E-commerce = in-E-fficiency II (Real Estate)
Grok Headline matches for E-commerce = in-E-fficiency II (Real Estate)
E-commerce = in-E-fficiency
E-commerce = in-E-fficiency
04/09/2004 04:11 PMIn buying tickets for movies, plays, and concerts lately I've
noticed that it is always more expensive to buy tickets over the
Internet than in-person and usually more expensive on the Web than on
the phone. If we assume that the prices reflect costs it turns
out that it is cheaper to pay a human to sit in a booth all day and/or
to pay a human to sit next to a phone all day than it is to write some
Web scripts and keep a server running.
Given that the hardware folks have done their share and that
bandwidth is cheaper than ever, this is a truly sad commentary on the
continued stagnation in the world of software. The great
Internet pundits of the 1970s (and the folks who copied those
predictions and spit them out as their own in the 1990s) predicted a
world of seamless commerce and lower prices. How wrong they
were.
[Tickets for what you might ask? Tonight is McCoy Tyner at
the Charles Hotel ($3.50/ticket extra); Friday night is the
Boston Symphony Orchestra ($10/order extra). Last night was the
Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party at Harvard's American Repertory
Theater ($3.50/ticket + $1.50/order extra). I'd give you my
review of the play but this email review from a friend is much more
to-the-point:
"I saw the Pinter on Sunday night, and all I can say is that it
made the invasive gynecological procedure I had to have the next day
seem pleasant in comparison."
I guess they won't be quoting her review in the
advertisements...]
Santa Barbara Real Estate Information -
Free MLS Access, Local Real Estate
Listings and Over 50 Local Links are now
Available at Realestatesantabarbara.info
Santa Barbara Real Estate Information -
Free MLS Access, Local Real Estate
Listings and Over 50 Local Links are now
Available at Realestatesantabarbara.info
03/14/2005 04:41 PMThe most comprehensive source for Santa Barbara, Montecito, & Goleta
Real Estate and general information is now available at
www.realestatesantabarbara.info - the website was created and
developed by Paul Luoma, a sales-associate with Century 21 A Hart
Realty, Inc. [PRWEB Mar 13, 2005]
Free online Real Estate Listing Service
Introduces Free Integration with
Existing Real Estate Systems. Now,
Realtors Can Just "Set it and Forget
it." ™
Free online Real Estate Listing Service
Introduces Free Integration with
Existing Real Estate Systems. Now,
Realtors Can Just "Set it and Forget
it." ™
06/24/2005 03:14 PMJust Real Estate Listings™, an online real estate advertising company,
has launched a new web site offering the Realtor™ community a free way
to advertise real estate properties on the internet. This service
also includes free data integration services which eliminates the need
for users to manually enter data. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]
Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real
Dollars (Reuters)
Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real
Dollars (Reuters)
06/02/2004 03:30 PMReuters - Rising interest rates have yet to cool
white-hot real estate prices. Perhaps that's why the concept of
virtual home ownership has captured the imagination of a
growing number of online gamers, who are plunking down real
cash for their own slice of the digital frontier.
Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real
Dollars
Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real
Dollars
06/03/2004 03:29 PM"Real estate"
"Real estate"
04/08/2005 10:10 AMDon't Bet on Real Estate
Don't Bet on Real Estate
03/29/2005 09:06 AMThere are good and not-so-good ways to invest in real estate.
Real Estate Commissions are Too Low
Real Estate Commissions are Too Low
06/22/2005 02:23 AMPeople who sell $1 million condos often complain that paying a 6
percent standard (read "fixed by collusion" among realtors) commission
is too much ($60,000 for what might only be a few days of work).
Economists who have studied the real estate market, however, find that
in some ways the commission is too low because realtors don't work
very hard to sell clients' houses compared to their personal
houses. In other words they sell a customer's house relatively
cheap so that it will sell quickly rather than work for many weeks to
get the best price and 6% of the extra.
Why haven't we seen anyone propose a commission structure that says
the realtor gets a 25% commission... but only on the amount above the
assessed value of the property? Your typical $1 million NY or
Boston apartment is assessed at maybe $850,000 and could be sold for
that price with almost no effort in a few days so the commission paid
on such a sale shouldn't be more than $1000. If a realtor could
sell the place for $1.2 million via clever marketing, however, she
should be entitled to a fat commission.
Real Estate & REITs
Real Estate & REITs
02/17/2004 10:13 AMReitnut picks his 'bluest of the blue" for 2004.
