Comments on: Searching for Real Estate Made Easy: Geo-Fences Plus Mobile Phones http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/ Software Advice Articles, News & Best Practices Guides Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Garrigus Real Estate http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-5759 Garrigus Real Estate Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:02:59 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-5759 This is awesome stuff! Buyers will clamour for this type of user-ability. Sorry if I missed it, but how can I get a hold of software? This is awesome stuff! Buyers will clamour for this type of user-ability. Sorry if I missed it, but how can I get a hold of software?

]]> By: Compare Mobile Phones http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-5377 Compare Mobile Phones Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:42:27 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-5377 Stumbled across this post and found it very interesting! I think there will be a few more mashups to help realtors sell propety and better analyse their markets by 2d barcoding and mobile internet solutions. I think that the way forward here is wap rather than app, as you want the largest group of potential customers to have access to the solution. All in all a great narrative. Thanks Stumbled across this post and found it very interesting! I think there will be a few more mashups to help realtors sell propety and better analyse their markets by 2d barcoding and mobile internet solutions. I think that the way forward here is wap rather than app, as you want the largest group of potential customers to have access to the solution. All in all a great narrative. Thanks

]]> By: Barrett Powell http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2264 Barrett Powell Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2264 Do we really need geo-fencing to accomplish location based real-estate? There are a number of companies with GPS phone enabled apps to alert you of opportunities near your location. Not to rain on the parade, but there are issues of privacy that need to be figured out. This technology can also be misused to track someone's movement. I can see someone hacking geo-fencing enabled server to let thieves know when you’re away from your house. Good idea, we just need to work through all the issues as well. Do we really need geo-fencing to accomplish location based real-estate? There are a number of companies with GPS phone enabled apps to alert you of opportunities near your location.

Not to rain on the parade, but there are issues of privacy that need to be figured out. This technology can also be misused to track someone’s movement. I can see someone hacking geo-fencing enabled server to let thieves know when you’re away from your house.

Good idea, we just need to work through all the issues as well.

]]> By: Erik Hansen http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2254 Erik Hansen Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:46:28 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2254 Chris, This is a very interesting and exciting concept. I do believe buyers get excited and start driving around or walk their desired neighborhoods looking for signs. However, I am skeptical that prospective tenants stroll around town or cruise through neighborhoods looking for "for rent signs." Tenants seem to be less specific about neighborhoods and get their lists of propective homes from craigslist. I will definitely give this intriguing idea further thought. Chris,

This is a very interesting and exciting concept. I do believe buyers get excited and start driving around or walk their desired neighborhoods looking for signs. However, I am skeptical that prospective tenants stroll around town or cruise through neighborhoods looking for “for rent signs.” Tenants seem to be less specific about neighborhoods and get their lists of propective homes from craigslist.

I will definitely give this intriguing idea further thought.

]]> By: brendon http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2101 brendon Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:39:48 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2101 Stumbled across this post and found it very interesting! I think there will be a few more mashups to help realtors sell propety and better analyse their markets by 2d barcoding and mobile internet solutions. I think that the way forward here is wap rather than app, as you want the largest group of potential customers to have access to the solution. All in all a great narrative. Thanks Stumbled across this post and found it very interesting! I think there will be a few more mashups to help realtors sell propety and better analyse their markets by 2d barcoding and mobile internet solutions. I think that the way forward here is wap rather than app, as you want the largest group of potential customers to have access to the solution. All in all a great narrative. Thanks

]]> By: RealEstateCafe http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2069 RealEstateCafe Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:40:21 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2069 See follow-up blog post: RE TECH: Mobile Real Estate Apps: Will Geo-Fencing create a Geo-FSBO Future? http://bit.ly/Geo-FSBO http://twitter.com/RealEstateCafe/status/10379512837 See follow-up blog post:

RE TECH: Mobile Real Estate Apps: Will Geo-Fencing create a Geo-FSBO Future? http://bit.ly/Geo-FSBO

http://twitter.com/RealEstateCafe/status/10379512837

]]> By: Brad Chandler http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2065 Brad Chandler Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:04:18 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2065 Is there a provider that is working on the application that we can sign up for on their website - and they'll alert us when the app comes out? Is there a provider that is working on the application that we can sign up for on their website – and they’ll alert us when the app comes out?

]]> By: RealEstateCafe http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2053 RealEstateCafe Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:11 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2053 Chris, The comment trail above suggests that tech savvy home buyers are already ahead of listing agents, so (1) Why limit your vision to a broker-centric flow of information, (2) Why limit notifications to properties already on the market, or (3) Individual real estate listings when there could be a "Menu of Savings Opportunities" delivered through a platform like http://www.xtify.com See Real Estate Cafe blog post (12/13/09): Translating 2010 predictions into Menu of RE Consumer Savings http://bit.ly/RESavingsMenu1 Josh of http://www.xtify.com, I'd love to be included in any site demos you make to the real estate industry and would be willing to help organize one targeted directly at home buyers and sellers, particularly FSBOs! Chris,

The comment trail above suggests that tech savvy home buyers are already ahead of listing agents, so

(1) Why limit your vision to a broker-centric flow of information,

(2) Why limit notifications to properties already on the market, or

(3) Individual real estate listings when there could be a “Menu of Savings Opportunities” delivered through a platform like http://www.xtify.com

See Real Estate Cafe blog post (12/13/09):

Translating 2010 predictions into Menu of RE Consumer Savings
http://bit.ly/RESavingsMenu1

Josh of http://www.xtify.com, I’d love to be included in any site demos you make to the real estate industry and would be willing to help organize one targeted directly at home buyers and sellers, particularly FSBOs!

]]> By: Christine Donovan http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2044 Christine Donovan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:09:23 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2044 Like Kerry, I think this would be a great application. Based on your post, it didn't sound like it existed. And, you've unfortunately confirmed that in your comments. I think there are a lot of tech savvy buyers who would love this type of convenience. Like Kerry, I think this would be a great application. Based on your post, it didn’t sound like it existed. And, you’ve unfortunately confirmed that in your comments.

I think there are a lot of tech savvy buyers who would love this type of convenience.

]]> By: josh http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/property-management/searching-for-real-estate-made-easy-geo-fences-plus-mobile-phones-1030410/#comment-2033 josh Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:25 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=3268#comment-2033 Chris - Very excited to read this. Xtify is commercially available to do this today. www.xtify.com. The Xtify SDK will allow any service provider to geo-fence any neigborhood (or individual property) and build triggers for sending notifications. We are not a Real Estate service, but you or your readers can build one with our SDK. I would expect that we will soon see services like this from Zillow and others that have developed robust mobile applications. I'll reach out to show you a demo. Chris –
Very excited to read this. Xtify is commercially available to do this today. http://www.xtify.com.
The Xtify SDK will allow any service provider to geo-fence any neigborhood (or individual property) and build triggers for sending notifications. We are not a Real Estate service, but you or your readers can build one with our SDK. I would expect that we will soon see services like this from Zillow and others that have developed robust mobile applications.

I’ll reach out to show you a demo.

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