Inman News Contributors 2011

By Inman News, Friday, December 16, 2011.

Inman News would like to recognize the valuable contributions of its staff and contributors, including columnists and other writers for Inman.com and InmanNext, who were not eligible to be named to the Inman 100 list. We, and all of your readers, appreciate the insight and information you bring to the real estate industry. The following are profiles of InmanNext contributors and Inman News columnists.

Beyond Dual Agency

By Inman News, Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

The rules governing real estate brokers' agency relationships to their clients and the duties they owe them are determined at the state level, and no two states have taken exactly the same approach. This interactive map highlights the variety of approaches states have used to define the relationships of real estate agents and brokers with buyers and sellers.  more...

Hawaii Life Real Estate Services

By Inman News, Tuesday, November 1, 2011.
Parent Report: 
Case Studies in Real Estate Tech Spending
Profile Number: 
3
Brokerage: 
Hawaii Life Real Estate Services
Headquarters: 
Princeville, Hawaii
Operating area: 
Hawaiian Islands
Offices: 
6
agents: 
127
sales_volume: 
Over $140 million in 2010
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hawaii.html
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Hawaii Life Real Estate Services, which has a headquarters in Princeville, Hawaii, on the island of Kuaui, offers a powerful and popular map-based real estate search and has grown its presence and market share across the island chain.

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Jeff Turner

By Inman News, Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
Jeff
Turner
President
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.zeek.com
company: 
Zeek Interactive

Jeff Turner is the president and chief operating officer of Zeek Interactive and RealEstateShows.com, and a popular tech and online strategist. Zeek Interactive develops websites and games as marketing vehicles for clients. Real Estate Shows, which helps agents and brokers create virtual tours from still photos, is one of the company's proprietary products. Turner has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur.

@respres
Facebook

Jay Thompson

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Jay
Thompson
Founder
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com
company: 
PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com

Jay Thompson is designated broker and a co-owner of Thompson's Realty, an independent brokerage based in Phoenix, Ariz. A self-professed "man with a blogging problem" and "social media fanboy," Thompson founded the real estate blog Phoenix Real Estate Guy in May 2005. Inman News recognized the blog as the most innovative real estate blog of 2009. Thompson is a frequent speaker at real estate conferences and is licensed to teach continuing education classes on social media marketing and prospecting in the state of Arizona.

@PhxREguy
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Brian Stevens

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Brian
Stevens
Co-Creator
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.thinkbigworksmall.com/mypage/tbws
company: 
TBWS Daily Show

Brian Stevens and Frank Garay are leaders in video marketing for real estate agents and mortgage brokers. They host the TBWS Daily Show, a video blog that mixes humor and real estate news. They claim to get more than 20,000 views for each daily show and more than 100,000 unique viewers monthly. They also offer video training and online lead-generation services at ThinkBigWorkSmall.com. Before founding TBWS, both had worked in the mortgage business for more than 20 years.

@tbwsd
Facebook

Chris Smith *People's Choice

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Chris
Smith
Co-Founder
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://techsavvyagent.com/
company: 
Tech Savvy Agent

Chris Smith co-founded Tech Savvy Agent, a blog that offers hardware and software reviews, videos, tech advice and tips, and social media strategies. Tech Savvy Agent won this year's Inman News Innovator Award for most innovative blog and more than 11,000 people have "Liked" the blog on Facebook. Smith was also the driving force behind the launch of a real estate blog focused on Apple products, Mac Savvy Agent. Smith has been an Internet marketing and social media consultant for Move Inc.  more...

@techsavvyagent
Facebook

Daniel Rothamel

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Daniel
Rothamel
Realtor, Blogger
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.strongteamrealtors.com
company: 
Strong Team Realtors

Daniel Rothamel is an avid blogger and a Realtor for Strong Team Realtors in Palmyra, Va. An avid social media proponent, Rothamel is a former community manager for Inman News and is a frequent speaker about real estate marketing, technology and social media. He also completed training to teach e-PRO tech classes to real estate professionals.

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Reggie Nicolay

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Reggie
Nicolay
Director of Social Media
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.narrpr.com
company: 
Realtors Property Resource

Reggie Nicolay, founder of real estate technology blog MyTechOpinion, landed a job as social media director for the National Association of Realtors' Realtors Property Resource, a property database for Realtors, last year. He moved to RPR from real estate search and valuation site Cyberhomes.com, where he also served as social media director. RPR launched in September 2010, and more than 100 MLSs, representing about 265,000 Realtors, have signed up for access to the property database system, which has data on about 147 million parcels of property.  more...

@ReggieRPR
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Nicole Nicolay

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Nicole
Nicolay
Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.agentevolution.com/
company: 
Agent Evolution

Nicole Nicolay is a social media butterfly who has commanded an online following. As creator and chief creative officer for Agent Evolution, Nicolay offers social media and WordPress design training for real estate professionals. Nicolay is also a frequent speaker at real estate industry events, and has contributed to MyTechOpinion, a real estate technology blog, since 2005. She is co-founder and owner of Effektive Solutions, a real estate technology and marketing services company.  more...

@nik_nik
Facebook

Bill McBride

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Bill
McBride
Author
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
company: 
Calculated Risk blog

A full-time blogger who retired as a senior executive of a small public company in the 1990s, Bill McBride has built a large following of readers with his astute commentary on statistics and trends he gathers from a diverse range of sources. Founded in 2005, Calculated Risk is rated by EconDirectory.com as the most popular blog of its kind. McBride holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.

@calculatedrisk

Andy Kaufman

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Andy
Kaufman
Organizer
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://rebarcamp.com/
company: 
Real Estate BarCamp

In 2008, Andy Kaufman organized the first Real Estate BarCamp in San Francisco, an informal, user-generated, real estate-themed grassroots event that has since spread to numerous locations across the country and internationally. The RE BarCamp movement borrowed from the formula introduced by predecessor technology BarCamps. Kaufman, founding partner of the MyEastBayAgent team with Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate in Berkeley, Calif., continues to consult with other local RE BarCamp organizers. He also is an advisory board member for the Social Media Marketing Institute.

@andykaufman
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Frank Garay

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Frank
Garay
Co-creator
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://www.thinkbigworksmall.com/mypage/tbws
company: 
TBWS Daily Show

Frank Garay and Brian Stevens are leaders in video marketing for real estate agents and mortgage brokers. They host the TBWS Daily Show, a video blog that mixes humor and real estate news. They claim to get more than 20,000 views for each daily show and more than 100,000 unique viewers monthly. They also offer video training and online lead-generation services at ThinkBigWorkSmall.com. Before founding TBWS, both had worked in the mortgage business for more than 20 years.

@tbwsd
Facebook

Dale Chumbley

By Paul Horan, Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Dale
Chumbley
Realtor
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2010
http://clarkcountyrealestateguide.com
company: 
Clark County Real Estate Guide

A second-generation Realtor in Vancouver, Wash., Dale Chumbley hosts the "365 Things To Do in Vancouver, WA" site on Facebook, which each day features local items of interest. He also posts the items to his blog site, the Clark County Real Estate Guide. Prior to launching his real estate career in 1994, Chumbley worked with land records for the Clark County Department of Assessment and Geographic Information Systems. Chumbley has organized and participated in real estate training and education events to share his social media experience with others.

@DaleChumbley
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