I’m downright excited about 2008! And one final link for the year: check out Jon Washburn’s predictions for 2008. It’s a great read!
If you think realtor.com dominates real estate search today, then…
December 31, 2007 by 13 Comments
…I would concur that realtor.com might dominate real estate search in 2008. But dominate is WAY too strong of a word because no one dominates real estate search today. To dominate a market, I’d think you’d have to have something approaching at least 50% market share… Let’s use eBay as an example (the numbers are [...]
There's some seriously funny stuff going on…
December 31, 2007 by 6 Comments
…in the bathroom. However, for this next year, I’m committed to doing a better job of cleaning up the house when it gets dirty. So if you like a crowded bathroom, you have only a few more hours to get in there before I clear it out!
Local Tax Assessor gets hammered…
December 30, 2007 by 6 Comments
…by real estate professionals in the comments of Danilo’s post where he describes how a Loudoun County official has been playing hard-ball in telling him to take down an assessment of the Assessor’s office. Interestingly, over the past few years, I’ve had multiple people tell me I had to take things down of Rain City [...]
When someone guarantees Google placement…
December 27, 2007 by 29 Comments
…you can be pretty sure they are trying to sell you a website product and they are hoping to play off of your inexperience. Let’s take Rain City Guide for example… Mary McKnight gives 8 steps to guarantee first page placement in Google. I’ve done EVERY one of these things (and more) on [...]
Just chatted with Brendan King and…
December 26, 2007 by 14 Comments
…I believe him on two accounts: He resigned (was not fired). He is working on something interesting. I won’t say (even if I knew) what he is up to but would be fascinated to hear some speculation on what the Point2 team members who left should build. Is there any empty space left to build [...]
