Nov

Neigboroo: Demographic Map Mashups

Posted by admin Published in Maps, Products, Technology, real estate

I recently came across Neighboroo, a website that mashes-up Google Maps with demographic data. You can search for a number of things, ranging from median home price to elementary school levels. You can scroll around the map yourself, or enter a location into the search box to search a local area.
What I like about Neighboroo [...]

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Nov

On Blogging in the Real Estate Industry

Posted by admin Published in Marketing, NAR, NARdiGras, Technology

If nothing else, going to conferences like NAR and Inman let you rub shoulders with other vendors in the real estate space. This weekend I was able to track down a number of players in the “Blog Marketing” space at NARdi Gras, ask them a few questions and get their take on what’s happening [...]

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Nov

Contrasting Inman and NAR Conferences

Posted by admin Published in Marketing, NAR, NARdiGras, Realty News, connectsf, inman

What’s interesting to me about NARdi Gras is how big it is. If you compare the number of exhibitors and attendees, NAR’s annual conference blows away Inman (in both San Francisco and NY combined). So, you’ve got a lot of potential to network with a wide variety of people. It’s a place [...]

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Nov

A Special Report on eppraisal.com

Posted by admin Published in Saris Technologies, eppraisal, inman

Inman ran a special report on Tuesday called, “Breaking Technology: The Latest in Online Real Estate“, that compares and contrasts our product eppraisal.com to Zillow.
So instead of trying to position eppraisals.com as a superior valuation tool to Zillow, Saris is acknowledging that the ranges it provides consumers are the first step in the process of [...]

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Nov

NARdi Gras – Booth #2058

Posted by admin Published in Marketing, NAR, Real Estate Agents, Saris Technologies, eppraisal

We’re here getting things set up for the National Association of Realtors Conference in New Orleans (NARdi Gras), which starts tomorrow. Our booth is 2058. In the program it has us listed under our company name “Saris Technologies”, this is correct, though it we should have been listed under eppraisal.com (our product). Disappointing, [...]

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Nov

Virtual Earth 3D Maps are Shaking Things Up

Posted by admin Published in Maps, Marketing, Realty News, Technology, real estate

It’s been amazing to see the way that open map APIs, like those opened up to developers from the likes of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, have shaken up the real estate industry. It especially affects those who are creating web-based tools or applications for the real estate space.
Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the newest iteration of [...]

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Nov

The Blogosphere on Whether Eppraisals Matter

Posted by admin Published in Realty News, Technology, eppraisal, real estate

The last two days have been pretty busy around here – programmers are working feverishly and phones are ringing. We’ve had a lot of interest from real estate agents, and we’re continuing to fine-tune the pro.eppraisal.com side of the application for next week’s launch at NAR.
The best part of my job here is the [...]

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