I learned that if you miss it again, you are crazy!!! I repeat..........If you miss the next Inman in July in San Francisco (or if that's too far and you miss the one a year from now in New York) you are crazy!!
We (the guys here at AR) are in a lot of ways on the cutting edge of what's in the real estate technology space. Mainly because Jon and Matt make sure the rest of us in the office are up to speed. I've had a twitter account for a long time (well a long time in Twitter years anyways, never done anything with it, but I've had one). Zillow was old news by the time many of you heard about it. Trulia.......that was soo long ago. (this is all relative mind you) Of course now, you've all heard of these things. But Inman gives you the peak into what you can expect next year. It never fails......lurking somewhere at the Inman Conference last week were the guys behind the next big thing in real estate. They have to have been there..........If they weren't they aren't the next big thing. They might be the thing after the next big thing, but they aren't next.
Brian Boero from 1000 Watt Consulting did a great presentation on the 50 tools you could be using in your real estate business. Every one of the 50 are a relatively cheap way (and in many instances free) to make some portion of your business more efficient and effective. I must admit, even feeling like we are on the cutting edge, there were a number I had never heard of......(I think Jon knew of about 48 of 50......so Brian knows his stuff). I have the PDF of the presentation if you want it, just let me know by sending me a contact email. (Can I get in trouble from the Inman people for forwarding this thing around? I hope not.......besides, it's not like any of them will read this......unless I feature it I guess.......which I won't......but I am telling all of you it's a can't miss.........hmmmm.........)
Here is the thing that sticks out the most in my mind about this conference. If you have a great idea, this is the place to spread it. You can literally walk right up to ANYONE in the real estate industry and you can have their ear for a minute (if you have a truly great idea, I guarantee you can have their ear for longer...........if you have another listing aggregation site, be happy you had a minute). Even if you don't have a great idea, you can learn about the next great thing out there and start to utilize it in your business while your peers are trying to figure out blogging.........which you of course have mastered :) (If you don't have the blogging mastered.......you need to call me so I can give you some tips :) )
So I am not even kidding you........if there is one conference you attend the rest of the year, do yourself and favor and make it the Inman Real Estate Connect Conference in July in San Francisco. If nothing else, you'll get to meet the guys from ActiveRain :)
EDITED: Here is the link to the URL you can download the presentation from:
Brian Boero Presentation of 50 great online tools for real estate
EDITED AGAIN: That link is no longer active......so if you want the PDF, we are back to me emailing it to you.
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Very inspirational. You've actually got me thinking about San Francisco, when I didn't go 4 hours away to NY. 'Sounds like you had a great time and learned a lot!