MLS Policy is Crushing Innovation
The promise of technologyImagine if while you were shopping for a home, you could go back through historical listing data like previous photos, sale prices and room additions.You could visualize all that data on a map, along side 4 other homes in ...Read more
Posted in Real Estate Marketing 2.0 on 2010/03/04 by Riel Roussopoulos
When web templates are a good thing
Templates suck.Isn't that what people say?That must be why there are so many template sites out there.Let's face it, marrying cross browser compatible code with good design is not something that you can't whip together in an afternoon.It's one of ...Read more
Posted in Real Estate Marketing 2.0 on 2010/02/07 by Riel Roussopoulos
The Argument(s) For An Open Source Real Estate Listing Service
Let's make something clear right away. I am a new player in this market. We have developed only one MLS solution for a local Vancouver client and, while it has done very well for him, I recognize that our platform has a ways to go before it can ...Read more
Posted in Real Estate Marketing 2.0 on 2010/01/23 by Riel Roussopoulos
Leverage Social Media
Is social media taking up too much time? Have you got a successful strategy?Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr ... the base updatesFriendfeed, delicious, last.fm, upcoming, qik ... the channel updatesVimeo, bambuser, foursquare, cr...Read more
