Keyword: transparency

Real estate bloggers should know this simple view of web user personalities

Real estate bloggers should know this simple view of web user personalities

Modern philosophers There is a philosophical debate that has been raging in recent years about web behavior and in 100 years, society will look back with the lens of over-simplicity which might look something like the infographic below. If you’re a real estate blogger, you should understand why there are people that comment on your blog that demand to know ...

AGBeat | 2011/05/20  | 14 Comments Social Media

Last bastion of obfuscation – real estate marketing lacks transparency

Last bastion of obfuscation – real estate marketing lacks transparency

Take a Critical Look When was the last time you have taken a critical look at your marketing plan? Not in terms of completeness or variety or creativity but rather in terms of effectiveness. And not effectiveness in terms of whether the house sold or not, but whether the sale took place because of your marketing or by dint of ...

Jonathan Dalton | 2010/08/21  | 35 Comments Highlights

The Flip Side of the Inaccurate Search Results Debate- Good News?

The Flip Side of the Inaccurate Search Results Debate- Good News?

Oh how they cry From the day aggregation of MLS/Broker data began, the traditional real estate industry has cried foul over inaccurate search results, citing expired listings, withdrawn listings, or even pending listings as currently available properties within big search portals like Zillow, Trulia, Vast, and others. But why the angst? For years, Craigslist has been abused by the traditional ...

Benn Rosales | 2010/03/27  | 19 Comments Social Media

Taking Government Transparency to the People- AG Politics

Taking Government Transparency to the People- AG Politics

HR 554 – taking transparency and political responsibility to where they belong – to the people. ‘(1) It shall not be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee until at least 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the House is in session on such a ...

Jim Duncan | 2009/10/04  | 11 Comments Politics

Stop the Noise!

Stop the Noise

Transparency Transparency has been the goal of real estate professionals throughout the RE.net and blogging has provided the perfect platform for transparency in information. Real Estate bloggers have provided a great deal of knowledge for the general public. In the past few years, the public has been given access to almost every listing, details about neighborhoods and communities, as well ...

Paula Henry | 2008/06/30  | 14 Comments Social Media

Why I Think Some Will Protest Blog & Forum Transparency

Why I Think Some Will Protest Blog & Forum Transparency

I can imagine a million + 1 reasons some will be stubborn about making comment ip addresses public. But a few sinister ones come to mind. I’m not saying this about anyone or any company in particular so lets just make that clear now, this is more about the future credibility of the forum and blog communities that have the ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/08/18  | 2 Comments Marketing

Is Redfin.com a True Web2.o Experience?

Is Redfin.com a True Web2.o Experience?

Well, I would surmise by my own appraisal of Redfin.com that you can easily do more than Redfin is doing, and probably are already. With the transparency debate exposed all over the blogosphere, I look at Redfin and wonder, where exactly is the transparency?  They’re counting on momentum from sensationalism, name recognition and a liberal cause to carry them forward, ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/06/12  | 13 Comments Editorials