A few days ago Active Rainer Jim Lee shared a few word clouds he created on wordle.net... I couldn't resist and had to play with a few of my blogs to see what they'd look like...

In social media we use the term ubiquity to describe a philosophy of online involvement. We accomplish visibility and opportunity by participating in a wide array of communities and conversation.

The road to ubiquity... revisited

 

Big Clouds, Blue Sky...

Stormy fronts moved in yesterday afternoon, but the action really gets started just before the sun was about to set. We're looking west from my deck over Renton, Washington. I love the moody skies this time of year. The colors are great with the yellow and red leaves to these dark clouds highlighted with the sun low before it sets over the hills. Soon it will be shades of mostly gray...

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René Fabre is well known for his innovative marketing programs. He is a sought after speaker and motivator known for his knowledge, keen interest, and insightful approach to contemporary marketing ideas and technologies. His obvious passion for the subject is well known and contagious. He frequently gives workshops and round table conversations on Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, and Lead Generation.

 

Google announced real estate on Google Maps this morning...

In Google Maps type a "city state" and/or a "zip code". Just to the right of the "Search Maps" button,

Google Maps search...

 

 

 

 

click "show search options" and select real estate in the drop down...

Google Maps real estate search...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can search homes for sale, rentals, and foreclosures. Filter your results by price range, bedrooms, and building square feet. This comes with all the usual Google Map functions like pop-up pictures with links to the listing source.

This will certainly bring a larger audience and exposure to your local real estate market...


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Residential Transaction Study 10/28/2009
Newcastle, WA 98056 & 59... non-waterfront homes
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/20/2009 Market (homes): 3002
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Oct 2009 9 0.3% $205 $652,611 $550,000
Sep 2009 14 0.5% $202 $793,696 $645,000
Aug 2009 8 0.3% $204 $531,949 $460,796
Jul 2009 13 0.4% $212 $677,663 $630,250
Jun 2009 18 0.6% $198 $718,068 $618,750
May 2009 13 0.4% $202 $628,628 $500,000
 
property characteristics
1 story 1007 w/ bsmt 1,024 platted 2,919
1.5 story 47 avg bsmt sqft 1,158 avg lot sqft1 13,084
2 story 1917 w/ garage 2,588 unplatted 83
3+ story 9 avg garage sqft 594 avg lot sqft2 72,823
avg % imprvd 62% avg year built 1986 avg bldg sqft 2,819
avg # beds 4 avg # baths 3    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Ticor Title cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
© 2004-2009 Ticor Title Renton WA 98057
 
 
Residential Transaction Study 10/26/2009
Gig Harbor, WA 98329 (non-waterfront) homes...
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/16/2009 Market (homes): 2473
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Oct 2009 5 0.2% $140 $285,780 $280,000
Sep 2009 11 0.4% $119 $236,341 $242,000
Aug 2009 13 0.5% $128 $222,100 $207,900
Jul 2009 9 0.4% $148 $243,652 $237,000
Jun 2009 8 0.3% $143 $258,276 $205,500
May 2009 8 0.3% $137 $184,970 $202,050
 
property characteristics
1 story 1793 w/ bsmt 347 platted 1,138
1.5 story 115 avg bsmt sqft 1,192 avg lot sqft1 21,100
2 story 561 w/ garage unplatted 1,335
3+ story 0 avg garage sqft avg lot sqft2 122,577
avg % imprvd 56% avg year built 1986 avg bldg sqft 1,863
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 2    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Ticor Title cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
© 2004-2009 Ticor Title Renton WA 98057
 
Never under estimate the power of a tweet...

Taking our conversation online led to opportunity, collaboration, and friendship.

My good friend and co-worker Matt Sweet wrote a blog here on Active Rain last January about Vyew.com. We discovered this great web conferencing application back in September of 2008. Since then we use it regularly for meetings of every kind.

We hold marketing meetings and training sessions with our Ticor Reps across Washington and Oregon. We join in virtually for presentations and meetings with clients. It's also a great collaboration tool. Matt and I use it all the time when we're working on a project and are physically in different locations.

After the post, Matt did a few tweets and included one to drive some traffic to his new blog entry. Meri Walker, The Virtual Meeting Coach, happened to see that tweet and followed the link to Matt's blog. Long story short, she was fascinated about why a couple of 'title' guys up in the Pacific Northwest would use this web app and called Matt.

One thing led to another and soon we were collaborating on a 3 part web interview with Meri Walker (theVirtualMeetinCoach), and her friend Tom Carroll (RadioNLP) aka: The Learning Guy. We all had a wonderful time putting these shows together and learned alot from each other. Through this project we shared visions of the future, humanity, technology, and possibility.

Meri Walker and Rene Fabre in Ashland, OR with Ticor Sales 10/21/09
                                Meri Walker, René Fabre


Since then we've realized many more ways to collaborate and have enjoyed numerous other people joining in with us who share their endeavors, their passion, friendship, and business opportunites.

Vyew.com as I see it is a very efficient way to save time and money. As a Realtor, it's a great way to conference with out of town buyers that want a property presentation.

