ActiveRain secures $2.75M in Financing From HouseValues
Sans opinion, I wanted to throw up a quick congratulations to Jon, Matt, et. al. over at ActiveRain, the premiere social network for real estate related professionals.
The life of an entrepreneur is filled with many peaks and valleys, so I’m glad to see their success in a vital area [...]
Mortgage, Real Estate and relevant technology predictions for 2008…
1) Property listings will be marketed via two vehicles, NAR’s Gateway portal as well as across multiple ‘social networks’ and ‘feeds’ rather than the traditional MLS systemology.
I have hope for NAR’s proposed project because it appears to be an effort to normalize MLS data, which raises the [...]
New Years is upon us already, my how time flies, so a reflection on 2007 seems an appropriate final post of the year.
Last January I made some predictions for 2007, so let’s review what I saw in the crystal ball…
Active Rain and other community based ‘Blogsites’ are going to be Big.
AR more than doubled [...]
The NAR convention in Las Vegas was an experience of deafening ‘white noise’. Not quite sure how many people attended the event but as I walked through the Venetian, meandering my way to The Sands Expo Hall, I passed at least 5000 individuals wearing neck passes tagged with ribbons that demonstrated NAR’s continued affinity [...]
New Marketing Strategies Via Social Networking Channels for Real Estate and The Big Push for Compensation Reform.
‘We are the fossils, the relics of our time, we mutilate the meanings till they’re easy to deny…be ashamed of the mess you’ve made.’
- William Corgan
I hear many mortgage and real estate professionals within the industry still spouting off [...]