Rudy at Trulia

Rudy at Trulia http://activerain.com/blogs/rudy Social Media Guru for Trulia.com en-us http://activerain.com/blogsview/1310080/trulia-helps-support-breast-cancer-awareness Trulia Helps Support Breast Cancer Awareness <p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://info.trulia.com/file.php/1311/trulia_pink_img.jpg" height="243" alt="" width="469" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2009/10/26/helping-agents-market-for-good/" title="breast cancer awarness" target="_blank">By Katie Wickham</a></p> <p>This past Monday was National Breast Cancer Awareness Day, part of the larger Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Breast cancer affects many women and their families; a woman has a 1 in 8 risk of developing breast cancer during her lifetime.  And that’s exactly why Trulians are doing our part to raise breast cancer awareness and to support Susan G Komen for the Cure.</p> <p>For every <a href="http://www.trulia.com/truliapro">Trulia Pro</a> premium marketing subscription purchased through the end of the month, Trulia will donate the first month’s fee to <a href="http://ww5.komen.org/">Susan G Komen for the Cure</a>.  Just use code <strong>PINK</strong> at billing to make sure your money is donated to this fantastic organization.  In addition, Trulia has donated on-site ad space to the cause and has launched an employee donation program.</p> <p>Other ways you can do your part to support breast cancer awareness and help find a cure:</p> <ul> <li>Donate to a national cancer non-profit or to a local cancer treatment center</li> <li>Encourage women to check with their doctors about when to begin regular mammograms - then to have them!</li> <li>Write your member of Congress to say that early detection and treatment programs be included in any national health care legislation.</li> </ul> <p>I’m happy to say that my mom is a breast cancer survivor.  Let’s all do our part to make sure more women are survivors, too.</p> <p>Agents: <a href="http://www.trulia.com/voices/Agent2Agent/We_think_supporting_breast_cancer_awareness_via_Tr-174504">what other causes do you support</a> in your local area?</p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:36:28 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1310080/trulia-helps-support-breast-cancer-awareness http://activerain.com/blogsview/1288979/tisza-shares-a-trulia-voices-success-story Tisza Shares a Trulia Voices Success Story <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-E16ff_23ME&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-E16ff_23ME&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <p>Last week I had the pleasure of catching up with my friend <a href="http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-Claremont_CA-82085/">Tisza Major-Posner</a>, who is a real estate agent at <strong>I.V.P.G. Realty</strong> and blogger at <a href="http://route66living.com/">Route66Living</a>, at the <a href="http://expo.car.org/">2009 CAR - California Association of Realtors Expo</a> in San Jose California. She shared a wonderful story with me about a client she met on Trulia Voices. She also shared some of her pet peeves regarding what is an appropriate and inappropriate way of engaging consumers on Trulia Voices. Bottom line - answer the consumers question directly and don’t try to over sell yourself.</p> <p>Thanks for sharing Tisza!</p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:43:18 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1288979/tisza-shares-a-trulia-voices-success-story http://activerain.com/blogsview/1229655/rt-the-vote-together-let-s-get-congress-to-extend-the-8-000-1st-time-home-buyers-tax-credit RT the Vote - Together, Let's get Congress to Extend the $8,000 1st Time Home Buyers Tax Credit <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/7/9/8/3/ar125243774138974.png" height="444" alt="" width="561" /></p> <p><strong>Hello Rainers!</strong></p> <p> </p> <div>Today, Trulia helped start a Twitition to help extend the $8,000 1st Time Home Buyer tax credit. We're trying to get the attention of congress and need everyone's support to help spread the word.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>If you think extending the 1st time home buyer tax credit is a good idea, then please vote.<br /><br />All you need is a Twitter account. Then, please <a href="http://act.ly/ig" title="RT the Vote" target="_blank">click this link</a> and RT - Re-tweet the Vote.<br /><br /><a href="http://act.ly/ig" title="RT the Vote" target="_blank">http://act.ly/ig</a><br /><br /><strong>Together, let's see if we can help influence some positive change.</strong></div> <p> </p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:02:34 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1229655/rt-the-vote-together-let-s-get-congress-to-extend-the-8-000-1st-time-home-buyers-tax-credit http://activerain.com/blogsview/1240770/what-s-a-trulia-mayor- What's a Trulia Mayor? <div class="marb10 clearfix blog_post_body"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253053895414_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253053895414_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px;" /></a><br /><strong>Trulia launched a new initiative today for our growing Trulia Voices real estate community with close to 400,000 real estate professionals –</strong> <strong>The Trulia Mayor program</strong>. The idea is to identify and highlight a local trust worthy community advocate for each state who has served as a local role model and who has led by example within the Trulia Voices community. The program is launching with 5 mayors from 5 states.<br /><br />Each Trulia Mayor will receive special Trulia Mayor benefits as well as gaining some new community responsibilities. We believe the Trulia Mayors can help bring the community closer together while increasing the quality of the contributions within Voices. All in all, a win-win for everyone involved. <br /><br />Some of the benefits or super powers as we like to call them include frequent roundtable meetings with Trulia team members, insider access to our roadmap, sneak peeks on projects and the have ability to provide feedback for key strategic initiatives. Additionally, each mayor will have a Mayor designation badge by the middle of next week, will be promoted through out the community and will be sources for Trulia PR and media opportunities and more.<br /><strong><br />As every great superhero can attest to, with great power comes great responsibility.</strong> That being said, we do look at our mayors as superheros because they have each done something remarkable on Voices – they have gained the trust of the community by providing quality real estate insight and knowledge to consumers and fellow real estate agents alike. <br /><br />Moving forward, we would like the mayors to continue being active within the community by answering questions, blogging and helping others. We hope to see the mayors expand their sphere of influence outside of the Voices community as well, both online and offline via their social networks. To help this outreach effort, we will help each mayor co-host local Trulia sponsored networking parties, webinars and educational events in their area and more.<br /><br /><strong style="font-size: 15px;">Without further adieu, the new Trulia Mayors are:<br /></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span> <br /></span><strong></strong></span> <div id="left_content"> <ul style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043195443_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043195443_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /></strong><a href="http://www.trulia.com/profile/joshboggs/" style="font-family: Verdana;">Josh Boggs (San Antonio, TX) – Owner of Exposed Homes – Trulia Pro</a><strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"><br /></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">Josh moved to San Antonio in 2000 and has flourished in his new found home.  Having a strong background in financial management, consulting and multi-family property management, residential real estate consulting was inevitably waiting for him right around the corner.  Believing wholeheartedly about reviving what is now considered a long lost art in today’s business world, Josh has brought his passion for helping people, valuable experience, sense of humor and enjoyment into his real estate career to hopefully remind his clients and potential clients that customer service is still alive and kicking in his domain.  He now owns and controls the marketing company eXposed Homes located at Keller Williams and are barreling through their 3rd year of operation.