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RE.net Acronyms

Jim got me thinking about some of the acronyms that I use on 4realz and other common terms I’ve seen others use:

  • AG: AgentGenius.com
  • AR: ActiveRain
  • BR: BlueRoof
  • BHB: Bloodhound Blog
  • CB: Coldwell Banker
  • CH: Cyberhomes
  • CL: Craigslist
  • CMS: Content Management System
  • CRM: Customer Relationship Management
  • FBS: FBS Blog
  • FOREM: Future of Real Estate Marketing
  • FORET: Future of Real Estate Technology
  • FD: FrontDoor
  • G: Google
  • GDH: Garage with a Detached Home
  • HV: HouseValues
  • HG: HomeGain
  • IC: InternetCrusade
  • KW: Keller Williams
  • M: Microsoft
  • MBL: MyBlogLog
  • MLB: MLBroadcast
  • MLS: Multiple-Listing Service (this means different things to different people!)
  • MLW: MyLevenworth
  • NAR: National Association of Realtors
  • P2A or P2: Point2Agent
  • RCG: Rain City Guide
  • RCV: RealCentralVA
  • RDC, R or R.com: Realtor.com
  • RE.net: The real estate blogosphere
  • REB: The Real Estate Bloggers
  • RES: Real Estate Shows
  • RET: Real Estate Tomato
  • REW: Real Estate Webmasters
  • REZ: Real Estate Zebra
  • RF: Redfin
  • RT: RealTown
  • SEO: Search Engine Optimization
  • SEM: Search Engine Marketing
  • TP: Top Producer
  • TPG: The Phoenix Real Estate Guy
  • T: Trulia
  • WM: WellcomeMat
  • WP: WordPress.org
  • WP.com: WordPress.com
  • Y!: Yahoo!
  • Z: Zillow

UPDATE: Based on suggestions in the comments I added a few more names to the above list and decided to alphabetize them. (I also went back and added links to the various sites, which I should have done from the start!)

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31 responses

  1. Jim Duncan Avatar
    Jim Duncan

    BHB: Bloodhound Blog
    RCV: (as coined by a Charlottesville blog) referring to RealCentralVA.

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  2. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    Heh… Isn’t MLS the biggest of them all?

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  3. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Beautiful!

    I’ve seen the BHB before, but somehow missed it’s utility. The past few times I went to write about the bloodhound blog, I’ve been looking for an acronym and forgot the perfectly good one that is available! 🙂

    I’m adding all three of the suggestions!

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  4. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    In editing things, I also realize that I forgot to add the acronym from the title of the post: RE.net!

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  5. loren nason Avatar
    loren nason

    FORET

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  6. Jay Thompson Avatar
    Jay Thompson

    G: Google
    Y!: Yahoo. Well…. maybe not

    But they aren’t really RE.net terms.

    And of course, TPREG – pronounced “Tee Preg”. Originally coined by Maureen Francis I believe. But I think we’re the only two that use it. Hey, I thought about going with Phoenix Real Estate Guy Online and being “Prego”…

    Haven’t you ever used DLITGoREB?

    Dustin Luther is the Godfather of Real Estate Blogging.

    I think I use that in daily conversation! 😉

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  7. Lani Anglin-Rosales Avatar
    Lani Anglin-Rosales

    AG = AgentGenius.com

    R.com = Realtor dot com

    (PS: I couldn’t come up with something clever about me, so insert hilarity [here]). 🙂

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  8. Geordie Romer Avatar
    Geordie Romer

    Someday I hope to have a TLA associated with my business or my blog. (That’s a Three Letter Acronym for those who didn’t spend time as a public servant in the past.)

    But if you want to refer to my blog MLW that’s cool too. (Sounds like a Sports League … Major League Winters?!)

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  9. Jessie B Avatar
    Jessie B

    How about everyones favorite 😉

    RF = redfin

    more…

    HV = housevalues
    HG = homegain

    Possibles…

    CH = cyberhomes
    FD = frontdoor

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  10. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    I’m simply loving some of the suggestions!

    Nonetheless, if you’re going to choose one for your own blog (which I don’t mind at all!), give me an example of another blogger using it! 😉

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  11. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    It took me about too minutes to (and Jessie’s comment) to get to me to realize my last comment was dumb!!! Go ahead and coin your own acronym! No examples of it being in use are needed!

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  12. Lani Anglin-Rosales Avatar
    Lani Anglin-Rosales

    Examples supporting “AG”: FL Mortg, Blog Fiesta, RErevealed, and hundreds of private emails 🙂

    YAY, I did it! Man, that was like running around the track 4 times (meaning I’m wheezin’!).

    What fancy acronyms do you have for yourself Dustin?

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  13. Chad Hallberg Avatar
    Chad Hallberg

    How could you ever forget YUN 4 NAR PREZ 2008?????

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  14. Lani Anglin-Rosales Avatar
    Lani Anglin-Rosales

    Chad, is that Y4NP8?

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  15. Jessie B Avatar
    Jessie B

    one more very important one…

    CL = craigslist

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  16. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Lani: You’re too darn cool! The AG definitely deserves to be on the list! 😉

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  17. Jay Thompson Avatar
    Jay Thompson

    P2 or P2A: Point2 Agent.

    Hey, TPREG is on the Inman Wiki! Oh, wait. I put it there. Back to G and Y!….

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  18. Jay Thompson Avatar
    Jay Thompson

    RT = Real Town

    And now I’m done with this!

    TGIF!

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  19. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Jay,

    What if we settled for TPG (The Phoenix Guy)? Similarly, the “official” name of RCG is Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide, but SRCREG just wouldn’t have the same ring! 😉

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  20. Lane Bailey Avatar
    Lane Bailey

    And here I was looking for GDH (Garage with a Detached Home). Alas, I don’t think anyone else refers to me yet.

    Anyway, I will add Real Estate Radio RER…

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  21. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Lane: Are you thinking of a specific real estate radio show… or just the concept. RealEstateRadio.net is what shows up when I google the term.

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  22. Jay Thompson Avatar
    Jay Thompson

    Dustin, I love it. That is why you are the GoREB.

    Here’s one that some in real estate use:

    NAR (which like MLS, can mean very different things to different people).

    For some weird reason, I’ve been thinking in acronyms all night.

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  23. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Totally forgot about NAR! Great call!

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  24. wellcomemat Avatar
    wellcomemat

    Dustin… WMNS?

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  25. Phil Thomas Di Giulio Avatar
    Phil Thomas Di Giulio

    And WMNS is not a reference to WellcomeMat, that’s easy (WM). No WMNS stands for, ‘What’s my name, Skip?”

    We know the answer 🙂

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  26. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Phil: I’m thinking “no show”… but that has been fixed! 😉

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  27. Mike Price Avatar
    Mike Price

    how about MLB ?

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  28. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Major league baseball? 🙂 I just added MLBroadcast.

    (and you just reminded me to add MyBlogLog)

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  29. Michael Wurzer Avatar
    Michael Wurzer

    How about FBS for the FBS Blog?

    I also think the FBS Blog would make a fine addition to your RE.net Company category. 🙂

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  30. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Complete oversight on both accounts! It’s gonna be fixed immediately.

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  31. Bucking the Real Estate Trend Avatar
    Bucking the Real Estate Trend

    Wow. My ADD is out of control this morning. Great list.

    Reply

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