The Future of GPS Technology in the Real Estate World

There are sites now starting to pop-up where you can download your own Points of Interest (POI’s) into your GPS unit. 

Realtors could load up a GPS with specific POI’s for clients and ultimately make them available through a website where they can just download them into their own GPS.

They are also starting to come out with beta software to do GPS tours…when you drive by a POI, it starts an MP3 with info on that POI…so think about call signs IVR being replaced by a GPS recording.  What I see in the future is that every real estate listing has a POI you can download from the internet into your GPS…advertising/information is also downloaded on a voice file with that POI.

Go to these sites to read more: http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader
Custom POI sites:  http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/POISource/
There are more links there that can be clicked upon.

Have You Googled Yourself Lately?

I have just returned from an advanced technology conference. One of the first of its kind in Atlanta for real estate professionals. It was called RETechSouth and was designed for leading Real Estate professionals and teams, like the RKiHomes Team, that understand the impact that technology is having on the Real Estate world. Our goal is to leverage technology and bring it to our clients wherever possible to assist them in buying or selling a home. As a result, we want to surround ourselves with leading experts that have their pulse on the impact of technology in the Real Estate world.

We learned some great stuff from pioneers and industry leaders like Jonathan Washburn and Bob Stewart from ActiveRain, Mary McKnight from RSS Pieces, Rudy Bachraty from Trulia, Kevin Boer from 3Oceansrealestate.com, Pat Kitano from Transparent RE.com, Dustin Luther from 4realz.net and Jason Benesch from Real Estate Tomato.

I was particularly facinated to learn that one of the criteria to be hired by “Google” is that if your name is typed into a Google search and nothing comes up, you don’t get the job! But it doesn’t stop there. Google is now actively used by college admissions offices when evaluating student applications and even on the dating scene to do “a little research” prior to that dinner date…I guess there is no such thing as a “blind date” any more!

A My Space or Facebook page can tell an employer, a college recruiter, and yes, even a Realtor, a great deal about you, your personality, and the friends you hang out with. So, if you haven’t done so lately, “Google Yourself” to find out more about your “on-line image”! Not impressed with what you see? It is time to build your on-line resume, just as you used to work toward building an impressive paper resume!