The Real Estate Game
The Real Estate Game
09/08/2004 08:51 AMSome of you have purchased homes before, so you know a bit about how
the process works: Mortgage Approval, Appraisals, Surveys, Title
Searches, Purchase Agreements, Stipulation Sheets, Closing, Whining,
Bickering, Signing 1,000,000 pages, Moving, blah blah blah... Even
though it's a scary thought when you first start, and you've probably
heard enough horror stories to not want to go through the process,
it's really not that bad. It's actually pretty easy if you take a
little time and learn about it. It makes more sense than most college
curricula, and it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. Literally
anyone can play the game if they have a dedication to making things
happen. This is an introduction to real estate investing using my 4
years of personal experience as a guide. While all of my experience
has been on the U.S. side of the pond, I'm sure enough of this
information will apply to everyone to make it worthwhile. (This was
originally submitted as a diary at the other site)
Real estate Web sites rock
Real estate Web sites rock
02/10/2004 08:10 PMThe 10 highest ranked Web sites in the brand ratings report in order
were Yahoo!, MSN, Microsoft, AOL, Google, eBay, Amazon, Lycos Network,
About Network and ...
Kmart: Retail or Real Estate?
Kmart: Retail or Real Estate?
08/16/2004 02:21 PMLately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales
of its locations.
Accidental real estate porn
Accidental real estate porn
08/27/2004 01:46 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Look closely at the third photo from the bottom on this realtor's
website promoting a home for sale. Either the snapshot-taker failed
to notice two dogs humping
sur l'herbe, or this is an example
of highly sophisticated subliminal advertising strategies in the real
estate industry.
Link (
Thanks,
Manero)
Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs
Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs
08/19/2004 12:57 PMIs real estate a good hedge against inflation?
Finding a Real Estate Agent
Finding a Real Estate Agent
01/09/2004 09:46 PM[This is part of a series of posts on the home buying process I'm
going thru. To see the full set, visit the house category archives.]
Over the last several weeks I've spent quite a bit of time on-line
looking at the Bay Area housing market. Looking at MLS listings,
realtor sites, craigslist, and so on. I've been in touch with a few
sellers. There are a few things I've learned so far: Many town house
and condo properties are...
Homepage Real Estate Allocation
Homepage Real Estate Allocation
02/10/2003 01:08 PMFind AD real estate online
Find AD real estate online
06/08/2004 05:50 AMAmeinfo.com - Tue Jun 8, 05:29 am GMT
Worlds First 3G Real Estate Solution
Worlds First 3G Real Estate Solution
07/26/2004 05:24 AM3G Jul 26 2004 8:54AM GMT
Real Estate Management Software 1.0
Real Estate Management Software 1.0
09/14/2004 02:37 PMA real estate listings management system.
Real Estate Investment Resources?
Real Estate Investment Resources?
07/07/2004 01:09 AMAs the result of an on-going discussion among some friends, I'm
looking for some good real estate investment resources (residential,
not commercial). Namely, I'd like to find any or all of the following:
Books Magazines Web sites A local REI (Real Estate Investment) club
Someone local who's been at it a while Bloggers who have written or
still to write about it Nothing may come of this, but I've gone past
the "idle curiosity" phase and am moving into the...
Real Estate Management Software 1.19
Real Estate Management Software 1.19
01/03/2005 07:56 AMA real estate listings management system.
M M M My Sharona... M M M My real estate
agent?
M M M My Sharona... M M M My real estate
agent?
03/22/2005 04:37 PM
M M M My Sharona... M M M My
real estate agent? Sharona Alperin was only 17 when she inspired
the
Knack's 1979 hit single
"
;My Sharona." Now she sells real estate in
Los Angeles...On
the flip side of lyrical fame, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer inspired
another set of lyrics in 1979 -- the
Boomtown Rats' haunting
song
"I
Don't Like Mondays" -- which chronicled
Spencer's slaying
of eight school children and a principal at an elementary school
near her San Diego, CA-area home. It's
not an urban
legend: Spencer told a reporter who called her during the 6 1/2
-hour
siege that she opened fire because, "I don't like Mondays. This
livens up the day." Spencer reminds us today that
schoolya
rd shootings are not a
new phenomenon. Now 42,
Brenda is serving a 25-year sentence and is
up for parole soon...
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent
05/26/2004 07:33 AMA good agent can serve you very well -- so choose carefully.
Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of
Dot-Coms
Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of
Dot-Coms
03/24/2005 11:23 PMReal estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that eerily
recall the stock market obsession of the late 1990's.
