http://www.realtythoughts.com The world of real estate and technology online Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:11:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the increasing downward spiral of the economy and resulting record unemployment rate, many homeowners face foreclosure in their near future. In the past, most banks wouldn’t lift a finger to help troubled homeowners, and if they did, it typically wasn’t until they were already behind on their mortgage. With ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2009/01/bank-of-america-to-modify-100-billion-in-loans-in-2009/ Welcome to the 120th Edition of The Carnival of Real Estate. We are honored to be hosting the carnival for the 2nd time. As a technology company we stay very interested in technology's impact on the real estate industry. Keeping with that focus, I decided the criteria for my top ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/12/the-carnival-of-real-estate-120/ A few weeks back Mashable featured a new start-up by the name of Dwellicious. Apparently this new service will work very similar to that of Delicious ( a social bookmarking site), but optimized for the real estate niche. According to Mashable  Dwellicious is optimized to work with the following: ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/12/delicious-for-real-estate-dwellicious/ Have you been wondering how you can leverage your following on social networks to help promote your business & services? iList is the latest online tool for managing your online marketing campaigns to social networks and the web in general. Real Estate professionals and online marketers are ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/11/listings-and-social-networks-with-ilist/ In case you haven't heard, there is a device out there these days by the name of iPhone.  If you're not currently using one you may just want to reconsider. The iPhone is making life easier and more efficient for professionals and consumers across the board. With the emergence of ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/10/why-realtors-need-to-get-iphone-equipped/ As a real estate professional your main focus in business has to be people. Converting those people into clients can be a tedious process which heavily weighs on trust and reputation. In the past the main avenue for getting new leads and networking was handing out business cards whenever possible. ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/10/what-to-do-when-your-out-of-business-cards/ Last week LotandHome.com launched a new listing site focused on new homes and lots, but with a twist. Anyone can register with the site and get a "Rebate Voucher." Bring the voucher to the builder and get a "cash back equaling 1% of the purchase price". Doesn't sound like a ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/06/new-home-listing-site-launches-with-rebates/ A new real estate listing site called BeatYouThere.com launched yesterday (inman) and it's adding a social twist. BeatYouThere users can search for other users (buyers, sellers, investors, etc), rate other users, comment on properties (and users), and connect with friends. It's a novel idea, however while navigating the ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/05/ill-beatyoutherecom/ Another StreetView Launch: Today, RealEstate.com launches property searches with integrated StreetView (from Inman). Choices: If you are developing a Real Estate 2.0 site then you have a hard choice ahead. Do you integrate Google's StreetView or Microsoft's Birds EyeView? Hey, at least we have choices. ;-) http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/04/more-streetviews/ Product Launches: Last week, Trulia was the first to announced the integration of Google’s Street View (FOREM). Today, DotHomes also announces the integration of Google's Street View (see below). "DotHomes.com (DotHomes), the real estate search engine, today announced that it has implemented Google’s Street View to its US listings. This application ... http://www.realtythoughts.com/2008/04/it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-view/