Cimpler Blog

A week ago I posted a brief information about the Beta trial of our new "See it in Person, Negotiate On-line(TM)" service. While we don't have an offer acceptable to the Seller yet, we were positively surprised by a number of visitors during our Open House last Sunday. It was just amazing for thi...

 I have just come across of the Brian Brady's post Bloggers: Be Afraid of the Big Bad Broker and am just amazed that something like this might happen. As I mentioned in my reply to it -  You commented on: "Bloggers: Be Afraid of the Big, Bad Broker (or Bank) "  - I cannot believe that someone wou...

Westwood Knoll neighborhood of San Mateo, CA is a quiet, hilly place with homes moderately price (for the SF Peninsula) in the range of approximately $800,000 to slightly over $1,000,000. You can find real estate statistics for the neighborhood in the Trulia’s Real Estate guide for South San Mat...

 One of our local MLS rules states the following:"Information in the Public Remarks shall only relate to the marketing, description and the condition of the property. DO NOT enter contact information, showing or selling instructions, names, phone or fax numbers, email addresses, website addresse...

We have launched a beta trial of our new service BuySquareFeet.com. We would appreciate your comments and feedback.  We are planning to make this service available to other agents and brokers to try it. So, let us know what you think. The new service is, to a large extent, real estate as you kno...

Some time ago in my post Is there anything special about San Mateo, CA? I listed Lure Restaurant as the best place to eat in San Mateo (for those who enoy eating treats beyond hamburgers and pizzas). I just had another opportunity to visit the last Saturday.  It was a culinary experience. The onl...

Why it is well known that the Easton family is the namesake of the Easton Addition neighborhood in Burlingame, CA - today’s issue of the San Mateo Daily Journal reported fascinating facts preceding the Easton family settling on the land that is now North of Burlingame. The story is a part of the...

3714 Hacienda St., San Mateo, CA 94403 See it in person - Negotiate on line™ It is real estate as you know it, but with open online bidding and negotiations. When a property is listed on BuySquareFeet.com, buyers, sellers and spectators can see all the bids in real time. This service is now LIVE...

At the end of last year in my post “MLS in Turmoil” I wrote about rush to consolidation in the San Francisco Bay Area caused by enthusiastic reply of clients to services from Trulia and Zillow. Just this week one of the two efforts I mentioned then – NCREX – came to fruition.  I said at that tim...

Just about two weeks ago I published post "Call for Supplanting NAR", where I commented on the post of Greg Swann , the Bloodhound Blog editor under this title. I mentioned that I am not convinced to the proposed idea. I share my doubts with Mark Nadel, the author of "A Critical Assessment of the...