Atlanta Real Estate Boosted by New
Technology
Atlanta Real Estate Boosted by New
Technology
09/09/2004 03:22 AMJ.P. Smith Consulting, Inc., a Georgia-based real estate firm, has
partnered with Citihomes Realty Corporation to provide sales support
for an easy-to-use database of Atlanta real estate to potential home
buyers and real estate agents. The technology is available to agents
in other municipalities as well. [PRWEB Sep 9, 2004]
Internet Lowers Real Estate Commissions
(AP)
Internet Lowers Real Estate Commissions
(AP)
05/19/2004 12:05 PMAP - Real estate and mortgage brokers have less of a hold on clients
from the start of the home-buying process, according to a national
study which researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
helped organize.
Building Mom's Real Estate Empire
Building Mom's Real Estate Empire
05/05/2004 07:00 AMMathew Emmert wants to make Mom a landlord in the banking industry.
Internet lowers real estate commissions
Internet lowers real estate commissions
05/19/2004 10:27 PMAP via New Jersey Online May 20 2004 2:51AM GMT
Yahoo! upgrades real-estate service
Yahoo! upgrades real-estate service
08/15/2004 09:36 AMKorea Herald Aug 15 2004 12:10PM GMT
Primedia not new to fragmented world of
real estate
Primedia not new to fragmented world of
real estate
02/26/2003 01:32 PMSearch engine giant Google is the master of the featured listing model
and many other firms are expected to get into this business. ...
360° Virtual Tours for SW Florida Real
Estate - Only $99
360° Virtual Tours for SW Florida Real
Estate - Only $99
03/24/2005 05:28 AMListing360 provides quality 360° virtual tours for Southwest Florida
Real Estate. Realtors on listing appointments can now have a
competitive edge by offering their prospective clients a panoramic
virtual tour for the affordable price of only $99. [PRWEB Mar 24,
2005]
Traffic still king on real estate Web
sites
Traffic still king on real estate Web
sites
11/05/2003 08:21 PMThey also will compare the per-qualified-lead costs of paying for
traffic into their MLS data-rich Web sites with search engine
optimization services, Google ...
Real Estate Connect SF 2005 Is all About
the Internet Customer
Real Estate Connect SF 2005 Is all About
the Internet Customer
04/13/2005 09:04 AMBiz.yahoo.com - Wed Apr 13, 11:02 am GMT
Mason developer to help shake up NYC
real estate industry
Mason developer to help shake up NYC
real estate industry
09/07/2004 10:58 AMPropertyShark.com - 10027, NY, New York City (2004-09-07)
Sina's Real Estate Channel Lands In
Chongqing
Sina's Real Estate Channel Lands In
Chongqing
04/11/2005 07:55 AMChinaTechNews.com Apr 11 2005 11:52AM GMT
Real Estate Brokers scramble for Google
exposure
Real Estate Brokers scramble for Google
exposure
12/04/2003 09:36 PMSearch Engine Lowdown Dec 4 2003 8:18PM ET
Real Estate Management Software 1.24
(Default branch)
Real Estate Management Software 1.24
(Default branch)
03/22/2005 03:52 PM
Real Estate Management Software is a real estate
management solution for real estate professionals
or a for-sale-by-owner Web site. You can easily
place all your listings on the Web, create areas,
school districts, and property types, and upload
images. Search functionality is included.
Changes:
The documentation has been updated to include a more
detailed description of the database setup XML file.
New Second Home Index Reveals Top Real
Estate Markets
New Second Home Index Reveals Top Real
Estate Markets
03/17/2005 03:02 AMEscapeHomes.com begins tracking market trends of vacation, investment,
and retirement home buying. Based on over 200,000 searches, The
Second Home Market Index charts the nation’s ten most popular second
home destinations. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]
Internet users get access to real estate
marketplace
Internet users get access to real estate
marketplace
02/03/2003 10:14 AMSearch engines such as Google.com or Yahoo.com can connect home
seekers with particular agents and real estate companies, many that
link to the multiple ...
Grok Description matches for E-commerce = in-E-fficiency II (Real Estate)
GrokA matches for E-commerce = in-E-fficiency II (Real Estate)
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
12/17/2004 06:29 PM
In this
order:
- Venus
- Moon
- dawn
- Santa Monica
Mountains
- Pacific Ocean
- night
Kinda puts
things in perspective.
