Sep

Roofable: an Orlando Real Estate Blog

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Blogging, Realty News, real estate

I used to look at sites like Socketsite, RealCentralVA and Curbed and would think, “Man, we need one of those types of blogs in Orlando.” Of course, San Francisco and New York have a very different type of person living in their cities, so an Orlando meta-real estate blog would have to have [...]

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Aug

The Perfect Online Marketing Platform for Selling to Real Estate Professionals

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Agent Tools, Blogging, Marketing, Products, Real Estate Agents, Realty News

ActiveRain is a social network and blogging platform for real estate professionals. They started up last summer, and have cranked their way up to almost 45,000 registered users. That’s A LOT of traction… and fast!
Well, Matt Heaton and Jonathan Washburn have rolled out an advertising platform for their system. For a minimum [...]

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Aug

eppraisal.com Mobile

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Agent Tools, Technology, eppraisal, real estate

Just out through our eppraisal.com Labs, eppraisal Mobile is an easy way to access property valuations while on the road. Simply text an address to 972-413-9622 or to values@eppraisal.com (in the subject line), and eppraisal.com will respond with an estimated value range of the property.
By texting the street address, city and state, eppraisal.com [...]

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Aug

When You Should Consider Using Property Specific Domains to Sell Your Home

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Ideas, Marketing, real estate

I’ve never been a big proponent of property specific domains for selling a piece of property. In most markets it doesn’t seem to make sense. However, after thinking about it for a while I came up with a few reasons why I think selling a piece of real estate using a property-specific URL [...]

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Aug

The Carnival of Real Estate

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Blogging, Carnival, real estate

Welcome to the 54th Carnival of Real Estate. There were a number of really good entries this week, so thanks for submitting. I decided to pare the number down to the 6 that I found the most interesting and entertaining.

Jonathan Dalton reflects on the state of the industry. In What Have We Taught Our Clients?, [...]

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Aug

The Tortoise and the Hare

Posted by Erik Hersman Published in Realty News, Technology, Trends, eppraisal, real estate

[Preface: All the normal disclaimers about using sites like compete.com, Alexa or Quantcast to get trending data…]
Regardless, it’s still enjoyable to watch the trending continue upwards for eppraisal.com. We’ve had a lot more room to grow than the others, true, but we’re starting to catch up. The great part is that our burn [...]

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