Real estate – TimBatchelder

Domain name prospecting

May 21, 2013June 11, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Build Your Startup On A Vacant Domain Name
David Teten, forbes.com

This is part two of a two-part series on domain names and startups; part 1 was “Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?”.

I’ve written in the past about how to identify a great startup opportuni…

Build Your Startup On A Vacant Domain Name http://flip.it/pR4uU http://flip.it/ZmYYu

How Many New Domain Names Will the Explosion in gTLDs Really Produce? (thenextweb.com)
Build Your Startup On A Vacant Domain Name – Forbes (cctld.dk)
Livestream CEO: Good Domain is the Best Marketing Investment Ever Made (tldmagazine.com)

Why Everyone at My Company Has One Job Title

December 23, 2012June 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Space exhibit, models of early scientific satellites (Photo credit: Chris Devers)

Issie Lapowsky, inc.com Inc. magazine The Nerdery, No. 99 on Inc.’s Hire Power list, rose above tragedy to give every employee a personal stake in success COMPANY PROFILE Company: The Nerdery Headquarters: Bloomington, MN Founder: Mike…

RT @whatifglobal: Why one company named all its employees “co-presidents”: Another moving read from @Inc’s Hire Power Awards http://flip.it/BH3bP http://flip.it/hkqB9 Why Everyone at My Company Has One Job Title

3 Tips to Avoid Being a ‘Job Title Commodity’ (business2community.com)
Think like a Recruiter when you write your resume (glennitliong.wordpress.com)
AMD hires ex-Apple graphics chip designer Raja Koduri (electronista.com)
Is your resume missing a title? (examiner.com)

Zillow Adds 1.8M Foreclosed And Pre-Foreclosure Homes To Its Real Estate Listings

October 25, 2012March 27, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security Privacy

Zillow Adds 1.8M Foreclosed And Pre-Foreclosure Homes To Its Real Estate Listings
Anthony Ha, techcrunch.com

Online real estate service Zillow is expanding its real estate listings today by adding “pre-market inventory” — specifically, homes that have either been foreclosed or are in the foreclosure process.

Increasing the selection of…

http://flpbd.it/vNkbI

No longer a buyer’s market for homes? (stltoday.com)
Is Zillow Inc (Z) Zooming Past its Competitors? – Trulia Inc (TRLA), Move Inc. (MOVE) (insidermonkey.com)
High Foreclosure Rates Unlikely to Weaken Home Price Gains in Sarasota Reports Sarasota Bay Real Estate (virtual-strategy.com)
Documented crisis: Zillow.com adds information on 1.8m pre-foreclosure, foreclosed properties (nextlevelofnews.com)
Zillow’s Rental App Now in Spanish (dailyfinance.com)

Real Estate Photography by Open2view

August 23, 2011August 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Real Estate Photography by Open2view.

an interesting start up franchise company that does 3d home photography and imaging

Real Estate Investing Advice – MilitaryVALoan.com (militaryvaloan.com)
Correctly reporting rental real estate (abataxaccounting.wordpress.com)
What to Expect as a Real Estate Agent (tamadaproperties.wordpress.com)
Hunt real estate sales top $1B (bizjournals.com)
Erie real-estate market gaining strength (goerie.com)
Open Houses In Brooklyn New York- Sunday August 26th, 2012- Hosted by Fillmore Real Estate Ave J’s Office (cadogan1.wordpress.com)
Hottest Week 2012: Real Estate Hotties: Ken Fox vs. Danielle Lazier (sf.curbed.com)
Hottest Week 2012: Real Estate Hotties: Jude Vargas vs. Kevin Ho (sf.curbed.com)

Get Your Walk Score – Find Walkable Apartments and Rentals

August 24, 2010August 24, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Image representing Walk Score as depicted in C... — Image via CrunchBase

Get Your Walk Score – Find Walkable Apartments and Rentals.

This cool little tool allows you to figure how easy or difficult it is to walk around your area and get stuff, or whether you need to drive everywhere. useful for finding places to live.

Walkability – A Jane Jacobs Metric? (gehlcitiesforpeople.dk)
What’s Within Walking Distance? (iphonelife.com)
How to Make Your Apartment Greener (apartmentguide.com)
‘Walk Score’ Is Great, But it Still Doesn’t Capture ‘Walk Appeal’ (theatlanticcities.com)
Scoring Your Community (planforthepublic.com)
How Walkable is Your Neighbourhood? (datamining.typepad.com)
On walkability and how to measure it: part 1 of an intermittent series (householdopera.typepad.com)
Walkscore now available for all homes for sale (ziprealty.typepad.com)
The Most Dangerous States for Pedestrians (247wallst.com)

Visualizing town-by-town assessed home values and billed property tax amounts in Massachusetts, from 2000 to 2010

May 17, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Design UX

Very nice info graphic and visualization tool which shows (yikes) both the tax rates for each town and also the change in assessed home values. It definitely shows the drop in value that occurred in Central Mass and some other regions where a simple house can now be purchased for under 100k.

