Q: Who is the co-founder and CEO for Yelp.com, one of the most popular business rating and review sites on the Internet?
A: Jeremy Stoppelman (see Inman News article). He is a keynote speaker at the Real Estate Connect conference, which runs from Aug. 5-7, 2009, in San Francisco.  more...

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Multiple offers on for-sale properties is the modus operandi in some housing markets these days. Inman News columnist Tara-Nicholle Nelson wrote this week, "in the last couple of days, I've seen another 30-offer listing and a bunch in the seven- to 15-offer range. The level of buyer activity has gone from zero to 1,395 in the blink of an eye.  more...

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Angela Logan's bake sale, in which she sold over 500 "mortgage apple cakes" at $40 apiece, has allowed her to make her mortgage payment and keep her home, The Record of Bergen County newspaper reported.

Logan had sought to sell 100 cakes in order to make the first of three $2,559.94 payments to her lender, Bank of America, and qualify for a loan modification, according to the report, and a local hotel allowed her to use some kitchen space to meet the demand.  more...

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Some of you may have seen my tweet earlier today about our new Connect SF Twitter mashup created for us by SocialApproach. If you haven't, take some time to check it out.  more...

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Inman News columnist and Realtor Teresa Boardman digs into the real estate dual agency issue in her column today, "Romancing the 'hogger' " (click here to read).

She explains that the "hogger" is the listing agent who ends up representing both sides of a real estate deal -- collecting the entire real estate commission (minus the listing broker's share).  more...

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