We met with Meri Walker in Ashland, Oregon 10/21/2009. She spent some time coaching our sales and marketing staff about holding virtual meetings. Meri's written a great little book titled, "The Coach's Short List." It's a wonderful tutorial on how to plan and manage successful virtual meetings.

None of this would have happened if Matt had decided not to write his blog about Vyew.com and follow up with a tweet.

Meri Walker interviews with Matt Sweet and René Fabre.

101: Matt & Rene Do Social Media at Work
102: Matt and Rene Do Social Media at Work: Google Profiles and StepRep
103: Matt and Rene Do Social Media At Work: I Get By With A Little Yelp From My Friends



Never under estimate the power of a tweet...




René Fabre is well known for his innovative marketing programs. He is a sought after speaker and motivator known for his knowledge, keen interest, and insightful approach to contemporary marketing ideas and technologies. His obvious passion for the subject is well known and contagious. He frequently gives workshops and round table conversations on Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, and Lead Generation.

 
 
 
Residential Transaction Study 10/18/2009
Renton, WA 98059 (non-waterfront) homes...
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/8/2009 Market (homes): 8159
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Oct 2009 8 0.1% $160 $414,419 $409,952
Sep 2009 32 0.4% $165 $389,645 $352,500
Aug 2009 17 0.2% $159 $370,341 $345,000
Jul 2009 25 0.3% $154 $383,137 $350,000
Jun 2009 24 0.3% $155 $387,812 $356,847
May 2009 19 0.2% $159 $403,179 $412,000
 
property characteristics
1 story 4442 w/ bsmt 2,053 platted 6,927
1.5 story 223 avg bsmt sqft 1,095 avg lot sqft1 14,587
2 story 3450 w/ garage 6,141 unplatted 1,232
3+ story 8 avg garage sqft 520 avg lot sqft2 77,094
avg % imprvd 62% avg year built 1981 avg bldg sqft 2,194
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 2    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
© 2004-2009 Ticor Title, Renton WA 98057
 
 
Residential Transaction Study 10/18/2009
Renton, WA 98058 (non-waterfront) homes...
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/8/2009 Market (homes): 10989
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Oct 2009 9 0.1% $145 $352,712 $342,000
Sep 2009 37 0.3% $145 $313,596 $279,000
Aug 2009 25 0.2% $140 $311,140 $300,000
Jul 2009 39 0.4% $189 $407,993 $315,000
Jun 2009 32 0.3% $151 $331,008 $328,975
May 2009 30 0.3% $153 $359,533 $330,000
 
property characteristics
1 story 6992 w/ bsmt 3,842 platted 10,052
1.5 story 386 avg bsmt sqft 1,061 avg lot sqft1 11,373
2 story 3589 w/ garage 8,052 unplatted 937
3+ story 2 avg garage sqft 456 avg lot sqft2 97,074
avg % imprvd 60% avg year built 1977 avg bldg sqft 2,148
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 2    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
© 2009 Ticor Title, Renton WA 98057
 
 
Residential Transaction Study 10/18/2009
Renton, WA 98057... (non-waterfront) homes...
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/1/2009 Market (homes): 1648
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Sep 2009 4 0.2% $151 $474,250 $550,000
Aug 2009 4 0.2% $154 $340,475 $249,950
Jul 2009 7 0.4% $156 $361,243 $425,000
Jun 2009 4 0.2% $134 $273,112 $261,750
May 2009 7 0.4% $128 $260,689 $235,000
Apr 2009 4 0.2% $147 $425,517 $471,034
 
property characteristics
1 story 1007 w/ bsmt 1,018 platted 1,551
1.5 story 353 avg bsmt sqft 954 avg lot sqft1 7,774
2 story 277 w/ garage 398 unplatted 97
3+ story 1 avg garage sqft 460 avg lot sqft2 10,842
avg % imprvd 62% avg year built 1947 avg bldg sqft 1,998
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 2    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
© 2004-2009 Ticor Title Renton WA 98057
 
 
Residential Transaction Study 10/18/2009
Renton, WA 98056 (non-waterfront) homes...
 
monthly market Most recent transaction: 10/7/2009 Market (homes): 6064
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Oct 2009 4 0.1% $170 $430,450 $355,000
Sep 2009 22 0.4% $164 $349,624 $298,500
Aug 2009 18 0.3% $197 $355,085 $273,000
Jul 2009 15 0.2% $188 $305,039 $303,000
Jun 2009 24 0.4% $164 $358,596 $320,250
May 2009 17 0.3% $171 $306,353 $302,000
 
property characteristics
1 story 3789 w/ bsmt 1,790 platted 5,737
1.5 story 142 avg bsmt sqft 1,002 avg lot sqft1 8,541
2 story 2122 w/ garage 3,686 unplatted 327
3+ story 0 avg garage sqft 451 avg lot sqft2 17,646
avg % imprvd 52% avg year built 1972 avg bldg sqft 1,930
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 2    
  1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
 
 
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
©2009 TICOR TITLE, Renton WA 98057
 
 
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