</span></div> </li> <li class="blog_post_list"></li> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043260142_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043260142_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.trulia.com/profile/michiganrealestate/" style="font-family: Verdana;">Maureen Francis (Birmingham, MI) – Associate Broker at SKBK Sotheby’s International Realty –Trulia Pro – 2008 Trulia MVP</a><br /><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">As a top producing Realtor in Birmingham, Michigan, she, and her husband, Dmitry Koublitsky, have been selling residential real estate in some of Metro Detroit's most affluent suburbs since 2001.  The couple met in Ukraine, where Maureen worked as a consultant on projects for the US government, The World Bank and The United Nations, after serving in the first group of US Peace Corps volunteers in the former Soviet Union.    Maureen and Dmitry have built much of their business through technology, by using the web to help them to unite buyers with sellers.  Maureen was recently recognized by the Women's Council of Realtors for her use of technology, and she has received awards for blogging over the years.  Maureen blogs at www.miOaklandCounty.com. </span></div> </li> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043281403_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043281403_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.trulia.com/profile/DeborahMadeyNewJersey/" style="font-family: Verdana;">Deborah Madey (Rumson, NJ) – Broker/Owner of Penninsula Realty – Trulia Pro – 2008 Trulia MVP</a><br /><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">Deborah is a social media enthusiast with more than 2700 comments in Trulia Voices.  See her Trulia profile here: http://www.trulia.com/profile/DeborahMadeyNewJersey/</span></div> </li> <li class="blog_post_list"></li> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043312470_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043312470_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.trulia.com/profile/alanmay/" style="font-family: Verdana;">Alan May (Evanston, NJ) –  Realtor at Coldwell Banker – 2008 Trulia MVP</a><br /><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">Alan brings a casual sense of humor to his postings (as you can tell from his ever-changing Elvis-inspired icons), here on Trulia and has has been a regular contributor to Trulia Voices since 2007 which lead to him becoming a Trulia MVP for 2008. Additionally, Alan has contributed to several other real estate related sites over the past few years.   Alan has been a Realtor with one of the top Coldwell Banker offices in the Chicago area for almost 10 years, and has been consistently an award-winning agent, as well as one of the top producers in his area. He's a low-key agent, and views himself more as a consultant, than a salesman.</span></div> </li> <li class="blog_post_list"></li> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043330347_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253043330347_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.trulia.com/profile/AlamedaCountyPro/" style="font-family: Verdana;">Carl Medford (Fremont, CA) – Agent at Windermere – Trulia Pro</a><br /><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">With the motto of, “Helping You Write The Next Chapter In Your Life,”™ Carl is one of the "next generation" of Web-based REALTORS.  Carl typically transforms any local coffeehouse into an office; meeting with clients in any location and conducting business while enjoying the best coffee available! Instead of focusing on a specific neighborhood, Carl has earned the distinction of being a "Regional Expert," tracking trends and critical information in multiple markets, thus bringing the broadest possible expertise and service to his clients. <br /></span></div> </li> <li class="blog_post_list"></li> <li class="blog_post_list"> <div class="clearfix marb10 padb5"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"> In addition to being a REALTOR, Carl is a licensed general contractor and also owns "The Next Stage," a fully professional and accredited home staging company. Lastly, Carl has developed “The Ultimate Home Buying Experience,™”. He is featured weekly in “Real Estate Reality” in the Real Estate section of the San Leandro Times and Castro Valley Forum newspapers.</span><strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;">"<br /></strong></div> </li> </ul> </div> <br /><strong>We're very excited by this program and look forward to seeing how the community embraces it. </strong>As always, all feedback and observations will be considered for future growth and expansion of the Trulia Mayor program. If you want to be one of the next Trulia Mayors, share your thoughts on why in a blog post on Trulia, standout within the community and be remarkable –<em> we’ll notice.</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">In Related Mayor News:</span><br /><br /></strong>Did you know the <strong>Gavin Newsom, the Mayor of San Francisco</strong>, is active on Trulia Voices? Check out his question to the community - <a href="http://www.trulia.com/voices/General_Area/When_deciding_where_to_live_what_local_informatio-162211" title="http://www.trulia.com/voices/General_Area/When_deciding_where_to_live_what_local_informatio-162211" target="_blank">When deciding where to live, what local information do you want at your fingertips?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253053349691_o.jpg"><img src="http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/9/b/c/9/95271_1253053349691_b.jpg" alt="" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><strong>Craig Newmark of Craigslist</strong> even re-tweeted Mayor Newsom's Trulia Voices Question - <em>pretty cool.</em></div><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:31:39 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1240770/what-s-a-trulia-mayor- http://activerain.com/blogsview/1214894/customer-service-by-trulia-via-twitter Customer Service by Trulia Via Twitter <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27231553@N00/371333203/" title="Vista Customer Service" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/371333203_3e0e375029.jpg" border="0" alt="Vista Customer Service" /></a><br /> <small><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/" title="Attribution-NoDerivs License" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" border="0" height="16" alt="Creative Commons License" width="16" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27231553@N00/371333203/" title="tuppaware_001" target="_blank">tuppaware_001</a></small></p> <p><strong>Real estate is a relationship business that is built on trust.</strong> Multiple parties rely on each other to reach a common goal. To reach this goal, teamwork and a steady line of communication is essential. Failure to communicate can lead to confusion, delays, errors or missed opportunities. <em>So what does this have to do with Trulia, Twitter and Customer service?</em></p> <p><strong>At Trulia, we proactively participate in social media in a variety of ways and on various social networks</strong>. Each network is slightly different as is the manner in which the community chooses to engage. Regardless of the network, one thing is for certain, we’re there to be a part of the conversation. That being said, one of the most important things we do is listen. We listen to what consumers and agents have to say - <em>the good, the bad and the ugly.</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/twitter-for-business.jpg"><img title="twitter-for-business" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3226" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/twitter-for-business.jpg" height="79" alt="twitter-for-business" width="488" /></a><br /> </em></p> <p><strong>Twitter is a social network that has become an important </strong><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2009/04/13/how-trulia-uses-twitter-for-business-we-listen-engage-and-educate/" title="Twitter" target="_blank">communication channel</a><strong> for us</strong> - <em>especially for customer service. </em>On any given day, I’ll have a conversation with someone about something Trulia related. Questions like -  <a href="http://www.trulia.com/submit_listings/" title="Submit your listings to Trulia" target="_blank">How to submit a listing</a>, <a href="http://www.trulia.com/advertisers/" title="TAN" target="_blank">What’s T.A.N</a>, Can you fix my property address, How can I find an agent in my area, Can you help me sell our home faster, <a href="http://www.trulia.com/mls/" title="mls trulia" target="_blank">Is my MLS on Trulia</a> to things like Can Trulia sponsor my REBARCAMP, Can you speak at our event and so forth. It’s a mixed bag really. All good stuff. In each instance, it brings us a little closer to our audience, customer and clients.