Archive for January, 2008
Dear dumb agent:
Monday, January 28th, 2008My sellers are not interested in renting and I am not interested in helping you find a home for your clients to rent. I worked hard to get the listing so I could get it sold and make a buck. Go bother someone else. I wouldn’t have written this but you keep spamming me and everyone with a listing in your area. Back off! You’re annoying the bleep out of me.
30 days until launch - real estate social network!
Sunday, January 27th, 2008i have received tons of emails regarding the social network for real estate that I have been working on. I believe we will open it up in 30 days or so.
It looks like it will be a kick ass web tool for the industry and unlike anything the web has seen. I will have more info soon.
MLSPIN integrates zillow with simple tick
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008MLSPIN has released the Zillow one-click for its members. If an office wants to show listings on zillow they tick off the box for inclusion. This took MLSPIN a while to get setup but it is now here. MLSPIN has about 28 sites that they feed listing data to, but zillow is the only site that has an agreement attached to it for all to see.
This is what it says:
Thank you for choosing to provide data, pictures, and other content about homes you have listed for sale (“Data”) to Zillow, Inc. (“Zillow.com”) through one or more data feeds. This document sets forth the terms that apply when the agent, broker, brokerage company, or data listing aggregator identified below Zillow (“you”) provide the Data to Zillow.com on behalf of yourself or third parties. By providing Zillow.com access to Data and by checking the box indicating your acceptance of these Listing Data Feed Terms, you agree to these terms.
1. License to Data. You grant Zillow.com a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, distribute, publicly display and perform, and create derivative works of the Data, only on and in connection with the Zillow.com web site. This license is perpetual, but subject to termination as described in Section 4 below. After a listing terminates, Zillow.com will retain the corresponding Data and will provide you with attribution whenever displaying that Data.
In any case, Zillow.com will not alter the Data you provide except for format and presentation purposes only. Zillow may also create derivative works that do not include the Data in identifiable form (e.g. using Data to produce Zestimate™ values).
2. Warranty. You represent that (a) you have all rights necessary to grant Zillow.com the rights in paragraph 1 on behalf of yourself, the brokerage you represent, or if you are a listing data aggregator, the third parties whose data you aggregate, (b) to the best of your knowledge, the Data is accurate and complete and is consistent with like records you provide to listing or other services, (c) the Data complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and licenses, (d) that Zillow.com’s exercise of such license rights will not violate any proprietary or personal right of any third party, including the property owner(s), (e) that the Data will not cause injury to another person or entity, and (f) the information provided below is accurate and complete. You further promise to indemnify and defend Zillow.com and its affiliates for all claims related to your Data, including breach of any warranty set forth above. If you discover that any violation of the warranties above, you will immediately notify Zillow.com at feeds@zillow.com.
3. Changes. Zillow.com reserves the right to change these terms upon notice to your contact identified below. Unless you discontinue providing Data as described in paragraph 4, such changes will apply on and after the effective date in such notice, and your continuing to provide Data to Zillow.com will constitute acceptance of and agreement to any such changes. Zillow.com may suspend or discontinue its services, including use of the Data, at any time.
4. Termination. You may cease providing Data to Zillow.com at any time. Zillow.com will remove your Data from Zillow.com websites and delete it from Zillow.com’s records within five (5) business days of receipt of the Notice of Termination, except that Zillow.com will retain a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to publically display Core Data on Zillow.com and use, copy, distribute, publicly display and perform, and create derivative works of Core Data, only on and in connection with the web sites controlled by Zillow.com. After termination, Zillow.com’s license to create derivative works from Data other than Core Data will cease. Core Data is defined as the data elements set forth in Exhibit A, attached to these terms. Also, paragraphs 2 and 5 will survive with respect to Data already provided to Zillow.com. Notice of Termination is a letter to Zillow.com terminating these Zillow.com Broker Listing Terms, sent via certified U.S. mail or overnight delivery, to: Zillow.com Broker Listing Feed Termination, c/o VP Partner Relations, 999 Third Ave., Suite 4600, Seattle, WA 98104, with a carbon copy to Zillow.com Broker Listing Feed Termination, c/o Legal Department at the same address.
5. Choice of Law; Entire Agreement. You and Zillow.com agree that these terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington and that jurisdiction and venue for any disputes shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts in King County, Washington. These terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions.
Emergency Heading on mobile phones - ICE
Thursday, January 17th, 2008What if you were in a emergency situation and responders needed to contact someone but didn’t know who to contact? This wouldn’t be good. To solve this before it becomes a problem you should put ICE next to the persons name in you mobile phoen address book of the person you would want Emergency Responders to contact if you were in a predicament.
Example: First Name, Last Name - ICE (In-case of Emergency)
Make sure everyone in your family has an ICE on their phone. It could save a life or simply solve a situation!
facebook 60 min - funniest moment ever.
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Lesley Staul says “You seem to be replace Larry and Sergey”
Zuckerberg replies with a pause and strange look and says “is that supposed to be a question.”
Well, I viewed a few seconds of the piece online and it was choppy. Sounded funny since the video was buffering!