The Internet may not be a “series of tubes,” but real estate search from a desktop is feeling increasingly mechanical, like I’m manipulating a digital marionette with three strings – my mouse, my keyboard and my monitor. So when Joel wrote about an iPhone search app Yahoo! launched five months ago that allows users to [...]
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Real Estate Connect SF 2010: Impressions and fuzzy notions taken from a great week
Inman’s Real Estate Connect SF 2010 has come and gone. It was perhaps the best Inman show ever, thanks to new Inman CEO Tim Smith and his team. The event has never been produced more thoughtfully. This was my 13th Connect SF event. This year, more than ever, I enjoyed seeing so many people who [...]
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Realtor.com drops some big iPhone app stats; I wonder where all this is heading.
They appeared every mile or so as I drove down the 101 yesterday, visions of contentment bathed in clean light. iPad ads. Tons of them. So, so appealing. And while I do believe the iPad marks the beginning of a shift in how we read, write, listen, watch and play on the web, there’s one [...]
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On the eve of disruption: location and the real estate opportunity of a lifetime
I’m at 38,000 feet right now, thinking about a plain fact filled with beautiful potential for real estate. That fact is this: The divide separating the Web from the physical world is closing – fast. For an industry to which location is everything, this is a big deal.
Finding Customers in the Palm of your Hand
I got a sneak peak into the stats for Realtor.com’s new iPhone app this week. Something jumped out at me from a laundry list of impressive statistics (e.g., over 100,000 downloads in the last 18 days, consumers use the app on average about twice a day; the average session time is 16.4 minutes). iPhone users generate [...]
Looking back at Real Estate Connect New York
I looked down into the touch-screen display at JFK: “Upgrade to first class for $250.” There was no way I could justify this. I can’t afford it, frankly. But my body cried to be horizontal; my mind begged for stillness. Done deal.
Realtor.com fulfills its promise with new iPhone app
There are literally dozens of real estate iPhone apps out there right now. Our own list attests to that fact. And when I heard that Realtor.com was launching a native iPhone application, I have to say I was initially a little skeptical. Over the last few years, the 800lb gorilla in online real estate has [...]
The Canonical List of Real Estate Apps
I’ve had mobile on the mind for quite some time now. Maybe it’s because I can’t stop playing with my iPhone. But I don’t think alone. Like many others I suspect, my phone has become the focal point for many of my online activities.
ZipRealty (almost) creates a handheld lead machine with iPhone app
ZipRealty never bought into the Web 2.0 free-for-all. By taking the VOW route, the company has steadfastly required registration to view properties and (gasp!) assigns those who register to a ZipRealty agent. This rather businesslike approach to search has been extended to the handset with the release of the ZipRealty iPhone app (warning: iTunes link). [...]
Better Homes and Gardens takes real estate iPhone Apps beyond listings
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate [Disclosure: They are a 1000watt Consulting client] released an iPhone app yesterday. The brand, which is just over a year old, has a strong lifestyle vibe. From their perspective, real estate is more about living a life in a great place than simply buying or selling a house. This app [...]


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