AGBeat Columnist: Andy Kaufman

Writer for national real estate opinion column AgentGenius.com, focusing on the improvement of the real estate industry by educating peers about technology, real estate legislation, ethics, practices and brokerage with the end result being that consumers have a better experience.

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5 Extra Tips for a Better RE BarCamp Experience

5 Extra Tips for a Better RE BarCamp Experience

Real estate folk are beginning to trickle into San Francisco and the first RE BarCamp is almost upon us. Building on the Zebra’s recent post with tips better Connect SF experience, I thought I’d offer up a few more tips for this week especially for the RE BarCamp participants. 1. Dress Casually It’s going to be a long, fun filled ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/07/20  | 10 Comments Real Estate

RE BarCamp SF: Take a Chance and Present

RE BarCamp SF: Take a Chance and Present

RE BarCamp is quickly approaching, and in less than three months, we’ll all be getting together in San Francisco for what’s going to be an amazing day full of real estate, technology and most of all, awesome people.If you’re like me and you’re talking to people about RE BarCamp, I’ll bet you’ve had to answer the “What is a BarCamp?” ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/05/07  | 21 Comments Real Estate

April 3rd is “GOOD PEOPLE DAY”

April 3rd is “GOOD PEOPLE DAY”

Pass it on!

Andy Kaufman | 2008/04/02  | 10 Comments Public Relations

F Blog Wars, How About an Old School Color War?

F Blog Wars, How About an Old School Color War?

Just when you thought that the interwebs were getting nasty & stale, Ze Frank comes to the rescue and is bringing the old school Color War from summer camp into the cloud with ColorWar2008. From Ze’s ColorWar2008 Post: During the summer we were divided into discreet units, older kids here, younger kids there, Hiawathans by the lake Tawasenthans by the ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/03/20  | 12 Comments Marketing

The Revolution WILL Put YOU in the Driver’s Seat

The Revolution WILL Put YOU in the Driver’s Seat

My head is spinning. If you’ve been following my Twitter stream, you’ll know that I just got back from Austin, where I spent the past week rocking the F out of the annual South By Southwest Interactive conference. Not only did I get to spend some time with our beloved ringleaders, Benn and Lani, I got to brag about the ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/03/13  | 6 Comments Conference Coverage

Hey Guys, Listen… 7 – Minute – Apps!

Hey Guys, Listen… 7 – Minute – Apps!

Time 0:00 So, I’m surfing Twitter this morning and I see this Tweet from my friend Alex in Miami. 0:30 Threaded Twitter Conversations? Hey, that sounds cool. I’m going to check it out. ::clicks on link:: 1:00 Now I’m looking at what Alex made with Yahoo pipes. 1:30 Let’s look under the hood to see what’s in there ::Clicks on ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/02/13  | 1 Comment

Real Estate Marketing 101 w/ Saul

Real Estate Marketing 101 w/ Saul

Hi Everybody, Welcome to Real Estate Marketing 101 with Saul Klein, President and CEO of RealTown’s InternetCrusade, home of e-PRO, the NAR’s Official Technology Training and Certification program. Everybody get settled in and welcome to the next 4 minutes & 30 seconds of your life. Now, after watching this video are your honest thoughts? [a] – Awesome. That’s some timeless ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/02/11  | 27 Comments Marketing

Announcing RE Bar Camp 2008: An Unconference for the Real Estate Community

Announcing RE Bar Camp 2008: An Unconference for the Real Estate Community

There’s no shortage of conferences in the real estate community. There’s NAR, the Inman Connects, the national brokerage conventions, & the upcoming BloodhoundBlog Unchained just to name a few. While these conferences are cool and all, the price starts to add up and many of us leave after hearing a lot of stuff that we already know. It’s becoming apparent ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/01/18  | 15 Comments Marketing

Following ConnectNYC Through The Pipes

Following ConnectNYC Through The Pipes

Like most of the RE.net that for one reason or another didn’t get to go to Inman Connect in New York this week, I’m insanely jealous. I thought I could make it through no problem, but as I tried to score along at home, I couldn’t find a single channel that gave me the coverage that I was looking for. ...

Andy Kaufman | 2008/01/09  | 3 Comments Real Estate

RE.net, I Trusted You

RE.net, I Trusted You

I LOVE a great parody.   Sharing a name with a dead (supposedly) genius comic performer who used to wrestle women and play mindf**k pranks on his fans can lead to a lot of interesting situations in life.  Sure it comes with it’s ups and downs, but like real estate, it’s usually never boring.   One thing is that while ...

Andy Kaufman | 2007/12/24  | 9 Comments Marketing

How the Heck Did I End Up Here?

How the Heck Did I End Up Here?

In case we’ve never met, let me introduce myself. My name is Andy Kaufman and I’m a founding member of the MyEastBayAgent team out in the Bay Area where we specialize in working with investors and selling bank owned REO properties. If I HAD to describe myself, I’d say that I’m part snarky agent and part super geek who radiates ...

Andy Kaufman | 2007/12/22  | 8 Comments Marketing