Bonus links to earlier sunrises: First
things second, Sunrises & Sunsets
(all shot at former houses, the latter series with the excellent,
discontinued and therefore cheap Sony DCR-PC110 or DCR-PC120BT camcorder,
at just 1.5megapixels; which goes to show one
point I was trying to make here, where the
subject was what it will also be on today's Gillmor
Gang).
[
doc]<
/p>
Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed
Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed
08/18/2004 10:20 AMSedona, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona
04/09/2004 04:11 PMThe first piece of
paper they hand out at the visitor's center is a publication from the
Sedona Arizona Chamber of Commerce:
"The term
vortex was first used in 1980 by psychic and writer Page
Bryant to describe Sedona’s four popular meditation sites. …
"According to the
scientific point of view, a vortex is an ‘area of
enhanced linear energy flow’.
… The scientific perspective proposes that ‘upflow vortexes
boost spiritual energy and expansion of consciousness’ while ‘inflow
vortexes help one turn inward and enhance introspection.’
"Vortexes are also
believed to be one of the reasons those seeking growth and renewal
find a welcome home in Sedona."
There seems to be some
truth to this because most of the thousands of tourists who throng
Sedona every day congregate around the energy sources of the strip
malls, linearly arrayed along Highway 89A. Nonetheless after
meeting a large number of Sedonans who profess belief in crystal
energy and vortexes it occurred to me to "Thank God these people don’t
build cars or airplanes."
It would be nice to
send white supremacists on a field trip to Sedona. New Mexico
offers scenery similar to Arizona with a cultural mix of Anglo,
Hispanic, and Indian. Modern-day Sedona seems to have been
constructed as a demonstration project for what a city would look like
if built and occupied exclusively by Anglo refugees from Los
Angeles.
[Oh yes, as suggested
by some of the readers here Jerome, AZ was a great place to hang out
for a day.]
Sedona Adds Tool To Measure Customer
Value
Sedona Adds Tool To Measure Customer
Value
03/14/2003 01:28 AMCRM software maker Sedona has added a tool to
its suite that allows small- and mid-sized financial services
companies to
measure the profitability of individual accounts and customers.
Sedona Takes Aim at Customer Value
Indicators (NewsFactor)
Sedona Takes Aim at Customer Value
Indicators (NewsFactor)
01/05/2005 04:37 PMNewsFactor - The financial services industry has adopted CRM
technology with great zeal -- it is known as an early adopter market
and continues to innovate in the ways it uses various modules.
Cable Operators To Assess Future
Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan
Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC
Cable Operators To Assess Future
Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan
Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC
09/23/2004 03:04 AMWhat are the key future revenue drivers and most serious competitive
threats for cable operators and how will they be addressed? Top
executives from leading multichannel service operators will discuss
their plans for taking the cable platform to the next level at the
Kagan Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10 in New York. [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]
EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line
EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line
12/24/2004 12:47 PMEUPEN Cable Inc. has announced a change in the pricing structure of
its premiere line of cable, connectors and jumper assemblies. This
increase in pricing is in response to sustained increases in material
costs for the products used to produce cable [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]
"Barbara Anne Werner"
"Barbara Anne Werner"
03/19/2005 02:42 AM"Santa santa santa santa santa PRESENTS
PRESENTS!"
"Santa santa santa santa santa PRESENTS
PRESENTS!"
12/25/2004 05:03 PMSanta santa santa santa santa presents
presents
Santa santa santa santa santa presents
presents
12/25/2004 05:00 PMebaumsworld.com/santabadger.html
track this
site | 3 links
Barbara Ehrenreich: Let them eat wedding
cake
Barbara Ehrenreich: Let them eat wedding
cake
07/12/2004 04:09 AMhysterical .. Ehrenreich ..
column
nytimes.com/2004/07/11/opinion/11EHRE.html?hp
track this
site | 4 links
Barbara Kruger and the Public Domain
Barbara Kruger and the Public Domain
02/05/2005 09:31 PM
Last night Francesca and I
went to see the artist Barbara Kruger
speak at the San Francisco
Art Institute. Kruger is known for, among other things, stark
photo-and-text collages that appropriate the language of consumer
culture to comment on it.
After the talk, Francesca (our resident art expert) gave Kruger a
Creative Commons t-shirt and explained what it is we do.
"Oh, sounds like Lawrence Lessig," Kruger said.
"He's our chairman," Francesca and I said in unison.
"Wow, if you have to have a hero, he's as good as anyone I can
think of," she said. "Please tell him that I use his book to teach my
grad school courses."
Having endured and prevailed in a copyright
litigation (over the image above), Kruger can appreciate the
benefits of free culture.
