Real estate professionals have so much to gain from using social media tools, and coming late to the Twitter game may mean losing out on opportunities.

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This is Episode 1 of our new video series called “In the Nest” where we interview various personalities both inside and outside the real estate industry. In our first episode, we were privileged enough to secure an interview with Tara Hunt (AKA @missrogue) the night before her keynote at the REALTORS Conference & Expo in San Diego this last weekend.

We had the opportunity to sit down with her and ask her why she was chosen to speak at the conference [...]

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As I’ve mentioned, my house is for sale, listed on the MLS via a boutique agency that provides little more for us than the listing. For the investment of a few hundred dollars, we figured it was an approach worth trying. At some point we may list with a typical (or is it best to now say “full service”) agent. But it’s dizzying to think about the amount of money we will pay in commission.

As a buyer, there’s [...]

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So I’m back from attending RE BarCamp San Diego and the 2009 REALTORS Conference & Expo in sunny San Diego. It was one of the best that I have ever attended from a content standpoint. The sessions were well thought out and the speakers were intelligent, insightful and some were even humorous ( Teresa Boardman AKA @tboard, this is targeted to you).

The Expo was a little smaller than in year’s past and there [...]

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Last week Kim Tracy Prince and I touched on the complexities of a buyer or seller’s relationship with their real estate agent. I talked about two agent archetypes, the shark and the therapist. Now I’m adding one more: the passive or aggressive agent. Or maybe the frenemy, someone who claims to support you as they exploit your doubts and insecurities.

You see, my home is currently listed by owner, though it’s on the MLS thanks to one [...]

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Can you believe it’s already November? It may be getting cold outside but here at the Roost Blog, we are heating things up with our fifth installment of Roost’s 50 Real Estate People You Should Follow on Twitter. If you are seeing this list for the first time, you need to stop and click the July List, August List, September List and October List first because you will have access to 200 real estate people that [...]

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There are two types of reals estate agents: the shark and the therapist. Which is right for you?

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Ryan Kuder!

His winning entry hit my email box literally seconds after I posted the last clue on Twitter.

Ryan is the CMO for Koombea, co-creator of Hi I’m and founder of Neighborsville. Ryan also has an awesome personal blog about his Adventures in Marketing and Social Media. You should check it out.

Congratulations Ryan and we hope you share with us what you are going to do with [...]

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Joe Celentano, a dear old friend of mine, became a real estate agent in Connecticut many years ago after a long career in the restaurant industry.  He’d had enough of that – the hassle, the expense, the 24/7 worry.  Real estate is not without worry, of course, but the reward he feels when he helps a family find a home they love is worth it for him.

If I hadn’t stumbled into a relationship with an agent here in Los [...]

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If you have been following us since last Tuesday, you are probably familiar with our “Where’s Waldo” contest. In this contest we are providing clues on a daily basis to help you find a home that we picked to win a Kodak Zi8 Digital Video Camera. Well we promised to do a blog post to provide you with some insight on how to use Roost.com, more specifically the filters so you could narrow your home search for the contest. Well [...]

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