</p> <p>A couple of months ago, I met <strong>Erica Parpan</strong> - <a href="http://twitter.com/RealSupportVA" title="realsupportva" target="_blank">@realsupportva</a>, a virtual assistant at RealSupport on Twitter. Initially, we exchanged a couple of casual hello tweets…sparked by my Trulia hat avatar of all things….</p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/1rudy.jpg"><img title="1rudy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3227" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/1rudy.jpg" height="48" alt="1rudy" width="483" /></a></p> <p><strong>…and RT’s - re-tweets -  which helped build up our rapport… </strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2rudy.jpg"><img title="2rudy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3228" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2rudy.jpg" height="64" alt="2rudy" width="487" /></a></p> <p><strong>Then, Erica had some questions re: one of her clients listing syndication feeds….</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/3rudy.jpg"><img title="3rudy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3229" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/3rudy.jpg" height="131" alt="3rudy" width="483" /></a></p> <p><strong>140 characters was not enough room to have this type of conversation so I asked her to email me the details.</strong> At that point, a customer service conversation that started on Twitter moved to email where we could exchange more details. After receiving the info, I relied on our great back end Customer Service and Engineering team to assist in fixing her clients issue. Together, with teamwork and an open line of communication we were able to resolve the issue expeditiously.</p> <p>To read more details on how we helped Erica and her clients in this specific case and another via Twitter, you can read all about it from her perspective on her Active Rain blog titled - <a href="http://bit.ly/erica-p" title="http://bit.ly/erica-p" target="_blank">Twitter Tip - Building Invaluable Relationships on Twitter to Support Your Business.</a></p> <p>I have many other stories like this but just wanted to highlight how a company like Trulia can use a non-real estate specific social network like Twitter for Customer Service. <em>Are you using Twitter for customer service?</em></p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:23:29 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1214894/customer-service-by-trulia-via-twitter http://activerain.com/blogsview/1201228/now-that-brett-favre-is-a-viking-where-should-he-live- Now that Brett Favre is a Viking, Where Should he Live? <p>Brett Favre <a href="http://bit.ly/bretts-a-viking" title="brett favre is a viking" target="_blank">just signed a contract</a> to be the new quarterback for the <a href="http://www.vikings.com/index2.html" title="Minnesota Vikings" target="_blank">Minnesota Vikings</a>. As one of the NFL’’s most dominant quarterbacks over the years, I guess he still has one or more years left in him. As a <a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/08/09/top-5-homes-brett-favre-should-buy-when-he-becomes-a-new-york-jet/" title="jets fan" target="_blank">Jets fan</a>, we were happy to have him last year in New York. Ok, so he’s un-retired once again. Does he have it in him to make another run? Who knows. <em>But one things for sure, he has to live somewhere this season, right? </em></p> <h3>Here’s some homes that Brett might want to consider buying:</h3> <p>1. <strong>$5750,000</strong> - <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-1" title="2505 East Lake of the Isles Pkwy" target="_blank">2505 E. Lake Of The Isles Pkwy Minneapolis-MN 55405</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-1.jpg"><img title="brett-favre-home-1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3176" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-1.jpg" height="316" alt="brett-favre-home-1" width="484" /></a></p> <p>2. <strong>$5,495,000</strong> <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-2" title="2427 E. Lake of the Isles Pkwy" target="_blank">2427 E. Lake Of The Isles Pkwy Minneapolis MN 55405</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-2.jpg"><img title="brett-favre-home-2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3177" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-2.jpg" height="316" alt="brett-favre-home-2" width="485" /></a></p> <p>3.  <strong>$3,999,990</strong> -  <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-3" title="222 2nd st se 1701 " target="_blank">222 2nd St. SE. 1701 Minneapolis MN 55414</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-3.jpg"><img title="brett-favre-home-3" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3178" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-3.jpg" height="290" alt="brett-favre-home-3" width="483" /></a></p> <p>4. <strong>$3,995,000</strong> - <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-4" title="2340 W. Lake of the isles Pkwy" target="_blank">2340 W. Lake Of The Isles Pkwy Minneapolis MN 55405</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-4.jpg"><img title="brett-favre-home-4" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3179" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-4.jpg" height="298" alt="brett-favre-home-4" width="484" /></a></p> <p>5. <strong>$3,295,000 </strong> - <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-5" title="301 Kenwood Pkwy 701" target="_blank">301 Kenwood Pkwy 701 Minneapolis MN 55403</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-5.jpg"><img title="brett-favre-home-5" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3180" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/brett-favre-home-5.jpg" height="300" alt="brett-favre-home-5" width="486" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/top-5-agents-for-brett-favre.jpg"><img title="top-5-agents-for-brett-favre" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3181" src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/top-5-agents-for-brett-favre.jpg" height="490" alt="top-5-agents-for-brett-favre" width="485" /></a></p> <p>In case Brett doesn’t have a Realtor to help him, here are some <a href="http://bit.ly/brett-favre-realtors" title="Brett favre real estate agents in minneapolis, MN" target="_blank">local real estate agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota</a> that can help him find his new home.</p> <p><strong>Good luck in your new city and with your new team Brett!</strong></p> <p><strong>Update:</strong></p> <p><strong>Related posts and Quotes:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/thehuddle/2009/08/is-favre-on-a-plane-headed-for-minnesota.html" title="the huddle" target="_blank">Via the Huddle on USA Today</a>,</p> <p>“On Monday, Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson, who was the team’s primary starter last season, was asked what <a href="http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/53513472.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiU9PmP:QiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU">he thought of the reports</a>.</p> <p>“I didn’t hear it, somebody told me about it,” Jackson said of Glazer’s article. “I didn’t watch it on TV or anything like that. I think guys are just doing their job. Just trying to get people to watch their station, you all try to sell papers, that’s how it is.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/sports/football/19favre.html?em" title="NY TIMES" target="_blank">According to the NY Times,</a></p> <p>“Favre landed at a small airport in St. Paul, Minn. at midday and was greeted by Childress. The timing for Favre’s arrival is ideal for him. Although he has missed most of Vikings training camp, he could be ready to start Friday’s preseason game.</p> <p>Favre joined practice just two hours after landing, dropping back and throwing passes in individual drills.At an small opening in a chain link fence surrounding the practice field, fans gathered to sneak a peak of Favre, including some trying to peer under the fence. WhenFavre walked on the field, the fans cheered.”</p> <p><a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/08/18/packer-players-management-react-to-brett-favre-joining-vikings/" title="fanhouse" target="_blank">Via Fanhouse,</a></p> <p>“It seems that <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/53571582.html">not many people in Green Bay</a> were willing to talk about Favre, <a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/players/aaron-rodgers/7200" class="injectedLink">Aaron Rodgers</a> included.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“I don’t have a reaction,” said Aaron Rodgers. “It doesn’t pertain to me. It has absolutely nothing to do with me. It doesn’t change anything. It has nothing to do with the <a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/team/green-bay-packers" class="injectedLink">Green Bay Packers</a>.”