David's Blog

First of all, I loved all the coverage of Inman Connect New York last week. Between all the blog posts, message boards, and live Twitters, it allowed me to feel like I was there listening to the speakers myself. Bill Wendel as RealEstateCafe used Twitter during the conference to ask questions via...

Zillow has officially posted a news release about "the adoption of a new standard data format for the distribution of real estate listings online." Titled:Yahoo!, Zillow.com And Trulia Adopt Common Real Estate Listings Data StandardSome of the key points that I want to highlight:Leading online re...

Liz Caraway introduced me to Jott with this post, and I haven't stopped since.How often have you received a text message asking you a question while driving and not able to respond without risking life and limb? Now, I can call Jott's toll free number (1-866-JOTT-123) from my registered cell phon...

I know, sounds exciting eh? But seriously, if you (or someone you know) could participate, it would be great. I am sure many of you now know that NAR has a new rule "Realtor owned MLSs must comply with the current version of the RETS specification by June, 2009". I bet that sounds as vague to you...

We just finished up the December 2007 RETS Conference. The RESO Board spent most of the first day discussing our plans and priorities. Michael Wurzer was elected the Chairman and Gregg Petch the Vice Chairman. Michael presented our initial structure and goals at the start of the second day. The b...

Just came from our first conference call. Man, what a great group of smart people, I was honored to just listen in. The group is made up of a great cross-section of the real estate technology industry. The names are officially posted here, but here they are again: Technical: Sergio DelRio (T4Bi) ...

I just got a pre-release bulletin today about Realtor.com's new "Find A Neighborhood" tool that will be announced at NAR next week. The link to it is: http://neighborhoods.realtor.com/ The announcement stated that they will be launching with data for 34 areas. So far, it seems to pack in a lot of...