Town-by-town assessed home values and billed property tax amounts in Massachusetts, from 2000 to 2010 – Boston.com.

TurboTax – How to Estimate Property Taxes (turbotax.intuit.com)
TurboTax – What Are Personal Property Taxes? (turbotax.intuit.com)
TurboTax – Paying Property Taxes Online (turbotax.intuit.com)

EcoBroker: A community for ecological real estate

May 17, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

I like this idea. A designation and community for those interested in ecologically based housing.

According to their site: EcoBroker.com is your resource for real estate opportunities and energy and environmental information. Professionals and consumers use EcoBroker.com to conveniently find expert information, property listings, real estate agents, and other proven product and service providers.

The EcoBroker Designation Homepage.

Hiscox launches online insurance for real estate agents and property managers (hiscoxusa.com)
Finding a Real Estate Agent Who Can Get the Job Done (allstate.com)
What is Your Real Estate SEO Focus for 2013? Long Tail Keywords (prweb.com)

674 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267 MLS# 194788 – Zillow

May 17, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Systems Science

Image representing Zillow as depicted in Crunc... — Image via CrunchBase

Nice house.

674 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267 MLS# 194788 – Zillow.

Zillow launches home remodeling service (bizjournals.com)
Zillow Digs: Pinterest + Houzz + Tumblr for home improvement (agbeat.com)
Zillow moves into the next most logical market – home improvement (pandodaily.com)
Zillow Digs vs. Pinterest: Inside Zillow’s big bet to transform home improvement (geekwire.com)
REMI Announces its Mobile Marketing Story of the Week (prweb.com)

Bank REOs | Locate Bank REO Properties & Real Estate Owned Foreclosures | BiggerPockets.com

August 30, 2008August 30, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design

graph shows U.S. foreclosure trends (quantity ... — graph shows U.S. foreclosure trends (quantity of the available foreclosures) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bank REOs | Locate Bank REO Properties & Real Estate Owned Foreclosures | BiggerPockets.com.

Banks list their REO listings on their sites in some cases.

FHFA Moving Forward With Bulk REO Sales (bayarearealestatetrends.com)
Fannie, Freddie, FHA REO declined 18% Year-over-year (calculatedriskblog.com)
FDIC reports Fewer Problem banks, REO Declines; Total REO Declines in Q2 (calculatedriskblog.com)
The Great Housing Swindle: Shadow REO Artificially Boosting Prices (news.firedoglake.com)
Bank Foreclosures: Reduce The Risk Of Investing In Distressed Properties – Other (rawbusinesslaw.com)
RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Homes 26% Of Sales In Q1 Vs 22% Q4’11 (forexlive.com)
Short Sales Take Growing Share of Distressed Sales (mortgagenewsdaily.com)
Buying Bank Owned Chattanooga Real Estate – REOs (signalrealtor.wordpress.com)
RealtyTrac, CoreLogic Confirm Housing Bear Thesis: 85-90% of REO Being Held Off Market, Meaning “Tight” Inventories Are Bogus (nakedcapitalism.com)
Foreclosure Homes Account for 23 Percent of All U.S. Residential Sales in Q2 2012 According to RealtyTrac(R) (sys-con.com)

Homes Under $190,000 and not far from Boston or NYC

August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Boston Housing Prices Showing Signs of Life (Photo credit: Matthew Simoneau)

Homes Under $190,000 – The Boston Globe.

This is insane! Homes are now avail near to Boston for under 190k. Granted they are microscopic in size and in pretty bad shape, but still with a bit of work, nothing major, you could have a sweet pad for very little. And with heating bills going crazy I

Rent rush: Even brokers are shocked by Boston rates (bizjournals.com)
Suburbs vs. City: Will Today’s Young, Urban Entrepreneurs End Up in Boston’s ‘Burbs? (bostinno.com)
Boston vs. London real estate (boston.com)
Tight supply means rents soaring in city (boston.com)
Wandering Cape Cod bear captured in Boston suburb (news.yahoo.com)
Kickstarter Campaign to Tell True Story of Boston’s Fiery, Murderous History (bostinno.com)
Single-family homes for $379,000 (boston.com)
Cost Of Renting A Home On The Rise (boston.cbslocal.com)
Greater Boston Residential Real Estate Sales Continue To Increase As Market Stabilizes (bostonkayakguy.wordpress.com)
Boston, MA – Essex County Housing Sales Summary for February 2009 (ziprealty.typepad.com)

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