Five Things I’d Like from Inman Connect ‘09

Gimme big, bad, cutting edge innovation… I have naughty-hot dreams about this kind of thing at home. But give me some case studies with metrics and analytics as to HOW you have implemented it and WHAT your clients think of it.

Culture – The New Measure of Innovation

Long story short… It says to me that a company culture can be revolutionary, radical, and yes… innovative.

The Holy Grail of How To’s – The Twitter for Real Estate Book

So this wasn’t what I was planning about blogging on, but I have to put this out there…

Nicole and Reggie Nicolay (@nik_nik and @cyberhomes) have completely outdone themselves and put together an amazing (and free) E-book entitled Everything You Want to Know about Twitter for Real Estate at the Cyberhomes Blog.

Hitwise.com Releases Top 20 Highest Ranked Real Estate Sites

Inman.com posted their update for the Hitwise 20 for the most highly trafficed Real Estate Sites on Jan. 12th.

The top 5 brokerage sites remained the same with Realtor.com topping the charts with 6.7% of market share while Yahoo! Real Estate dipped slightly for the month.

“Sell By Owner” Misguided Information from One Inside the Industry

I know that I am veering away from my second installment of Web 2.0 statistics but after reading this post (http://www.inman.com/blog/2008/05/2/take-it-agent-sell-owner) on Inman yesterday, I decided I needed to comment.  In fact I URGE everyone and anyone of the real estate community to read this article, forward it, and make sure it is recognized what [...]

Mortgages… the “NEW” 4 Letter Buzz Word

So I hear that the mortage industry is a hot topic? (insert awe inspiring silence here)
Anyway, I figured that I would finally take a stab at this topic and share one of the best things that I have see come out of this debacle.
Today’s post on Inman Blog was entitled, “Angry renters say ‘hell no!’ [...]


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Matthew Dollinger I would like to consider myself a real estate martyr, but I think that's a little drastic.


How I would like to position myself in the industry is somewhat of a "conduit" between agents/brokers and those continually innovating tomorrow's real estate model. I believe that Real Estate needs to ditch the mentality that it's "more than a business" and truly look to innovative companies, (regardless of industry), and learn from them. It's how we will grow and succeed in this marketplace.


I am constantly looking for new partners that share a passion for learning, innovating and implementing ideas. If you have a thought, idea, or would like to share, simply reach out to me.


Matt