On the business side of life, there’s been an active discussion this weekend about a new initiative led by the National Association of Realtors called the REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) which is designed to provide a national property data exchange for agents to provide to clients. Yes, snooze-fest if you’re not in the real estate… [Read more…]
March 31, 2009
This is kind of neat, and in the spirit of vanity (or more likely to help my self-esteem), thought I’d point out the article published on BusinessWeek.com this weekend where I was quoted:Zip Codes with the Biggest Listing Price Gains by Prashant Gopal We (meaning Altos Research) helped him out in his research by providing… [Read more…]
December 14, 2008
(Author’s note: This article was published on Seeking Alpha on December 26.) I received a link to this article on Twitter from Paul Kedrosky, author of Infectious Greed, on John Taylor’s criticism of the Federal Reserve’s recent monetary policy. I was drawn to the post because of the chatter that I hear from residential mortgage… [Read more…]
October 24, 2008
Just a quick note to let you know that I’m also managing a blog now on ActiveRain specifically focusing on real estate market data and marketing strategy for real estate agents. Check it out here.
September 11, 2008
Just a quick plug for our work at Altos Research. Mike Simonsen, our CEO, was interviewed on FOXBusiness News this week with a focus on potential bright spots in the US Housing market. Always cool to see our little shop get some national exposure. Here’s a link to the video interview. (There’s a short commercial… [Read more…]
September 5, 2008
Tim O’Keefe at Spider Juice Technologies and Houseblogger.com interviewed me to learn more about Altos Research and how we support real estate agents in answering “How’s the market?” for their clients. We had a great time talking both before and during the interview. Check out and downloadthe interview here. If you’re not familiar with Spider… [Read more…]
July 22, 2008
What could be cooler than this? What ’til you check out AltosXplorer…. I’m referring to it as the “liger of the real estate market.” From our press release: AltosXplorer is the first rich internet application that enables users to: Instantly query the vast Altos Research real estate database: Altos publishes hundreds of useful statistics covering… [Read more…]
June 20, 2008
Been busy of late gearing up our new sales rep at Altos Research and bringing on new clients by the truckload – we’re busy and life is good there! For those interested in some local flavor and perspectives on real estate market data, you might enjoy my latest blog post on the Altos Research blog.… [Read more…]
February 26, 2008
Mike Simonsen, our fearless leader at Altos Research, wrote an article for FoundRead this weekend entitled “My Case Against Venture Capital.”Interesting how he and I wrote our articles independently this weekend, but advocated similar positions – heeding caution with respect to venture capital’s role in funding your start-up endeavor. Maybe its the “Altos Research Cultural… [Read more…]
February 15, 2008
Last Thursday, I attended an SVASE event – “Funding 2.0 – How To Build A High Growth Startup Fast And Cheap.” It’s always interesting to check out the mindset of the Valley’s newest entrepreneurs and hear what its successful members have to say. Panel members were: Mike Cassidy, Entrepreneur in Residence, Benchmark CapitalMatt Mullenweg, Founder,… [Read more…]
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