November 2009

Online Real Estate Broker Redfin Raises Another $10 Million

by Bryan McDonald

Yesterday I wrote about how the online broker Redfin is publishing MLS data within 15 minutes of a house being marked sold on MLS.  Today, TechCrunch announced that Redfin raised $10 Million in a venture capital round led by Greylock Partners.  Redfin announced it was profitable this summer.  According to TechCrunch Redfin has roughly quadrupled [...]

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Real Estate Photos of the Week 11/12/2009

by Bryan McDonald

The following photos are from a house that was banked owned.  The house was full of trash and had some deferred maintenance (like most do).  This particular house had a basement that had a custom paint job.  It looked like a paint can exploded in the basement.  I can only imagine that someone told their [...]

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Redfin Posts Sales Data Within Minutes of Being Marked Sold on MLS

by Bryan McDonald

Redfin is an online real estate broker that is available in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.  They made a big announcement on 11/05/2009 that they are making multiple listing service details on sales public the moment they are marked final on the MLS.  [...]

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AgentWorld.com Launches an iPhone App

by Bryan McDonald

AgentWorld launched an iPhone app that allows realtors to post to AgentWorld from their iPhone.  The app is free and all you need to post to AgentWorld.com is a free account. Share local real estate information that demonstrates your knowledge of a specific area or specific type of property. Share recent listings or sales, upcoming [...]

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TiCOON iPhone App Launched for Real Estate Pros

by Bryan McDonald

TheXylem released and iPhone app that calculates Mortgage Insurance based on Loan-to-Value and mortgage type using latest industry MI rates.  It can also calculate up-front mortgage insurance.  The app can also calculate the total monthly payment with breakdowns for principle & interest, mortgage insurance, property taxes, insurance, and association dues. TiCOON Pro is the essential [...]

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Real Estate Photos of the Week

by Bryan McDonald

The past three weeks have been photos that were, well, disgusting.  (Another thank you to lsweetappraisals.com who submitted last weeks photos)  Unfortunately, most of the foreclosed properties that I appraise are in terrible condition and in need of a lot of repairs.  This weeks photos are from a home that was in foreclosure.  The pictures [...]

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How to Create a Custom iPhone Icon for Your Real Estate Website or Blog

by Bryan McDonald

When you install an app on your iPhone, you get an icon on your iPhone home screen.  Here is a photo of the home screen of my iPhone: An icon also appears on your iPhone when you save or bookmark a webpage to the homescreen of your iPhone. When I added igoogle.com to the homescreen of my [...]

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