Vote for us. NOW!

For a while, 1000watt Consulting has been maintaining a mind map of the players in the real estate web 2.0 world. With the new update, PropertyMaps has made it to the list. As the Future of Real Estate Marketing points out, it is impressive to see the level of innovation occurring in this space with the economy the way it is. We’re happy to be included in this update.

Check out the Real Estate Web 2.0 mind map.

PropertyMaps Added to Who’s Who of Real Estate Web 2.0

There are many conflicting views of how Mr. Bernanke should have handled the Fed after the departure of the true overlord, Alan Greenspan. Reducing interest rates to soften the landing of the real estate crash – did he go overboard? was it enough? I’ll leave the debate to the armchair economists, but I do know that the whole industry is going through a huge transition due to the power of the intertubes and the desire of information to be free.

Our friends at RentBits.com created this montage of Ben Bernanke using Real Estate Web 2.0 logos. We’re honored to be included and to be a part in making the RE2.0 transition happen.

RE2.0 Montage Of Bernanke
(photo courtesy RentBits.com)

Somehow we’ve managed to get into the Top 100 Real Estate Blogs and this isn’t the only site to rank us in the top 100.

This is quite an accomplishment and we feel honored to be ranked this highly. We will continue to do our best to bring you real estate news, PropertyMaps updates, and of course geek content.

Congratulations to PropertyMaps bloggers and keep up the good work!

If it’s time once again to upgrade your memory, check out the prices at MemorySuppliers.com. I recently needed a somewhat older chip for a demo machine, and after some surfing around I found they had it in stock at the best price. Service was smooth and the shipping was expeditious. I’d recommend giving them a try on your next upgrade.

The kind folks at Startup Schwag created PropertyMaps wink stickers for their subscribers (and us). For $14.95/mo. you can subscribe to receive the tshirt of the month, plus miscellaneous items like stickers, pens, buttons, etc. For startups, you can submit your logo and tshirt specs and they will create shirts for you (or in our case, stickers) or send them schwag for distribution. Once the schwag goes to the monthly subscribers, they send you the leftovers. We have a box of cool PM wink stickers so if anyone is interested in a few free stickers, email or contact us. Thanks Roddy for the great service.

PropertyMaps Sticker

I can’t remember who said it, but the quote goes something like this: “If you aren’t worried about scalability, you aren’t growing fast enough.” Well, we have built a solid foundation for the inevitable horizontal scaling of the site so we aren’t so worried. But we do have to spread the services a bit thinner and bring up yet more machines. During this upgrade, due to happen the morning of Aug. 22nd, there MAY be outages of the PropertyMaps website. We will do our best to minimize downtime, but we are human and things do happen. I won’t get into technical details, but this upgrade will also give us the ability to automate the process of bringing more machines online when needed, effectively eliminating any chances of human related downtime. We love our machines.

WASHINGTON – May 1, 2007 – David Lereah, senior vice president and chief economist of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) for the past seven years, is joining Move Inc. as executive vice president, effective in mid-May.

Move Inc. operates NAR’s official Web site, Realtor.com, and Move.com. A large stakeholder in Move, Inc. is Cendant Real Estate Services (which is really composed of four large national franchises).

Lereah will also act as chairman and partner of a new business entity under Move Inc. that will launch in the third quarter of 2007. He will serve with Allan Dalton, who will be president and CEO of the new business entity.

“David is an expert on real estate and the economy, and his stature and expertise enhanced NAR’s position as the most credible source on economic and policy issues affecting the housing industry in the United States and abroad,” says Dale Stinton, NAR executive vice president and CEO. “We wish him the greatest success in his new endeavor.”

At NAR, Lereah directed the research division, the regulatory and industry relations division, the real estate services group and strategic planning activities for the association. During his tenure, NAR launched the monthly Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on ratified contracts that have not yet closed. Coupled with existing-homes data, the PHSI established NAR as the dominant voice in real estate providing financial and housing writers a clearer picture of the state of the real estate industry.

“After serving as the spokesperson for NAR for the past seven years, David brings vast real estate savvy and knowledge to the company that will help guide us in our next phase of growth and expansion with new ventures,” says Mike Long, chief executive officer of Move Inc.

Lereah received his B.A. in economics & marketing from American University, Washington, D.C., and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

We are looking to hire a couple developers at PropertyMaps.com. If you are interested in learning more about job opportunities, take a look at our job opportunities page or send an email to jobs@propertymaps.com.