A Bird’s Eye View

So I was going to write another recap of the last two days to close out the Inman Real Estate Connect SF show but something happened as I started to put fingertips to keyboard….we won the 2008 Inman Innovator Award in the Best New Technology category.
Now this may be hard to believe, but with the [...]

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So it’s mid-July, and to most, the holiday season is still five months away. But for all those real estate technology geeks out there, our Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa starts on Tuesday and lasts the rest of the week. Inman’s Real Estate Connect San Francisco is once again gracing us with its presence in this [...]

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We are thrilled to announce today that leading real estate brokerage Baird & Warner has joined the Roost IDX Partner Network to support its online marketing programs.

Chicago-based Baird & Warner is the largest independent real estate broker in Illinois with more than $6 billion in annual sales. Founded in 1855, it is also [...]

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Exciting news in the Roost.com nest! We just found out that a great story on Roost.com has appeared in the July issue of The Pennsylvania REALTOR®. Our own Alex Chang provided some color commentary on the Roost.com value proposition and Steve Storti, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Prudential Fox & Roach, provided his own [...]

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Three reasons why Kayak sets the standard
OK, I know firsthand that there are more reasons why Travel is unlike Real Estate then there are similarities. Real Estate is fundamentally local; I do not believe REALTORS® can/will be disintermediated; the purchase cycle happens over months if not years; and so on.
But despite all that, I [...]

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OK, maybe not every one of them.  Maybe not even most.  But I have to say I’m getting a bit tired of reading how Real Estate Brokers and Agents are in the Stone Age when it comes to understanding technology. 
 
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but what the heck…I’m the CEO of a technology start-up…I live in [...]

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So you thought you could keep your little real estate search gem a secret all to yourself. Well I’m sorry to inform you that the word is out and you are not alone in your discovery of the coolest and most innovative real estate search site around.
Roost.com is proud to announce that it is [...]

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