Joe Spake's Discussions

I am new to Zillow as a contributing professional.  I am OK with learning a new format and I look forward to interacting here, the third most visited real estate website.As far as complaining about changes, a few months ago there was a furor when Facebook changed formats; now I can't remember what the old format was like.  Change is good.  And what better business for change and adaptation than the current real estate market.

I tweet to stay engaged with my network of friends and clients.  I don't use twitter for "push" marketing, and I unfollow those who do.

Market value is what a buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to accept.There are pockets in my market where this kind of thing happens.  Desirability of neighborhood, school district, or some other factor skews real value; however, with the current state of appraisals, we will see less and less of this

http://ping.fm allows you to post to the "big 3" as well as other platforms simultaneously.  Also, there are various "lifestreaming" platforms, like Friendfeed that allow you to post.Also various clients such as Tweetdeck for twitter; Facebook offers notifications via email, and it is quite easy to follow other activity of your choice through RSS feeds.

I agree.  Considering that advertising allows agents to choose zip codes for their ad presence, I think it would be helpful to consumers to be able to find agents who are "organic" to micro areas.  Zip code assignment seems to fit the bill.