The ActiveRain Featured Blog Post

The ActiveRain Featured Blog Post – I get asked everyday about the ActiveRain Featured Blog post.  The wide variety of questions range from “Who Is Featuring The Posts” to “Why Are The Same Members Featured over and over again?” Well, it’s taken me 2 1/2 years working here to finally write a post about the

32,000 Members – ONE VOICE!

The power of the people. Active Rain is a powerful network of people.  With more than 32,000 members, this is a huge representation of our Industry, and it’s still growing in leaps and bounds. Is Active Rain really the On-line National Association of Realtors and Affiliates?  It seems to me that when real issues need to be

Add Value To Your ActiveRain Blogs with Zillow

ActiveRain University – How To Maximize Your ActiveRain Blogs with Zillow Join us for a FREE Webinar on March 29 Hey Everyone, just wanted to let you all know that Sara Bonert (Director of Broker Services from Zillow) will be coming to ARU and sharing some tools you can use to bring greater value to

Real Estate Town Hall Meeting – In A Southern California Community

Will a Real Estate “Town Hall” meeting really help bring back the real estate market? IS IT POSSIBLE? Can putting together industry experts with local homeowners, renters, buyers and veterans really make a difference?  If so, you may want to follow the results of this upcoming Community Town Hall meeting. My guess is that since

RainMakers Danced For Rain

In a time not long ago, when the crops were dry, and communities were losing their families and neighbors, Rainmakers were the individuals that were looked up to and counted on for saving their people.  These were the folks that in spite of tough and troubling times, were the chosen ones to dance, smile, and

Real Estate Video Hosting – Dare To Compare

Here are 5 common Real Estate Video Hosting Sites that I wanted to test and compare. This is to demonstrate the quality of each host. I used the same exact video for each site. It’s a 2 minute video tutorial that I uploaded to the following locations. Play them, compare, and then you decide. These

Top 10 Cool Tools to Share

When I joined Zillow about 6-7 weeks ago, many friends and associates here asked me to keep them posted about my new position over at Zillow.  So far, it’s been an incredible blast and the time has simply flown by.  I’m really enjoying the privilege of getting to be in both places, Zillow and here

The Virtual Real Estate Office – A "Live" Tour and Update

Some of you will remember my post awhile back about the “Future Real Estate Office or Brokerage.“  This post and video received a ton of attention and though many of the comments reflected a controversial and expected response, others agreed and saw this type of technology and office being the future of Real Estate in