“In the Nest” Episode 3 – Special Guest: Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Co-Founder of Miamism.com
Ines Hegedus-Garcia is one of the most active real estate agents in social media today. Whether she’s writing a post on her blog Miamism.com, tweeting her self silly on Twitter or poking everyone over on Facebook, Ines sees the value in social media and knows it works. We get some insight into why being yourself while participating in social media might just be the best plan yet. Join us for a conversation with this awesome lady and find out [...]

Can I Sell My House on Twitter?
When I first put my house on the market (FSBO), I started a blog showing off the house and its neighborhood. Like any ambitious blogger, I also started a Twitter account. Once you’ve got a network, that is, people (I affectionately call them Tweeps), with whom you listen and respond to, you can use Twitter to drive traffic to a blog (or house listing, for that matter). When I asked a few friends to help me share the message of my Skokie House for Sale they stepped up to the plate spreading my message, in theory, to more than 7,000 people.

Roost Makes the 100 Search Engines in 100 Minutes List at Web 2.0 Conference New York
So we were pretty excited here at the Roost headquarters when we found out that Charles Knight from AltSearchEngines added Roost to his 100 Search Engines in 100 Minutes presentation at Web 2.0 New York last week. This was even more of an honor when we found out that we were one of only two real estate search engines on the entire list. The excitement [...]

“In the Nest” Episode 2 – Special Guest: Tom Ferry, Founder and CEO of Tom Ferry-yourcoach
This is Episode 2 of our new video series called “In the Nest” where we interview various personalities both inside and outside the real estate industry. In our second episode, we caught up with Tom Ferry (AKA @CoachTomFerry) about six hours into RE BarCamp San Diego. Tom shared with us what he was getting out of his first RE BarCamp experience, why he is embracing social media in his business and what social media brings to his personal life. Click on [...]

Twitter and the Real Estate Agent
Real estate professionals have so much to gain from using social media tools, and coming late to the Twitter game may mean losing out on opportunities.