Real Estate & the Social Web from a Berkeley Real Estate Agent

Real Estate is an amazing business, but I can always use more.  I had a big a-ha moment last week when I attended a lead generation class led by Rick Geha and thought I'd share.  I've been attending Rick's classes since before I got my license in 2003 and I really enjoy his dynamic presentation s...

"It seems like the conversation always turns to Twitter these days."   I was halfway through this post, when new Twitter friend Bryon Person twittered the above phrase and he's right on the money.  Ever since the SXSW festival this past March, Twitter has been growing like wildfire among the earl...

I've found a deal that I need to share with the other direct mailers out there.  I've been sending postcards to Alameda County foreclosures for the past few weeks and I've been using postcards from Clubflyers.com. Since they are all the same design, I ordered 5,000 postcards printed on 14 POINT C...

Hey WordPress fanatics, the second annual WordPress community gathering, WordCamp 2007 is scheduled for July 21-23 in San Francisco's Swedish American Hall.   Thanks to Dustin Luther, who gave me the heads up, I had the chance to attend last year's gathering where we were treated to a "State of t...

Justin Kan, the man behind Justin.tv is in danger of being evicted from his San Francisco apartment. In case you're unfamiliar with what he's doing, Justin is wearing a camera and broadcasting his life 24/7.  He wears it EVERYWHERE, even in the bathroom, even on a date.Why are they getting evict...

Alright, i've got a confession.  I've had a Blackberry for almost a year now and the only reason I use it is for talking and sending SMS messages.  It's pretty absurd when I think about it.  I KNOW that I'm not even scratching the surface of the capabilities of this thing and was hoping that I c...

Maybe you can tell from my last post, but I'm a social media and technology nut. The moment that I was introduced to RSS a few years ago I knew that the way that I used the internet had been changed forever.In case you're not familiar with RSS, it's a web format which allows creators to self-publ...

Talk about crazy timing.  Minutes after I decided to start participating in ActiveRain and went ahead and published my first post, I came across Steve Rubel's latest post on the participation ladder and thought I'd share.  In case you aren't already familiar, Steve is a senior VP with Edelman and...

Slowly but surely, ActiveRain has been sucking me in.Since I live in the Bay Area and I'm actively involved in the tech scene around here, I end up signing up for every promising new service that comes around.  Most of those accounts get abandoned after a visit or two, but there are a few that I ...