Daniel Rothamel's (drothamel) Blog

Many of you are likely familiar with RETSO.  After 5 very successful years as a premiere real estate technology conference, RETSO is doing something very different this year.  If you are dedicated to excellence, getting things done, and continually improving your real estate business, you don't w...

When I'm not practicing real estate, I'm a high school and NCAA basketball referee.  I love doing it.  It's chaotic at times, but there is never a better seat in the house.  :-)   Referees should be perfect, right? Funny thing about officiating is that it is one of the only things you can do wher...

Back in March, I had the pleasure of doing a presentation about social media for an audience of REALTOR Association Executives at the NAR Association Executive Institute in Colorado Springs. The setting was spectacular, and the audience was great. I had a lot of fun; but, I always have a lot of f...

First of all, I want to say a giant THANK YOU! to everyone who left a comment on the post I wrote yesterday, re-introducing myself to the ActiveRain community. I can tell right away that things are different here than my first go around, and I'm going to have a lot of fun getting to meet new folk...

Hey everybody, I'm Daniel!  Some of you may know me as The Real Estate Zebra, and some of you may know me as the Community Manager for Inman News.  Many of you don't know me at all, but I'm hoping I can change that. . .   A little bit of my ActiveRain story I joined ActiveRain way back when.  Hon...

For many years, Fluvanna County was one of the fastest growing counties in Virginia (per capita). During that time, most of that growth occurred in one neighborhood, Lake Monticello. Now, new construction growth at Lake Monticello has slowed due to the community getting closer and closer to build...

There aren't exactly a lot of articles written about sports officials in the popular media. There are even less articles that give a good, in-depth look at officiating. That is why I found this recent ESPN.com article a pleasant surprise. The article follows a crew of ACC football officials as th...

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