting these days. So, when Eric, in a recent post wonders about the mega agent [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: ads, agency, agent, blog, brokers, business-model, CMA, commission-structure, leads, listing-agent
Comments: 19
Here’s How I REALLY Feel…
Let’s hit this nail right on the head.
Truth is I’m not taking any bows for kudos and props on my blogging efforts to date, because I haven’t yet said what really needs to be said.
Zillow is “good enough” because agents aren’t.
Redfin is “good enough” because agents aren’t.
Inspectors and Disclosure Forms aren’t “good enough” because agents [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: leads, real-estate
Comments: 18
2nd Day @ Inman
For many, “Pressing the Flesh” (talking with potential clients/competitors/vendors/media/etc) is the most valuable part of any conference, and for better or worse, the most valuable part of my day yesterday was spent connecting up with others.
I can’t say that any of the presentations I attended yesterday were particularly interesting (i.e. worth blogging about) including [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: blogging, conference, conversion, Inman, leads, real-estate, San-Francisco, sfconnect
Comments: 6
