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RE BarCamp follow up
Published July 24th, 2008 in Technology, Real Estate Industry, Happenings. by Marian Bennett, Coldwell Banker Tags: RE Barcamp.I managed to get in RE BarCamp for a few hours on Tuesday. It was an informal gathering of social media/technology thought leaders… and those interested in learning about real estate technology trends. A tremendous networking opportunity…and it was free!
I met a lot of people, here’s a couple to share with you now:
Alex Neth of cribQ.comcompiled a mashup of Craigslist rentals with Google mapping, neighborhood info, and Walk Scores for each rental. He developed this site to manage his own rental search.
I’m fortunate to already know Kevin. Kevin Boer of Domus Consulting Group and 3 Oceans Real Estate lead a discussion about whether there was business value in the use of Twitter. That was one of the largest groups. What does that tell you? If you’re on Twitter also, you can follow me at @mariansbennett.
Theresa Boardman of St. Paul Real Estate lead a conversation about photos, Flikr and photo management for websites. Because of the open and casual nature, discussions veered into cameras, lens choices, other online photo filing systems, how to get the best interior shots, and more.
Looking for home in New Zealand or north Lake Tahoe?…I met Alistair Helm of realestate.co.nz from Auckland, New Zealand. His company provides one of the largest (or did he say the largest?) real estate web portals in his country. Also Tracy Saunders, Sotheby’s came to SF from Incline Village, NV.
Yesterday was the first day of Connect. More about that and last Sunday’s web-cam experiment in Healdsburg to come. In addition to my clients and family…the priorities!… I’m fitting in these activities this week.
It was great meeting you as well will follow you on Twitter. Thanks for the mention! Tracy
Marian
It was great pleasure to meet you at RE Barcamp, these kinds of events are awesome - the chance to chat and share experiences with like minded individuals.
In reading your blog posts I noticed the offer of the limo trip round the area - that would have been a great opportunity, unfortunately I have made a few follow up meetings after Connect closes tomorrow so I will have to pass, but wanted to commend you on a great and very generous offer.
As you stated in your post, I run the largest portal website for listings of all kinds of real estate website in NZ. With the current down turn in the NZ market we have over 80,000 homes for sale across the country as well as commercial, businesses for sale, farms and rental properties - over 107,000 total listings.
If anyone is looking to buy or even rent a holiday home then the website will showcase the range of properties on the market. Also the Unconditional blog provides a good perspective on the market in NZ.
It was great to meet you and to enjoy time in SF.
Alistair
Alister,
Thanks for letting my readers know a little more about searching for homes in NZ. I’ll definitely keep your contact information; of course, now they have your site address. If you ever want to know more about cities and towns around SF, visit http://homescopes.com (on my sidebar) for local expertise in those areas. As for Half Moon Bay, it’s an amazing place. Check back for more visuals…found some useful tools for clients and readers at the conference. Safe travels. - Marian