Monthly Archives: July 2008

Property Photos: Kaput for 8 hours today

July 20, 2008 in Estately by Shaun

ShareDue to a nearly 8-hour outage with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (commonly known as S3), you may have noticed that property photos have been missing. Thankfully, as I write this post, S3 is coming back online, and so, too, will Estately property photos. We apologize for this troublesome little issue that began shortly after 9 [...]

Not a short sale!

July 14, 2008 in real estate, short sales by Galen

ShareSalesmanship is all about taking away the objections. Listing agents know that people looking to buy homes are sick of waiting 3 months to get a rejection letter from a bank and they’re starting to advertise the fact that homes are “not a short sale!“

Before and After with StreetView

July 11, 2008 in ca, real estate, san diego, streetview by Galen

Share Streetview imagery is already getting old and it’s quickly becoming a good source of pre-listing, pre-touchup information. Take a look at the photos of 1471 Felspar in San Diego and then scroll down to the StreetView (you may need to do a 180 on the StreetView).

Estately San Francisco

July 10, 2008 in bay area, ca, real estate by Galen

ShareWe launched in the Bay Area today with over 40,000 San Francisco homes and condos from four Bay Area MLSes today. This is our fourth major market – Seattle, Portland, and San Diego are all live on Estately right now – and the third major market we have entered this summer. This is a geographic release [...]

Compete sez: Real estate, medical advice or fake phone numbers?

July 9, 2008 in real estate by Galen

ShareEveryone loves to talk about Compete.com’s accuracy problems, so this shouldn’t be new to anyone who has done competitive research on Compete. However, it is amazing how off-base Compete.com can be. Question: How does Compete do with estately’s keywords driving traffic (follow along here)? Number One: 27628 69th ave nw, stanwood, wa We rank for it! [...]

More people searching for homes near transit

July 2, 2008 in Portland, real estate, transit by Galen

ShareAnd we’re serving them in Seattle and Portland. San Diego transit agencies will not share their stop locations, but they say they are considering it. CNN story: So instead he made an offer on a home near the train station in Davis, which will shave $160 off his commuting costs. Portland homes for sale near light rail include [...]

San Diego neighborhood blogs: How’s the weather?

July 2, 2008 in Blog, Neighborhood information, neighborhood blogs by Shaun

Share If you said, “nicer than Seattle’s,” I’d say, “bingo”. Is it nice enough to pack up, buy a house, and move there? One San Diego real estate blog is wondering if golf fans were enticed by the weather while watching the US Open. I think we can safely assume that Galen wasn’t watching it. The [...]