This dude is incredibly talented and smart and knows both the residential and rental portal space cold.
Acquisitions are made for various reasons but the key thing is putting together the right team. Jamie has the knowledge, experience and talent in this space to make things happen. This could make him HotPad’s Zillow’s secret weapon.
Back by popular demand is our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. I’ve searched the interwebs to find the best things to get your favorite Vendor. Enjoy.
Griffin PowerJolt Duel
This thing is so good you are going to head back to the rental car station to retrieve it.
25 Foot Slim SVGA Cable
The great thing about this cable is how thin they made the wire. Perfect to carry for hooking in to the flat panel TV at the hotel suite or your projector for the next big demo. Why 25′? You have enough length to position your laptop/iPad where you want.
1960s IBM 13.5 Standard Issue Clock
I just love the atheistic of this clock, and the geek in me loves the backstory. Time is important so this perfect for your workshop or office.
Anti Slip-Pad by Uguard
This is great to help keep your smartphone at the ready in your car.
Is Your Love Big Enough? – Lianne La Havas
I love, love, love chick singers. Lianne is incredible. Favorite Track: Forget.
Swiss+Tech UKCSB-1 Utili-Key 6-in-1 Keychain Multi-Tool
Need to open that box with your order forms and sales flyer at your booth but TSA didn’t let you carry on your leatherman? No worries, this little goodie is a perfect way to sail through security and open your beer later. (thanks to Kevin Greene for this submission)
If you have any other ideas please feel free to add them to the comments.
Happy Holidays!!!
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HomeLight aims to change the real estate business with Google funding.
Jolie O’Dell at Via VentureBeat:
Google Ventures’ latest portfolio company to launch is HomeLight, a startup that’s all about buying and selling real estate.
More specifically, it helps you find the real estate agent — the best one for your price point and neighborhood and experience level — and agents only pay for the service if they end up with a new client out of the process.
“Finding the Right Agent” sites have been around forever, but I like the simple way HomeLight walks you through defining your needs. Showing the history of each agents number of transactions is also very helpful.
It isn’t clear how they are making money. When I came to this agents profile it has a button to “Contact Jody”. So I’m guessing some sort of lead selling is happening now, or in the future.
Worth checking out.
Walking the floor last week at NAR I was super impressed by Homes.com. They always had the largest crowd from any of the major exhibitors. The impressive part of this was Homes.com also covered one of the largest booth spaces.
This isn’t by accident. With the bright orange signage and shirts the booth was hard to miss. Plus it seemed like every hour a new speaker was on, or a big prize was being given away. That sense of excitement really paid off. Planning all of this is not easy, but implementation is also key, so it was also good to see a bit of hustle from the sales reps working the booth.
Well done!
Last night at the Lucky Leprachaun.
Mike Audet, Morgan Carey, and Ira Luntz on stage. Good times….
Feels like I’m posting a lot about Cloud CMA. But as they say,… gotta eat.
Florida’s largest MLS offers Cloud CMA
Marketing tool now has more than 45,000 subscribers
“Huntington Beach, Calif.-based real estate software firm W&R Studios has announced that its signature Cloud CMA product is now available to the 32,000 members of My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service (MFRMLS).
The cloud-based software tool allows agents to create customized comparative market analysis (CMA) reports, property reports and fliers, and buyer tour documents. It also has the ability to merge multiple listing service (MLS) data with data from other websites like Walk Score, Yelp and Zillow.
“MFRMLS is very excited to add Cloud CMA to the product offerings available to our members,” said Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of MFRMLS, in a statement.”
My thanks to Merri Jo and Wanda for help making this happen, I’m very appreciative of their support.
For the full press release you can find it here:
California Regional MLS (CRMLS) Selects Real Estate Digital’s reDataVault
“reDataVault addresses the real estate industry’s pressing need to simplify, standardize and streamline the MLS listing data licensing process by offering a document workflow system for all licensing-related documents and contracts (e.g., IDX and broker participation agreements). The system also offers automated dashboard alerts and unlimited cloud-based document storage and retrieval for 24/7 access.”
Nice win for everyone at RED. Congrats!
Happy Birthday Russ! You’re not here in Orlando but everyone is still talking about you!
Here’s what REALTORS get when they log on to RPR when they don’t have a cooporating MLS provider. Note the provoking “Are you seeing RED? headline and copy.
Then they are given this email template to fill out.
Stay classy RPR, stay classy.
