Maureen Francis

Writer for national real estate opinion column AgentGenius.com, focusing on the improvement of the real estate industry by educating peers about technology, real estate legislation, ethics, practices and brokerage with the end result being that consumers have a better experience.
Business Marketing

Is Trulia Getting Right What Realtor.com is Getting WRONG?

Trulia Announced... Last night Trulia launched Trulia Pro. Rudy, Trulia's Social Media Guru, sent me an email an hour or so before it went...
Opinion Editorials

Evil, RUDE Paid Search Telemarketers

original photo courtesy of casey lee Why oh why do all of the telemarketers who call me on my cell phone HANG UP ON ME...
Opinion Editorials

LinkedIn is Becoming My Little Black Book

Not long ago, I wrote a post here on Agent Genius about the social networking sites that are actually producing income for me. ...
Opinion Editorials

The Problem With Real Estate Blogging

I have one big problem with real estate blogging:  I can't blog about the most interesting things that happen in the course of my...
Economic News

Zortgages From the Big Z

Zillow debuts Zillow made it's entry into the Zortgage sphere this week with a new tool to provide a more transparent mortgage loan search process...
Product Review

I’ll Never Be Lost Again

My favorite new real estate technology tool of 2008 is my brand new portable Magellan Maestro 3225 GPS unit. I'm probably a...
Business Marketing

Match the Website With the Paycheck

Show Me The Money In the comments of a recent post right here on Agent Genius, I inquired about another Realtor's success in developing his...
Opinion Editorials

Poll: The Most Ubiquitous Real Estate Blogger

In honor of leap day, I've created a special little poll that the first 100 of you are welcome to answer. As I...