The credit crunch, bank failures and Wall Street meltdown has been the negative talk for the last several weeks. And before that all we tended to hear about was how bad the housing market had become. Has all this negative talk killed the American Dream of owning a home? I think not.

If you look at the increased traffic to real estate and real estate related websites like Roost.com, people are still out there trying to grab on to that [...]

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So I’ve probably looked at hundreds, if not thousands, of homes during my lifetime. What I find interesting is the fact that I’m always drawn to the same part of a home whether I’m over at a friend’s house for dinner or walking through an open house….the garage.

Maybe that’s because in my current home, the garage is where I have my workshop/computer/multimedia room. We are tight on space and I have a lot of stuff so my wife told me [...]

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This week Hyveup featured a video interview with Roost.com’s CMO Drew Izzo. In this video he talks about Roost.com and shows off some ways to use the site to find homes for sale. He also talks about how they are helping real estate brokers using the Roost platform.

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Welcome back!

We are still pulsing from the excitement of our initial launch of Roost and the flurry of resulting coverage. While we were certainly hopeful that all the late nights’ work would be well received – it has been really satisfying to hear the initial response from around the Web.

Thought we’d share some of the initial reaction with you…

The Launch

“Roost launched last week, and I love it.” Brian Bolero, 1000WattConsulting

“[A] new contender has arrived.” Doug Caverly, [...]

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We’re very proud to unveil our beta version of Roost to the world today. At its core, Roost is a real estate technology platform with two very clear aims:

First, we empower local and regional real estate brokers in their online marketing and sales efforts by providing them with individual property search sites that help drive high quality visitors directly to them.

Second, we help consumers find the right home at the right price, by giving them [...]

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