</em></p> <p><em>“I ain’t worrying about it to be honest,” said receiver <a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/players/donald-driver/4863" class="injectedLink">Donald Driver</a>.</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/players/charles-woodson/4271" class="injectedLink">Charles Woodson</a> was asked if he thought Favre can still play at 40 (his birthday is on October): “I don’t know, I think you’d have to ask Brett that. That don’t really concern me. That’s Minnesota’s deal.”</em></p> <p><em>“After all those years of not being able to hit him, do I want to hit him? Of course I want to hit him,” said <a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/players/nick-barnett/6365" class="injectedLink">Nick Barnett</a>. “He’s an awesome guy. I wish him the best.”</em></p> </blockquote><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:37:04 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/1201228/now-that-brett-favre-is-a-viking-where-should-he-live- http://activerain.com/blogsview/905436/the-trulia-challenge-trulia-vs-realtor-com- The Trulia Challenge - Trulia vs. Realtor.com <object height="345" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5kSL7m6neU&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D22"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5kSL7m6neU&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D22" allowscriptaccess="always" height="345" width="560"></embed></object> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2009/01/28/take-the-trulia-challenge/" title="trulia-challenge" target="_blank">Take the Trulia Challenge</a></p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:36:27 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/905436/the-trulia-challenge-trulia-vs-realtor-com- http://activerain.com/blogsview/890650/it-s-still-raining-points- It's Still Raining Points! <p><a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" target="_blank"><img title="raining-points" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/4/5/7/1/ar123247004417545.jpg" height="414" alt="raining-points" width="327" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/885041/Its-Raining-Points-in-Boston" title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/885041/Its-Raining-Points-in-Boston" target="_blank">Via Judy Boyle Nothborough, Massachusetts</a></p> <p>Congrats to over <a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" target="_blank">100 Rainers</a> who have received their reward thus far [cash redeemable towards an annual Trulia Pro Subscription]!....<strong>Have you?</strong> The<a href="http://www.rainingpoints.com/" title="raining-points" target="_blank"> Raining Points Rewards program ends this Friday 1.23.09</a>....Get the details on our <a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/Got-Points-Its-Raining-Points" target="_blank">Raining Points blog post here.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rainingpoints.com/" title="raining-points" target="_blank"><img title="raining-points" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/5/2/3/0/ar123247039003254.jpg" height="221" alt="raining-points" width="423" /></a></p> <p> <object height="505" width="640"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kki2EPOXD9k&hl=en&fs=1" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kki2EPOXD9k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" height="505" width="640"></embed> </object> </p> <p><strong>Learn more about Trulia Pro:</strong></p> <p><strong>What others are saying about Trulia Pro:</strong></p> <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/3/3/2/2/ar123247880922339.jpg" height="151" alt="" width="683" /></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> If you have already received your Raining Points t-shirt, please take a picture of yourself wearing it or holding it, blog it on Active Rain and send me the link - rudy at trulia dot com</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Thanks to the sugegstion of Lisa Hill and other AR members, here is some more detail of some of the benefits of being a Trulia Pro:</p> <p> </p> <p>As a Trulia Pro, if you have listings, we will feature all of them <strong>[unlimited featured listings]</strong> in the search results on Trulia. This will give you approximately 4 times the amount of traffic to your listings <strong>[great selling point in a listing presentation]</strong>. You get to create a custom spotlight Ad <strong>[like a billboard ad on a highway]</strong> and place it in 20 locations based on the specific geography you choose like city and state, zip code or neighborhood. Then you get a stats package that will track the impressions you get for your ad in each of the locations. You can get as creative as you like with the ad - showcase your listing, yourself <strong>[great for buyers agents to stand out in the search results pages]</strong>, your business, your neighborhood etc.....Each Trulia Pro can send their clients a peronalized listing report for their listing showing how many clicks and views it has had on Trulia during the week and overall <strong>[another great tool to use during a listing presentation]</strong>. Finally, as a Trulia Pro, if you have listings on Trulia, now you can select the destination URL of where we point consumers to - e.g. your listing on your broker site, your blog site, your personal website etc.... So if we receive your listing from multiple sources, now you choose and have control where the consumer will be directed.</p> <p><strong>Example of a Client Listing Report:</strong></p> <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/9/3/1/8/ar12325010081399.png" height="459" alt="" width="412" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:18:08 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/890650/it-s-still-raining-points- http://activerain.com/blogsview/886427/market-leader-leads-originate-from-my-entires-on-trulia-voices Market Leader leads originate from my entires on Trulia Voices <p><p>Very cool Don!</p></p><div id="reblogging_tag">Via <b><a href="http://bradburyteam.com/post/885725/Market-Leader-leads-originate-from-my-entires-on-Trulia-Voices">Donald Bradbury, 610-952-3578 REALTOR Bucks County PA (The Bradbury Team at Coldwell Banker Heritage)</a></b>:<br/><blockquote><p> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong><a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/885720/Market-Leader-leads-originate-from-my-entires-on-Trulia-Voices" rel="bookmark">Market Leader leads originate from my entires on Trulia Voices</a> (<a href="http://activerain.com/action/blogger_groups/blog_entry_edit/5438?blog_entry_id=885720">edit</a>/<a href="http://activerain.com/action/blogs_admin/delete_entry/885720">delete</a>) </strong></p> <p>Two weeks ago, I reported we were waiting for the MLS in my area called TREND, to approve my Growth Leader Web Site.  Shortly there after, they replied with a five page letter of compliance that needed to be met.</p> <p>Time is passing by, and I now have 12 leads, and my web site advertising is still not turned on.  My Market Leader contact has been unexpectedly out of the office, and not much has been happening, I am told by the gentleman at customer service in Washington State.  I should call back Monday, when he returns, to see what the update is....</p> <p>So, Here I am, anxious to begin, with a web site that is on line, and we have yet to begin.</p> <p>I have followed on the 12 leads I have received so far.  I have actually generated four of them myself.  I participate in Trulia Voices, and have been adding my Market Leader web site to the Trulia Voices answers I have been giving.</p> <p>I see in Market leader that four of my leads came as a result of people jumping from my entry into Trulia Voices, to my Market Leader Web Site.  This is cool.</p> <p>Hopefully, we will be beginning soon.</p> <p>Don Bradbury <a href="http://www.bradburyteam.com/">www.bradburyteam.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p> <img src="http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/1/9/6/ar123216375369188.jpg" height="204" alt="" width="444" /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p></blockquote></div><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:10:23 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/886427/market-leader-leads-originate-from-my-entires-on-trulia-voices http://activerain.com/blogsview/885306/it-s-raining-points-in-boston It's Raining Points in Boston <p><p>Looking good!</p></p><div id="reblogging_tag">Via <b><a href="/blogsview/885041/Its-Raining-Points-in-Boston">Judy Boyle (Weichert-ComVest)</a></b>:<br/><blockquote><p>Happy Friday All!</p> <p>I received my "Points" T-Shirt today and it's great!</p> <p>It sounds like Rudy has something up his sleeve.  I can't wait to see what it is!  