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TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE: Category Archive for New Business Models

GeoIQ - multivariate heat mapping

Fidelity Title's encore act in their "Reach Out to the Consumer" strategy

Cyberhomes.com - a Title Insurance Company now has a Consumer-facing website with a 1999 -style name

Disintermediation Effects of the Internet and the Outsourcing Movement

The Skinny on Real Estate Auctions

Title Insurance Exposed! An Open Letter to the Title Insurance Industry

Blog Business Summit News

Neighboroo - the most fun map app since Zillow

One Reason why there are Thousands of Home Listing and FSBO sites

List of Vendors / Apps that help Realtors streamline posting on Craigslist and other listing sites

Another big reason to start Blogging - Microsoft Vista's RSS functionality

Business blogs will take off - Active Rain is a harbinger

Tale of two new Web 2.0 apps that wowed me in 24 hours

Real time housing data is significantly more valuable than months old NAR data

How Three Tech Guys look at the Industry

Lead Generation - Selling "Motivated Sellers" Leads

Agents should check MyRealtyBlog as a Website option

An Inventive Realtor's "Money Back Guarantee"

Interesting Sales tactics - from By Referral Only

Why Blogging works

Online prediction markets - pastime now, credible later?

Web 2.0 Real Estate Sites Aggregating User Support Content

Generic lead generation companies make a play for Realtors with Suspect Results

Using IRAs to invest in Real Estate

Lead generation companies turning into Brokers

A FSBO seller relates what she did to sell her home - interesting practical details

Property valuation services in Japan - a step towards global real estate transparency

How a Lead becomes a "Lead" - part 3 on Lead Qualification

Home Buyer RE Search Resources - Yahoo! Real Estate revamps site - try them all out

Lead Conversion's newest Permutation - Lead Response Time

Get Title Insurance.com - a new title insurance business model

Realtor.com - an advertising model for realtors

How Internet Lead Generation Shifts the Realtor's Lead Acquisition and Selling Process

Pocket Listing MLS? - Watch Redfin's "First-to-Know"