Barbara Ehrenreich: Dude, Where's That
Liberal Elite? 7/1
Barbara Ehrenreich: Dude, Where's That
Liberal Elite? 7/1
07/01/2004 02:14 PMisn't too bad .. three months .. debut
column
nytimes.com/2004/07/01/opinion/01EHRE.html
track this
site | 5 links
Barbara Quint, Askin' the Questions
About Google Scholar
Barbara Quint, Askin' the Questions
About Google Scholar
01/01/2005 10:41 PMBarbara Quint, editor-in-chief of Searcher and all-around very brainy
person, has a roundup of questions and answers about the new Google
library project -- mostly from a library/librarian's point of...
Book Deal Might Net Barbara Walters
$6 Million (Reuters)
Book Deal Might Net Barbara Walters
$6 Million (Reuters)
04/14/2004 09:13 AMReuters - Television interviewer of the stars
Barbara Walters is close to signing a contract to write her
memoirs and a newspaper report said on Tuesday the deal could
be worth as much as $6 million.
What the FUCK is wrong with Barbara
Walters and the entire ABC management?
What the FUCK is wrong with Barbara
Walters and the entire ABC management?
04/29/2004 07:47 AM"Be My Baby" generated many complaints to ABC, FCC .. NY POST: Win
This Baby .. retarded
nypost.com/entertainment/19700.htm
track this
site | 7 links
Barbara Lerner on Iraq on National
Review Online
Barbara Lerner on Iraq on National
Review Online
04/30/2004 02:46 PMRumsfeld's war, but it's been Powell's
occupation
nationalreview.com/comment/lerner200404300929.asp
track this
site | 6 links
Barbara Bush spotted with all-gay punk
band Pansy Division
Barbara Bush spotted with all-gay punk
band Pansy Division
12/02/2003 04:13 AMGW's daughter havin' a gay old time .. 365gay's gossip page ..
Political Asshole ..
Link:
365gay.com/entertainment/news&gossip/MediaBlender.htm
track this
site | 6 links
2004 was Full of Great Delights for
Search Engine Marketing Guru Barbara C.
Coll and Boom-Style Growth for Her
Company WebMama.com Inc.
2004 was Full of Great Delights for
Search Engine Marketing Guru Barbara C.
Coll and Boom-Style Growth for Her
Company WebMama.com Inc.
02/01/2005 09:57 PMPraise is not new to Silicon Valley entrepreneur Barbara C. Coll, but
each instance is greeted with surprise by the upbeat CEO and Founder
of WebMama.com, Inc. a search engine marketing (SEM) firm with, $3.7M
in revenue for 2004, based in Palo Alto, CA. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2005]
Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem
Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem
02/10/2004 02:44 AMA very amazing article on the Register on how a group of hackers have
unlocked a certain brand of cable...
The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more
The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more
07/08/2004 03:39 AMResearch and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004
Technology - Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data Report to their
offering. [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]
Thank you Santa
Thank you Santa
12/27/2004 05:17 AM
Thank you Santa for bringing Mimi the pink dress she asked for.
And her teddy has a matching outfit.
Santa!
Santa!
12/24/2004 12:12 PM
He's here to the joy of a six year old - and the great lie continues
;)
Can you FLY Santa??
Can you FLY Santa??
12/14/2003 02:24 AM Santa and the X-Games. Help two poor elves sling Santa Claus
all the way to Mordor.
ATI HDTV Wonder
ATI HDTV Wonder
06/21/2004 11:21 PMReview: ATI's newest Wonder brings HDTV into the company's
Multimedia Center software suite. Off-the-air HDTV looks fantastic but
how many channels you can tune is up to the gods of reception.
HDTV For Mac?
HDTV For Mac?
12/02/2003 11:01 AMHDTV On Your Mac
HDTV On Your Mac
03/30/2005 12:56 AMYou can put together your own system using a decoder card, an
antenna, some freeware software and a lot of love, elbow grease, and
spit. By Erica Sadun, O'Reilly Network
If Santa were on the Menu
If Santa were on the Menu
12/17/2003 08:23 PM If Santa were merely a holiday dish I think a brioche [recipe: 50k
.pdf] would suit the jolly old...
Skinny Santa
Skinny Santa
12/25/2004 05:17 PMWhew. My eight year old still believes in Santa. During
the last two weeks she has been asking, why does Santa's voice sound
like Daddy? She laid plans to stay up and catch him. Its pretty
amazing we have been...
E-commerce = in-E-fficiency II (Real Estate)