Here's my link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006672&id=1519934423&saved#/photo.php?pid=30148028&id=1519934423">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006672&id=1519934423&saved#/photo.php?pid=30148028&id=1519934423</a></p> <p>Talk to you all REAL soon!<img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/7/2/9/2/ar123213227829272.jpg" height="800" alt="" width="600" /></p> <p>Judy in Massachusetts</p></blockquote></div><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:20:35 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/885306/it-s-raining-points-in-boston http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/got-points-it-s-raining-points Got Points? - It's Raining Points <p> <object height="345" width="560"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RjOdNt0x5kU&hl=en&fs=1" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RjOdNt0x5kU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" height="345" width="560"></embed> </object> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>It's raining points! </strong></p> <p><strong><br />Hello Rainers</strong>! Have you accumlulated a significant amount points by your participation on Active Rain? Have you been <a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/873362/Its-Raining-Points-Coming-1-12-09" title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/873362/Its-Raining-Points-Coming-1-12-09" target="_blank">wondering</a> if you could ever use them for something? Well, today is the day. Trulia, in collaboration with Active Rain, is announcing <a href="http://www.rainingpoints.com/" title="It's raining points" target="_blank">It's Raining Points</a> -  a new Trulia Rewards Program where you can get cash for your Active Rain Points. <strong>[ends 1/23/09]</strong><br /><br /><strong>So How Does It Work?</strong></p> <p>We have 3 levels of rewards:</p> <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/5/2/3/7/ar123176547673251.jpg" height="207" alt="" width="422" /></p> <p>Now you can apply your Active Rain Points for cash usable towards an annual <a href="http://www.trulia.com/truliapro/" title="Trulia-Pro" target="_blank">Trulia Pro</a> subscription. We won't actually take your points from you, or deliver you greenbacks, rather, you'll get a sweet Trulia Pro reward for all your hard work. Great job! If you're not ready for an annual subscription and have more than 1,000 points, you can try <a href="http://www.trulia.com/truliapro/howitworks/" title="Trulia-Pro" target="_blank">Trulia Pro</a> first for one month free.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Where Do I Accept My Reward?</strong></p> <p>Simply visit <a href="http://www.rainingpoints.com/" title="It's raining points" target="_blank">rainingpoints.com</a> and fill out the rewards form. Once we confirm your status, we will send you a one-time use coupon to redeem Active Rain points for Trulia Pro. <strong>Congrats Rainers!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Thanks to Jon, Bob, Jeff and Brad for collaborating with us....</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong></p> <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/6/1/0/7/ar123178017670166.jpg" height="428" alt="" width="388" /></p> <p>The first 20 Rainers that get their rewards will also get a Free Raining Points T-Shirt</p> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:14:25 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/877246/got-points-it-s-raining-points http://activerain.com/blogsview/837200/triple-play-2008-trulia-testimonials Triple Play 2008 Trulia Testimonials <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie"></param><param name="wmode"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OsdxQp9oxSI&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:56:35 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/837200/triple-play-2008-trulia-testimonials http://activerain.com/blogsview/733381/trulia-yelp- Trulia + Yelp = ♥ <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/2/4/1/6/ar122365665461424.jpg" height="513" alt="" width="547" /></p> <p>We just added Yelp Reviews to our Maps.....<a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/10/10/social-media-synergy-trulia-integrates-yelp-reviews-into-google-maps/" title="trulia - yelp" target="_blank">See how you can benefit from this</a></p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:39:43 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/733381/trulia-yelp- http://activerain.com/blogsview/710037/trulia-video-podcast-state-of-the-market-with-barbara-corcoran-jonathan-miller-david-michonski-and-pete-flint Trulia Video - Podcast - State of the market - With Barbara Corcoran, Jonathan Miller, David Michonski and Pete Flint <p>Today, <a href="http://www.trulia.com/">Trulia</a> CEO <a href="http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Home_Buyer-San_Francisco-53886/">Pete Flint</a> hosted an Industry call with some of the top leaders in Real Estate - <a href="http://www.millersamuel.com/people/jonathanmiller/">Jonathan Miller</a>, President/CEO and Co-Founder of Miller Samuel, <a href="http://barbaracorcoran.com/">Barbara Corcoran</a>, Real Estate Guru and Founder of The Corcoran Group and <a href="http://www.cbhk.com/testimonials/CompanyTestimonialList.asp?VAR_ShowFirst=True&EQ_TestimonialCategoryID=1&VAR_tDesc=Management">David Michonski</a>, Chairman and CEO of Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/audio/call.mp3" title="http://www.truliablog.com/audio/call.mp3" target="_blank">Listen to the call or download it here.</a></p> <p><strong>Pete started the call by sharing some thoughts and observations about today’s real estate market:</strong></p> <p>When Trulia launched three years ago, housing prices were at an all time high. Toxic sub-prime loans were quite easy to get. Since then, the market has done a virtual 360º. According to President Bush, the US economy is on the brink of serious financial crisis.</p> <p>Pete noted, “The recent economic and housing data are sobering. US unemployment has hit a 5-year high, foreclosure filings are up 12% month-over-month nationwide and according to NAR numbers released yesterday, existing home sales are down 10.7% from the beginning of the year.”</p> <p>Overall, Americans are “spooked” by what has happened in the financial markets, housing market and the overall US economy. Citizens are confused about what the $700 billion bailout means and what will happen if passed or not. Lot’s of uncertainty. We wanted to better understand how Americans felt about the financial and housing crisis so just last week, we commissioned a study with Harris Interactive.</p> <p><strong>We’ll release the results next week but want to share some early findings about what consumers are thinking:</strong></p> <p>1. Less than 50% of Americans think home ownership is a great long term investment<br /> 2. Only 56% of Americans view owning a home as part of achieving the American Dream<br /> 3. 22% of Americans plan to downsize in the next 12-months and 59% of respondents never plan to move from their current home</p> <p>We’re paying close attention to this early feedback and wonder if the change in people’s thoughts about home ownership is a major shift or just a knee-jerk reaction.</p> <p>To get things started, Pete asked the panel, <strong>“What does the crisis mean to the Market and Homeowners Today?</strong> and <strong>“Over the next 6-12 months,what can we expect to see happening both in New York and Nationally?”</strong></p> <p><strong>Jonathan Miller said</strong>, “The key economic driver in New York City is Wallstreet which accounts for 5% of the jobs and 23% of the income.” He talked about how the credit crunch really started in the summer of 2007. The expectations of bonuses were all over the map. We had 4-5 years of record bonus levels. New York was the second to last to feel the slowdown behind Charlotte, North Carolina. Ironic, since New York was the origin of the crisis led by securitized mortgages. Inventory in Manhattan is modest today, lower than last year and higher than 2 years ago. 52% of sales in New York City are Co-op’s - Cooperative apartments where owners own shares in a corporation rather than real property. He thinks that in 2009, housing stock will drop more. <strong>The bottom line - the credit situation needs to be resolved first before we see any recovery.</strong></p> <p><strong>Barbara Corcoran</strong> asked, <strong>“Is Bad News Contagious?”</strong> Her resounding answer was - <strong> Yes!</strong> She says that home buyers are the first to run for the hills. Even qualified people are on the sidelines - this is true for 90% of the markets. Bad news passes fast from one guy to the next. We all have it big time. Ironically, now is actually a good time to buy because inventory is up, prices are lower - these are the good ol’ days. But everyone is out-psyched by the media and all the bad news. <strong>There is always a silver lining if you just look.