In "Online Sleuthing For Home Buyers" Wall Street Journal reporter Shelly Banjo was just a little off the mark when discussing searching major real estate portals for homes for sale. I know, hard to believe isn't it? Banjo writes (in reference to Zillow.com and Trulia.com): For starters, users can enter a city, town or ZIP Code and see a listing of every home for sale, sortable by price, … [Read more...]
Point2 Management Changes Finally Hit the “News”
by on December 11, 2007
Not news to anyone reading here since Friday, but the management changes at Point2 Agent have finally hit the "mainstream media". Inman News (will drop behind a subscriber firewall soon) Point2 Technologies Press Release I'm off to digest the press release and will no doubt have an opinion forthcoming. . [tags]Point2 Agent, Point2 Technologies[/tags] … [Read more...]
Point2, Part 2
by on December 9, 2007
Friday morning's post, Is Something Shaking at Point2 Agent?, has certainly generated a flurry of comments and traffic. Several comments were made from people claiming to be current and former employees of Point2 Agent. Understandably, these comments were anonymous. Given the content of the comments, and the fact they originated from Saskatoon -- home of Point2 Technology -- I have no reason to … [Read more...]
Is Something Shaking at Point2 Agent?
by on December 7, 2007
People find blog posts here on a regular basis when they search for terms related to "Point2 Agent". That would be because I've made several posts about Point2 -- my website provider. But something unusual began happening this week. On Tuesday, 4 people found this blog by searching "Brendan King Resigns". Brendan is the Point2 COO. This search term leads to a post I wrote about the Point2 … [Read more...]
Why Are You Wearing That Zillow Shirt? They are the Enemy!
by on November 14, 2007
So I'm wandering around the NAR Convention Expo floor last night, wearing a Zillow.com t-shirt. Talking to Michael Wurzer in fact from FBS FlexMLS (our soon to be MLS provider in Phoenix) and some agent taps me on the shoulder. I turn around and she loudly proclaims: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE WEARING THAT SHIRT? I said, "Huh?" And she says, "Why Are You Wearing That Zillow Shirt? They … [Read more...]
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