[ Sokol] Sokol Minnesota is celebrating 125 years of service to the Czech-Slovak community. Sokol served Czech-Slovak immigrants who settled here more than 100 years ago. They started as a kind of insurance agency where they pooled their resources to help each other during hard times. Members of Sokol Minnesota have gathered in St

Real Estate Barcamp Houston is slated to take place on October 22, 2008 at the Shenandoah Convention Meeeting facility just north of Houston, adjacent to The Woodlands, Texas. A Barcamp is a technology and business event sometimes referred to as an “unconference”. Unlike traditional conferences, the event sessions are planned the morning of

TweetLater lets you schedule future posts to twitter.  Kinda defeats the spontaneity of the site but I guess it can serve a purpose.  Use it as a reminder to yourself or someone else. TweetLater has a neat “Auto welcome” setting which sends your preselected message (public or private) to new followers.  (Everyone appreciates a “thank you”

I wrote about green roofs on buildings  a few weeks ago, but here is an article from the Wall Street Journal further outlining why they make good economic sense and cents for cities. Chicago is doing this and wants to expand the program. Here is what they say: City officials in Chicago now estimate that their green roof saves the city about $3,

I read a post on Copyblogger today entitled What Not to Wear which prompted this repost from the archives. If you can’t use a professional to take your listing photographs, avoid these visual mistakes. The photographs below were chosen to emphasize errors. [ car-in-driveway.jpg] 1. Exterior photo with distracting elements

[ Bargains_4] The 700 billion dollar bail out bill passed on Friday, except it is called a financial rescue package. I don't think it is going to have any immediate impact on our local economy. It has been harder for home buyers to get mortgages this year than it was last year and I don't see that changing because of the passage of the bill

Anyvite lets you send customized email invitations. Invitations are easy to create. Add a description of the event, photos, video, wallpaper, maps and directions. Email them to individuals or any groups you create. You can even send out an open invitation via a public URL. Post to Facebook, Myspace, digg, delicious, and Stumbleupon

[ mls li tech fair 2008] I’ve been invited to speak at the MLS of Long Island 7th Annual Tech Fair Tuesday October 7, 2008 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, Long Island.  The panel is Blogging: The Value to Your Business.  If you attend, come by and say hello. Technorati Tags: MLSLI techfair, blogging, real estate marketing,

The downtown Denver Partnership is hosting a housing event, Center Yourself, with a long list of condo developers and new rental communities — find out the haps in the downtown housing market!  The event is this Thursday, October 9th, 2008 in the Grand Ballroom at the Oxford Hotel (1600 17th Ave.) from 5-7 PM. [