</strong></p> <p><strong>According to Barbara</strong> - Sellers have a deaf ear and take a year to wake up. Prices are not low enough and inching them down is not the answer.</p> <p><strong>They need to:</strong></p> <p>1. Drastically reduce the price and undercut every home in their category by 20-25%. There’s always a market for under priced homes.</p> <p>2. Wait it out</p> <p>3. Rent the house</p> <p><strong>She says people have options.</strong> When asked about her prediction for the rest of 2008 and 2009 she says, <strong>“Who the heck knows!”</strong> People are beat down and feel bad already - can’t get any worse. Actually, she’s annoyed by the whole thing. <strong>Feels like the American Dream is going down the drain.</strong></p> <p><strong>David Michonski</strong> said, It all depends on the credit. It’s all locked up. Housing is affected negatively. Some of the richest New Yorker’s are losing jobs which will effect the upper part of the NYC market. A new entity has to get all the bad debt off the books. He says, <strong>“Sooner we get off the funny money, sooner stabilization occurs.”</strong></p> <p><strong>Credit Crisis</strong> - Loss of confidence in American banking and finance. Thinks the Commercial real estate markets will be the 1st to see trouble. Rents will come down on Madison Avenue. Retail rents will come down.</p> <p>David Carusso of the Associated Press asked Barbara if we had data to show to scared buyers. Barbara said that it’s harder to get hands on money but the banks have money. The media is just confusing buyers - misinformation. If you have good credit, it’s a good time to get financing. Not a good time for those with bad credit but they aren’t in the market to buy anyway.</p> <p>Jonathan Miller jumped in and added that those who qualify will actually qualify for less today than 2 years ago. Ratio for qualifying has tightened. This is really due the the three year window from 2004-2006 where the bad lending practices thrived - securitization. After 9/11, the Fed pumped money into the economy. <strong>When housing prices rise, participation falls.</strong></p> <p>Brad Reagan from Smart Money Magazine wanted to know for those with lots of cash on hand and good credit, what their strategies were and were they good strategies.</p> <p>Barbara said there are brave souls in the market today.</p> <p><strong>Jonathan said there is a pause.</strong> A hesitation in the market. Too much to digest. Sense of urgency not there.</p> <p>Barbara shared a remarkable story from last week where a really really famous and rich person called her, on his wife’s advice, because he wanted her opinion whether it was ok for him to sign the contract for a $47 million apartment he was in the middle of purchasing. He was about to sign the contract and was shaking in his boots. Barbara said this beats any story she’s heard over the last few weeks….</p> <p>A Forbes reporter asked about pricing trends and Jonathan said that the upper 10% outperformed all other sectors of the market. There was a 30% contraction in inventory whereas there was a 31% increase in inventory in all other markets - quite the opposite.</p> <p>The second home market has had a sharp drop in the number of transactions in conjunction with a rise in inventory.</p> <p>David noted that currently, we’re not building enough homes for growth to meet the growing population which will grow from 300 million to 400 million by 2040</p> <p><strong>In summation, Pete asked everyone to give their 6-18 month National outlook:</strong></p> <p>Jonathan said we will see no change in 6 months. 2-3 years not so good but long term is good. We’ll move sideways in the next couple of years.</p> <p>Barbara said nothing changes in the next 6 months. Will be surprised if the spring market picks up. Lack of confidence is the issue. It will depend on who leads the country and what changes they will make. We need dramatic changes to make a huge change in the market. But doesn’t have the confidence that Washington will come through. We need a leader who will come through for America.</p> <p><strong>Any Brightspots?</strong></p> <p>Jonathan likes that people are starting to come clean re: their balance sheets. We’re only in the second or third inning of the game - but we have some progress.</p> <p>David says the housing recession will not have a “V-Shaped” recovery. The market is trying to find the sloppy bottom. We have a pool of demand waiting out there.</p> <h3>Bonus:</h3> <p>We hit the streets of New York City to get some thoughts from New Yorker’s about the $700 Billion Bailout proposal and how it would effect the housing market.</p> <p><strong>Here is what they had to say: </strong></p> <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dvvbuRctHwA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dvvbuRctHwA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:36:05 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/710037/trulia-video-podcast-state-of-the-market-with-barbara-corcoran-jonathan-miller-david-michonski-and-pete-flint http://activerain.com/blogsview/688021/real-estate-and-the-weather-are-local Real Estate and the Weather are Local <h3>What’s the Forecast?</h3> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/weather1.jpg" title="weather is local"><img src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/weather1.jpg" height="144" align="left" alt="weather is local" width="97" /></a></p> <p>If you <strong>Google</strong> the word <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=weather&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" title="weather" target="_blank">“weather”</a>, you’ll find national sites like the <a href="http://www.weather.com/" title="http://www.weather.com/" target="_blank">Weather.com</a> and <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/" title="http://www.wunderground.com/" target="_blank">Wunderground.com</a>. Both sites start with a national forecast. Then, you can narrow down to the local area you are interested in and find what the weather will be for that day or week. You’ll see a 5 day forecast and all the local data about current weather conditions. Google <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+weather&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" title="new york weather" target="_blank">“New York Weather”</a> and Wunderground.com, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gst/weather.html?detail=156474" title="http://www.nytimes.com/gst/weather.html?detail=156474" target="_blank">NYTimes Weather</a> and <a href="http://www.intellicast.com/" title="http://www.intellicast.com/" target="_blank">Intellicast.com</a> appear. They are all national sites that allow you to focus in on your specific area and get hyper-local weather related information.</p> <h3>So What’s All this Talk that Real Estate is Local?</h3> <p><strong>We all know that just like the weather, real estate is local.</strong> Unique micro-climates exist in each of our Cities and towns we live and work in. You won’t hear the weatherman say the average national temperature in the United States is 65 degrees. Nor would you hear him say that it will be 82 degrees in California today.</p> <p><strong>Real estate is a very local and relationship driven people business.</strong> As agents, we live in the markets we serve. We know our neighbors. We know the people who work in the local businesses we frequent. Over time, they become our friends. They become our clients. But we can only be in so many places at once. We can only meet so many people each day. Wouldn’t it be great if we could expand our reach and grow our sphere of influence? Yes it would. And yes you can.</p> <h3>Have a Home Base</h3> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/picture-31.png" title="picture-31.png"><img src="http://www.truliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/picture-31.png" height="245" alt="picture-31.png" width="481" /></a></p> <p><strong>Having a local blog or website about your business is essential. </strong>You need a “Home Base”. You need a place to add your listings and create local content that consumers could use. You need a place share your expertise. Your blog and website are great for this. But is this all you should be doing? Some would have you believe that it is in your best interest to just contribute your knowledge and listings on your own site or blog. <em>I believe otherwise.</em></p> <p><strong>In addition to your “Home Base”,</strong>  there are numerous national and local websites, social networking sites and micro-blogging sites where you can establish a valuable local presence. Consumers are frequenting these national sites and are actively participating on them. <em>You should too.