While sitting at the grand foyer at the Palace Hotel killing some time waiting to go to the airport, I seized the moment and recorded my first video-interview.
Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy and Drew Myers from Zillow.com giving feedback on Inman Connect.

So what did you like best about Inman Connect?
If you’re new […]

The Best Comment Policy:
One of the many reasons why I attended Inman Connect is to stay informed and keep abreast with the latest industry issues, social media, the transformation of the real estate business.  During Bloggers Connect first day’s session I realized that it was time to lay out the ground rules on my blog, the […]

The last couple of weeks have been crazy busy for me and i did not have much time to post.
Now I am ready to turn off the computer and will be heading out to San Francisco shortly.
This will be a first for me and I am looking very much forward attending these events. See you […]

My friend John who is my Photography-Sensei seized the opportunity to take snapshots of mother nature’s most spectacular sides in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area - The Monsoon Storms. This slide-show includes some incredible photos of yesterday’s lightning strikes in the valley. This slide show also includes some breath taking pictures of fires started by […]

Phoenix Fabulous 4th of July - Fun and Fireworks
Wow, it almost has already been a year again since I have blogged about where to celebrate Forth of July in the Phoenix Metro area.
Most of the links in last years post point to updated information, however Scottsdale’s Family Barbecue will be celebrated at the […]

Schweiger stands for Quality - not only in Real Estate:
Online reputation management seems to become more and more important in this Web 2.0 world, especially when conducting business on the Internet and connections are intertwining via social media. A good Reputation is the biggest asset any individual or business can have, it takes […]

Bill Austin on Social Media:
Bill Austin presenting Social Media at the third Arizona Real Estate Blogger Network Meetup. This video is approximately 50 minutes long and will give you a general overview of what Social Media is and how to apply it to the Real Estate Business.

Bill Austin on Social Media from phoenixrealestatelive on Vimeo.

For a long time technology embracing REALTORS® belonging to ARMLS were limited in choices to display real estate listings on their websites and blogs. We could either frame the free and rather basic MLS search provided directly by the Arizona Multiple Listing Service, or utilize the only advanced solution provided by Success Web System […]

Leave your Video Comments on Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate
After discovering Twitter.com (perhaps as a result of being bored in a broker licensing class) it was just a natural progression to graduate to Seesmic. At first, I deemed Twitter.com just to be a “fun gadget” and disregarded it. My opinion of that changed rather […]

Bank Owned Homes from El Mirage to Queen Creek:
Recently, I have been home shopping a lot with first time buyers. Just before my trip to Austria I got a foreclosure under contract in Queen Creek where I represent my clients as their buyers agent. My buyers were pretty much under the gun finding a new […]