DROdio Real Estate Blog

  • Social Media in Real Estate: A Panel (part 2 of 2)

    Daniel R. Odio was recently on a social media panel, discussing real estate: …Part 2 of 2: Continuation of the transcript: Social Media in Real Estate: A Panel Part 2 of 2 Frank Llosa: Just get a video.  Have your cat walking across the table if you need to.  Just get that step done where you [...]

  • Social Media in Real Estate: A Panel (part 1 of 2)

    Daniel R. Odio was recently on a social media panel, discussing real estate: …Part 1 of 2: Here is a transcript from the event: Social Media in Real Estate: A Panel Part 1 of 2   Frank Llosa: Hello.  I’m Frank Llosa, www.franklyrealty.com  I do a lot of blogging; video blogging.  I do a little [...]

  • Manipulating PDFs using a Mac + Electronic Sigs and eFaxing

    Here are two videos showing how easy it is to manipulate PDF documents using a Mac.  In these videos I also showcase the value of electronic signatures and eFaxing. Video #1: Using PDFs on a Mac Video #2:  Sending & Receiving electronic faxes

  • Find the houses for sale around you, wherever you are

    Click on the images below to view them in full size   … We’re really excited about a new service we’re about to launch, called TheBestHomeSearchEver Mobile.  It will let you find the properties that are for sale near you, wherever you are. TheBestHomeSearchEver Mobile runs only on iPhones right now; we’ll be adding Blackberry [...]

  • How to take pictures of rooms with big, bright windows

    How to take pictures of rooms with big, bright windows that ironically make the room look darker when the picture is taken if not done correctly.

  • How we’re helping our referral agents close more deals

    I’ve written a detailed blog posting about our approach to referral leads. In this post, I’m going to expand on those thoughts. Our attitude is that REALTORS should be able to focus on what they do best: negotiating transactions and closing deals with buyers & sellers who are ready to conduct business. There are many [...]

  • From NPR: How the credit crisis happened; a look from Wall St to Main St

    Anyone who is even mildly interested in how the real estate bubble, foreclosure crisis, and ensuing credit crisis happened absolutely must listen to this broadcast called “The Giant Pool of Money,” a joint broadcast between NPR and This American Life. It’s the most entertaining, educational 60 minutes you’ll have spent in a long time, I [...]

  • We now have an iTunes podcast!

    We now have an iTunes podcast!  You can find the link here (note – this link will open iTunes on your computer!). We’ll be dedicating this podcast to publishing most of the audio content we’re also offering on our website.  The podcast is a great way to listen to real estate-related content while you’re on [...]

  • Re-shaping an approach to web-based real estate leads

    We find that about 2% of web-based leads usually close within 6 months. That’s 2 out of every 100 leads – pretty dismal. (It goes up to about 3% over a 12 month period, but still very low). For most Realtors, this conversion ratio is too small for them to bother putting much time into [...]

  • XKCD idea – implemented! Optimal routing tool

    We’ve cracked the “traveling salesman” computational math problem with our new, free-to-use optimal routing tool, www.IdealRoute.com. XKCD wrote a joking post on the issue of finding optimal routes. As the Georgia Institute of Technology writes: “The Traveling Salesman Problem is one of the most intensively studied problems in computational mathematics. These pages are devoted to [...]



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