</em> They are sharing information about themselves, their home buying and home selling wants and needs and are asking questions. <em>You should be there to engage them.</em> Say it ain’t so Rudy? Really? Yes. But most of you reading this already know this. <strong>I am talking to those who might be confused, on the fence or just unaware about how YOU can be sharing your knowledge by marketing yourself and your businesses and networking outside of your own blog or website.</strong></p> <p><strong>Were you hoping for more details?</strong> Great, for those of you who are interested in being more proactive in the Social Media space, my answer is coming up in a follow up blog post…….<em>later today. </em></p> <p><strong> Note:</strong> <a href="http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/update/index.html?from=hp_news" title="hurricane Ike" target="_blank">Hurricane IKE</a> is bearing down on the Gulf coast of Texas. Our thoughts are with everyone. Stay safe.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/09/12/just-like-the-weather-real-estate-is-local/" title="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/09/12/just-like-the-weather-real-estate-is-local/" target="_blank">Originally posted on Trulia Blog</a></p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:52:20 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/688021/real-estate-and-the-weather-are-local http://activerain.com/blogsview/601614/live-streaming-open-house-by-trulia-1-3-330pm-7-20-08 LIVE STREAMING Open House by Trulia 1-3:330pm 7/20/08 <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/07/18/trulia-open-house-experiment-live-streaming/" title="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/07/18/trulia-open-house-experiment-live-streaming/" target="_blank">Watch the live open house on the Trulia Blog</a>........ 1-3:330pm 7/20/08</p> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:47:40 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/601614/live-streaming-open-house-by-trulia-1-3-330pm-7-20-08 http://activerain.com/blogsview/557423/trulia-pro-cost-efective-hyper-local-advertising-for-agents Trulia Pro - Cost Efective Hyper-Local Advertising for Agents <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57747271@N00/2590931209/" title="giant_PRO by trulia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2590931209_baeb136435_o.gif" height="204" alt="giant_PRO" width="396" /></a> <p><strong>Trulia  Pro</strong>  went <a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/06/18/trulia-pro-launches-new-self-service-advertising-platform-for-real-estate-agents/" title="Trulia" target="_blank"> live</a> last night.  It’s  our  new  hyper‐local  self  service  advertising  platform  for  real estate  agents,  mortgage  brokers,  local  businesses  and  service  providers.  Trulia  Pro  is  a  fantastic premium  service  that allows  you  to  cost  eﬀectively  promote  your  brand,  your  listings  and yourself  to  a  targeted  and  highly  localized  geographic  audience  on  Trulia.</p> <p><strong>Trulia  Pro  has  Two  Key  Components </strong></p> <p><strong>Unlimited  Local Spotlight  Ads</strong> ‐ This  is a  270 x 54  banner  ad  that  will  appear  in  the  sidebar  on our  real estate  listing  results  pages. The  ad  contains  an  image  of  your  choosing,  a  headline, descriptive  text  and  the  ability  to  add  a  link  to  the  website  or  blog  of  your  choice.  We  will  only have  two  of  these  ads  appear  per  page.  Ads  will  get  equally  rotated  based  on  the  users  search criteria.  The  less  people  who  are  in  your  particular  geographic  area,  the  more  impressions  your ad  will  get.  In  fact,  there  is  no  limit  on  impressions.</p> <p>In  addition,  you  can  select  up  to  20  geographic  locations  to  display  your  spotlight  ad  ‐  e.g. by City  and  State,  Zip  code  and  Neighborhood  and  City.  At  ﬁrst,  you  may  want  to  pick  a  high  level geography  like  San Francisco,  California. This  will  get  you  the  most  impressions  at  launch.  You will  be  able  to  see  the  ad  views  each  geography  has  within  your  Trulia  dashboard.  Then, you  can  mix  and  match  your  geography  on  the  ﬂy  to  see  which  campaigns  are  working  best  for you.  Choice  is  good.</p> <p><strong><br />Local  Spotlight  ads</strong> are  a  great  opportunity  for  any  local  business  or  service  provider  to  market themselves  to  local  home buyers  and  sellers.  Now  the  local  hardware  store  or  Pizza  shop  can cost  eﬀectively  create  their  own  virtual  billboard  on  Trulia.  Service  providers,  like  home improvement  contractors,  plumbers,  painters  and  more  can  build  their  brand  and  establish themselves  as  the  local  experts.</p> <p><br /><strong>Unlimited  Featured  Listings</strong> ‐  If  you  have  active  listings  on  Trulia,  you  will  now  be  able  to feature  them  all. By  featuring  your  listings ,  they  will appear  in  the  top  3  results  for  relevant searches.  This  will  give you  4‐7  times  more  views  for  your  clients  properties.</p> <p><strong>So  What’s  the  Cost?</strong></p> <p>Good  question.  Trulia  Pro  is  available  to  interested  real  estate  agents, mortgage  brokers,  local businesses  and  service  providers  for  a  low  ﬁxed  fee.  It ’s  $39  per  month  or  $348  per  year  which is  equivalent  to  $29  per  month.  But wait,  there’s  more.  If  you  purchase  one  year  of  Trulia  Pro and  currently  use  any  other  advertising  programs  anywhere  online,  just  fax  or email  us  a  copy of  your  statement  or  screen shot  of  your  ad  and  we’ll  give  you  an  additional  3  months  free.</p> <p>To  ﬁnd  out  more  about  how  Trulia  Pro  works,  please  visit <a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/06/18/trulia-pro-launches-new-self-service-advertising-platform-for-real-estate-agents/" title="trulia-pro" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <object id="viddler" height="370" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/5764bfe9/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed name="viddler" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.viddler.com/player/5764bfe9/" allowscriptaccess="always" height="370" width="437"></embed></object><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:49:09 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/557423/trulia-pro-cost-efective-hyper-local-advertising-for-agents http://activerain.com/blogsview/555316/my-top-3-non-real-estate-social-media-sites-for-real-estate-agents My Top 3 Non-Real Estate Social Media Sites for Real Estate Agents <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/7/1/6/7/ar121375711576171.jpg" height="194" alt="" width="534" /></p> <p> </p> <p>As the resident Social Media Guru at Trulia, part of my job entails pounding the virtual pavement in the social media space everyday. Thus far, my journeys have led me to various social networks in a vast variety of verticals. Besides being educational, it’s lots of fun too. It’s all about making connections and learning from others. So, with that in mind, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and strategies on how you, a real estate agent, can best use non - real estate specific social media sites and communities to your advantage.</p> <p>With so many social media sites and communities to choose from, I wanted to narrow down the list to three of the most well known and vibrant online social networks - Facebook.com, Linkedin.com and Meetup.com. These communities all have something in common - lots of active users. You want to be where the people are. But that alone is not enough. You have to be proactive and find ways to make these sites work for you. <em>Let’s begin, shall we?</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/06/17/the-top-3-non-real-estate-social-media-sites-for-realtors%C2%AE/" title="http://www.truliablog.com/2008/06/17/the-top-3-non-real-estate-social-media-sites-for-realtors%C2%AE/" target="_blank">Continue reading at Trulia Blog.....</a></p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:46:42 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/555316/my-top-3-non-real-estate-social-media-sites-for-real-estate-agents http://activerain.com/blogsview/481296/if-you-like-trulia-please-vote-for-us-today-we-ve-been-nominated-for-webby If you Like Trulia, Please Vote for us Today - We've been Nominated for Webby <p><strong>Hi All!</strong></p><p>If you are a fan of Trulia, then please keep reading :)</p><p>Winning a People's Voice Webby Award would be like winning a American Idol.<br /><br />If we are to win, we need your support. So please take a couple of minutes of your time and sign up for a free webby account to cast your vote for Trulia. Deadline is May 1st. <a href="http://pv.webbyawards.com/account/pv_login" title="trulia" target="_blank">Please Vote here.