Okay, we admit it. We’re suckers for Walk Score and the philosophy behind it. Here’s how Front Seat, the guys behind Walk Score, describe their product: Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how ... Read more +
Mike Simonsen, a co-founder of the real estate data provider Altos Research takes some time to speak with me regarding the importance of great data in delivering a top notch real estate web presence. I’ve had the opportunity to view a couple of presentations on the Altos product line up and I think it’s great stuff. Implemented ... Read more +
The idea for this post came from a comment that someone shared with me in Facebook. He shared with me that he actively denies friend requests from agents in his market that share the same desire to be found via common keywords and phrases in searches. The conversation led me to wonder how many other people are putting up barriers in their social ... Read more +
This year Diverse Solutions has taken to the road to support several real estate related events. In addition to promoting our products and services, we want to spend time in different markets to meet real estate professionals and find out what’s working for people and what keeps them awake at night. It’s a great way for us to know where... Read more +
There’s (obviously) been a lot of talk about foreclosures lately. From my perspective though, it seems as if the ratio of cited foreclosure sources to media reports and blog posts on foreclosures is approaching one. We all know that foreclosures are high, but it kinda makes you wonder who to believe when someone says that one area’s ... Read more +
One of the folks I’ve met and had a good time getting know in the RE.net is Nick Bastian. Nick is a Realty Executives agent in the Phoenix area that has turned an interest into a business model through a truly uniquely defined niche. Nick operates RailLife.com, a blog and real estate resource focused on Phoenix’s 20 mile long light ... Read more +
One of the more stalwart uses of social media from the very beginning has been defined as “social bookmarking”. Essentially it’s a way to save and share in a way that goes way beyond the traditional bookmarking methods of a web browser. Recently a couple of veterans of the world of real estate technology have developed a real ... Read more +
Diverse Solutions works closely with a select group of partners. The goal is to align ourselves with the best in the design and development space. The resulting products are broker and agent web marketing resources that are second to none in their respective markets. One of our newer partners is a company based in Raleigh NC named Dakno ... Read more +
One of my goals in expanding the social media footprint for Diverse Solutions is to use some of the best tools at our disposal. I’m a big fan of audio podcast interviews. I was lucky enough to bring two Diverse Solutions IDX users to the mic to discuss their experience with the product and how they are using it to provide best-of-breed web ... Read more +
I am very pleased that Russ has taken the time to answer some questions regarding CARETS data share program. Russ is the CEO of SoCaLMLS one of the largest MLS’s in the country. CARETS (California Real Estate Technology Services, Inc.) is a nonprofit mutual-benefit corporation. Its members are the Combined LA Westside MLS, CRISnet Regional ... Read more +