Comments on: Buyers and Sellers: Help is on the way… http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:47:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Real Estate Taxi http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-340862 Real Estate Taxi Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:23:12 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-340862 The Industry is very protective of it information. I don't think its a disadvantage to the seller, because people utilize trained real estate professionals to guide them in the real estate process. In the process we utilize a MLS system where as every other agent whom has a buyer can locate them. Walt The Industry is very protective of it information. I don’t think its a disadvantage to the seller, because people utilize trained real estate professionals to guide them in the real estate process. In the process we utilize a MLS system where as every other agent whom has a buyer can locate them.

Walt

]]> By: The 4realz Interview with Pete Flint of Trulia.com « 4realz.net http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-276746 The 4realz Interview with Pete Flint of Trulia.com « 4realz.net Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:57:08 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-276746 [...] I first met Pete thanks to an introduction from Paul Rademacher before Trulia had launched (and they were going by the name RealWide!).    Thanks to my experiment with gHomes, I had started up a conversation with Paul and he knew I was looking to get out of  transportation engineering and into the wild world of online real estate. [...] [...] I first met Pete thanks to an introduction from Paul Rademacher before Trulia had launched (and they were going by the name RealWide!).    Thanks to my experiment with gHomes, I had started up a conversation with Paul and he knew I was looking to get out of  transportation engineering and into the wild world of online real estate. [...]

]]> By: I’ve been waiting since August of 2005 | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-128744 I’ve been waiting since August of 2005 | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:57:07 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-128744 [...] I’ve been waiting since August of 2005 April 26, 2007 to announce that Sellsius has launched! [...] [...] I’ve been waiting since August of 2005 April 26, 2007 to announce that Sellsius has launched! [...]

]]> By: Kalpa http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-9071 Kalpa Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:13:51 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-9071 Hey Russ, Thanks. For the moment, we would use good ole Google's AdSense and make money. We hope to have featured/sponsored listings, at some point in the future. Foremost, we're working towards improving our data quality, so that users benefit from the site and happily pass the word around. Thanks also for taking the effort to visit www.urbanregistry.com. Cheers. :) Hey Russ,

Thanks. For the moment, we would use good ole Google’s AdSense and make money. We hope to have featured/sponsored listings, at some point in the future. Foremost, we’re working towards improving our data quality, so that users benefit from the site and happily pass the word around. Thanks also for taking the effort to visit http://www.urbanregistry.com. Cheers. :)

]]> By: Russ Cofano http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-9070 Russ Cofano Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:42:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-9070 Kalpa Congrats on launching your site. I visited UrbanRegistry and it appears from the surface that you will try to make money via ad revenue. Is there more to your business model? Russ Kalpa

Congrats on launching your site. I visited UrbanRegistry and it appears from the surface that you will try to make money via ad revenue. Is there more to your business model?

Russ

]]> By: Kalpa http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-9067 Kalpa Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:38:09 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-9067 That is funny, indeed! Dustin, thanks so very much. Really appreciate your zippy response and offer. This should please the boss ;) Cheers. That is funny, indeed! Dustin, thanks so very much. Really appreciate your zippy response and offer. This should please the boss ;) Cheers.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-9063 Dustin Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:08:16 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-9063 Kalpa, Interesting stuff... Thanks for sharing your site! Feel free to <a href="http://the.raincityguide.com/index.php/Innovative%20Real%20Estate%20Search%20Sites" rel="nofollow">add your site and a description to this wiki page</a>! In rereading the post I had forgotten that Trulia was once known as "Realwide"... Too funny! Kalpa,

Interesting stuff… Thanks for sharing your site! Feel free to add your site and a description to this wiki page!

In rereading the post I had forgotten that Trulia was once known as “Realwide”… Too funny!

]]> By: Kalpa http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-9062 Kalpa Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:09:05 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-9062 You were right, Dustin. In less than a year there have been so many more players who've emerged from "stealth" mode; you may want to add one more to your list - www.urbanregistry.com. Manhattan-based, we went "live" last month, rather silently (I doubt if even friends of friends heard of us)! We have both: rentals and 'for sale' houses/condos/co-ops/lofts listed on our site. No doubt we have a long way to go. Well, personally, I'm happy to see as many of us in this space. May the best (not necessarily the richest) survive, and perhaps the rest will piggy-back. There's room enough for all, and for the brokers. Isn't this an additional medium through which not only the buyer, but even the seller benefits? It should certainly please brokers, I'd say. We drive traffic to their site through the hotlinks we have on ours. The buyer gets a wider choice and with so much convenience. Of course if they see expired listings, it may irk them, but rather that, than race for an advertised rental, especially in NYC, only to be disappointed, and then wait forever until the next one turns up. Eventually, to touch, feel (and smell) the place that one likes, and to walk around a bit before deciding to move in, users need to contact the broker to gain access, right! Ok, about your site, I'd book-marked your blog before I even joined this company! Thanks for sharing your views and some utopian ideas from even others, when they add comments. :) You were right, Dustin. In less than a year there have been so many more players who’ve emerged from “stealth” mode; you may want to add one more to your list – http://www.urbanregistry.com. Manhattan-based, we went “live” last month, rather silently (I doubt if even friends of friends heard of us)! We have both: rentals and ‘for sale’ houses/condos/co-ops/lofts listed on our site. No doubt we have a long way to go. Well, personally, I’m happy to see as many of us in this space. May the best (not necessarily the richest) survive, and perhaps the rest will piggy-back. There’s room enough for all, and for the brokers. Isn’t this an additional medium through which not only the buyer, but even the seller benefits? It should certainly please brokers, I’d say. We drive traffic to their site through the hotlinks we have on ours. The buyer gets a wider choice and with so much convenience. Of course if they see expired listings, it may irk them, but rather that, than race for an advertised rental, especially in NYC, only to be disappointed, and then wait forever until the next one turns up. Eventually, to touch, feel (and smell) the place that one likes, and to walk around a bit before deciding to move in, users need to contact the broker to gain access, right! Ok, about your site, I’d book-marked your blog before I even joined this company! Thanks for sharing your views and some utopian ideas from even others, when they add comments. :)

]]> By: anon http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-974 anon Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:12:45 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-974 Great Blog! I especially like that you bring into the light new web sites that have great ideas (or at least a little better) or try to improve things in the real estate universe but dont have the bucks or big marquee names behind them. Little guys can one day be big guys if they do right by the people they say they want to help. and big guys that get too big for their & ouir own good, are soon cut down to size. Viva the free market system & good 'ol competition!!! Great Blog! I especially like that you bring into the light new web sites that have great ideas (or at least a little better) or try to improve things in the real estate universe but dont have the bucks or big marquee names behind them. Little guys can one day be big guys if they do right by the people they say they want to help. and big guys that get too big for their & ouir own good, are soon cut down to size. Viva the free market system & good ‘ol competition!!!

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Trulia better real estate search http://raincityguide.com/2005/08/24/buyers-and-sellers-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-869 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Trulia better real estate search Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:13:44 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=145#comment-869 [...] ’t take anything for granted and put together a whole new real estate search engine! I mentioned that this site was coming out a few weeks ago, and the implementation lives up to everything Pete [...] [...] ’t take anything for granted and put together a whole new real estate search engine! I mentioned that this site was coming out a few weeks ago, and the implementation lives up to everything Pete [...]

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