</a><a href="httphttp://pv.webbyawards.com/account/pv_login" title="Trulia goes for a Webby" target="_blank"></a><br /></p><div class="text"><br />With 7 days left, we thought we'd give you<strong> The Top 7 reasons to vote for Trulia:</strong><br /><br />7. It's like American Idol only without Simon Cowell<br />6. Trulia karmic forces will make you rich if you vote for us<br />5. P. Diddy say's, "Vote or Die"<br />4. To keep co-Founders Pete and Sami from getting deported <br />3. We have space on the mantle<br />2. You think that Trulia is providing the coolest service around for agents and consumers<br />1. It's your community - Everybody's Voice Counts!<br /><br />Please ask ask 3 of your friends/colleagues to vote for us too.<br /><a href="http://pv.webbyawards.com/account/pv_login" title="Trulia" target="_blank">Please Vote here.</a><a href="http://pv.webbyawards.com/account/pv_login" title="Trulia goes for a Webby" target="_blank"></a><br /><br />When Active Rain is nominated next year, you know who I'll be voting for :) </div><div class="text"> </div><div class="text">Best,<br /><strong><br />Rudy<br />Social Media Guru at Trulia</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/?p=368" title="Trulia Blog" target="_blank">http://www.truliablog.com/</a><a href="http://www.truliablog.com/?p=368" title="Trulia Blog" target="_blank">?p=368</a></div><div class="text"> </div><div class="text"><strong>Update:</strong></div><div class="text"> </div><div class="text">Here is a step by step on how to get your vote on: </div><div class="text"> </div>1. Visit the <a href="httphttp://pv.webbyawards.com/account/pv_login" title="webby" target="_blank">link to Webby Awards website</a>:   <ul><li>Click on the “Register Now to Vote” button on the right to set up an account.  </li><li>Once you set up an account, you’ll get a confirmation email to your inbox.  </li><li>Click on the link in the email, then you can vote - you’ll find Trulia in the “real estate”  category.    </li></ul><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:13:22 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/481296/if-you-like-trulia-please-vote-for-us-today-we-ve-been-nominated-for-webby http://activerain.com/blogsview/469878/live-podcast-today-3pm-est-trulia-talks-with-dustin-from-4realz LIVE Podcast Today 3pm est - Trulia Talks with Dustin from 4Realz <p>We’re speaking with Dustin Luther from <strong>4Realz</strong> today at 3pm est about his upcoming <a href="http://www.4realzed.com/" title="http://www.4realzed.com/" target="_blank">4Realz seminar</a> this Thursday in Orange County.</p> <p>Phone Number: (724) 444-7444<br />Call ID: 17945</p> <p>If you have a moment, please stop by.</p><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:35:20 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/469878/live-podcast-today-3pm-est-trulia-talks-with-dustin-from-4realz http://activerain.com/blogsview/450917/video-trulia-gets-behind-the-scenes-at-retechsouth- Video - Trulia Gets Behind the Scenes at ReTechSouth <p>For all those that could not attend last weeks <a href="http://www.retechsouth.com/" title="retechsouth">ReTechSouth </a>real estate conference in Atlanta, here's a little<a href="http://www.truliablog.com/?p=351" title="trulia-blog - retechsouth"> behind the scenes</a> video.<br /></p> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="225" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=849903&server=www.vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=849903&server=www.vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/849903/l:embed_849903">Trulia.com behind the Scenes at ReTechSouth.com</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user306887/l:embed_849903">rudy bachraty</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_849903">Vimeo</a><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:45:29 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/450917/video-trulia-gets-behind-the-scenes-at-retechsouth- http://activerain.com/blogsview/431011/video-if-you-are-what-you-say-you-are-a-superstar-then-have-no-fear- Video - If you are what you say you are, a superstar, then have no fear.... I'll be attending some interesting<a href="http://www.truliablog.com/?p=331" title="Trulia-Voices" target="_blank"> real estate conferences, camps and seminars</a> over the next 5 months. If you'll be attending, drop me a note so we can meet up. <div style="width: 425px; text-align: center; padding: 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/ABB30DE277">Trulia Conference Hopping</a></div><embed src="http://www.wellcomemat.com/wm_video/ABB30DE277" allowfullscreen="true" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getFlashPlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="359" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="425"></embed><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:56:36 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/431011/video-if-you-are-what-you-say-you-are-a-superstar-then-have-no-fear- http://activerain.com/blogsview/427573/how-many-blogs-do-you-have- How Many Blogs do You Have? <strong>Patrick Mahony</strong> is a Realtor® from Arizona who really likes video. So much so, that he answered this question on <strong>Trulia Voices</strong> with a video post - <a href="http://www.trulia.com/voices/Agent2Agent/How_many_BLOGS_do_you_currently_have_and_do_you_fi-25706--" title="How many BLOGS do you currently have and do you find it effective to have multiple Blogs?" target="_blank">How many BLOGS do you currently have.....</a> How fun is that? Even though Patrick thinks AR is too crowded, I think he should participate in the <a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/422124/ActiveRain-Video-Contest-best" title="video-contest" target="_blank">AR video contest.</a> <div><a href="http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/95024F38B5">Trulia Voices Video Reply</a></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getFlashPlayer" src="http://www.wellcomemat.com/wm_video/95024F38B5" allowfullscreen="true" height="359" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="425"></embed> <strong>Source:</strong> WellcomeMat<div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:52:08 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/427573/how-many-blogs-do-you-have- http://activerain.com/blogsview/417036/everybody-s-voice-counts-trulia-voices Everybody's Voice Counts | Trulia Voices <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57747271@N00/2323055308/" title="Voices-Icon by trulia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2270/2323055308_a56f3d2c59_b.jpg" height="671" alt="Voices-Icon" width="412" /></a> <p><strong>Trulia Voices Collage </strong> </p><p>Yesterday, I published the first blog post of our new weekly series highlighting <a href="http://www.truliablog.com/?p=297" title="Trulia" target="_blank">Top 10 Questions of the Week from Trulia Voices.</a> With so many conversations happening each day, it's tough to keep up. This should be fun. </p> <div style="width: 425px; text-align: center; padding: 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/BAFE9C431F">Trulia Voices - Top 10 Questions of the Week</a></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getFlashPlayer" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.wellcomemat.com/wm_video/BAFE9C431F" height="359" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="425"></embed> Source: WellcomeMat<div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:16:33 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/417036/everybody-s-voice-counts-trulia-voices http://activerain.com/blogsview/400987/social-networking-taken-to-a-whole-other-level-foster-care Social Networking taken to a Whole Other Level: Foster Care <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/5/6/7/8/ar120430632687657.png" height="104" alt=" " width="527" /></p><p>Many of us know the power of social networking. We have first hand experience right here in the rain. I'm excited to see the platform being applied for great causes such as this one at <a href="http://www.fostercarecentral.org/" target="_blank">Foster Care Central</a>.<br /> </p><blockquote><p>The Social Network For Foster Agencies, Foster Parents, Social Workers, And Volunteers Dedicated To Improving The Lives Of Foster and Adopted Youth. Foster Care Central is a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation (tax exempt status is pending). <br /></p></blockquote><div class='agent_signature'><p> <script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trulia">Trulia.com on Facebook</a></div></div> rudy bachraty (Trulia.com) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:54:24 -0600 http://activerain.com/blogsview/400987/social-networking-taken-to-a-whole-other-level-foster-care