theFrontSteps – San Francisco

Having just spent 4:45 of our lives watching this entire spiel about “while the Zestimate’s fun to kind of get an idea…”, it’s really not accurate so don’t waste your time, we’re left with a few thoughts. 1. Sara is cute 2. Sara’s lip gloss sparkles 3. Sara’s hair shines, but how would it look [...]

To the untrained eye it might look as if our lovely city by the bay has the Chickenpox. Alas! ‘Tis not the case. It’s just Google getting into the game of real estate, and leave it up to them to do it right (maps.google.com/realestate). [Note: These below maps are embedded on this site and you [...]

We’ve taken the plunge into the land of real estate apps for the iPhone, and (for San Francisco) are still waiting for nirvana. We’ve had the Trulia App for a while, and although it is nice with all kinds of bells and whistles, there is enough inaccuracy (the Open House info has yet to be [...]

A reader kindly forwarded us to a “new” website called, Neighborcity and we gotta say, aren’t Trulia, and Zillow enough? We didn’t see anything on this site worth discussing that isn’t already found elsewhere. To us, this site is a complete waste of time. Focus your time on Trulia, Zillow (if you must to get [...]

Real Estate technology is absolutely booming (judging by the daily emails we get pitching new products), and every so often we come across something clever enough to post and share with you. This application (website) is definitely not something that is going to change the world of real estate (we’ve been known to be wrong), [...]

It seems we’re on the receiving end of quite a few press releases these days. Some get shuffled to the trash, and others sit in the inbox with a little red tag screaming “post idea!” and eventually make it to the pages of theFrontSteps for a little promo. If you haven’t seen this site (SeeClickFix.com) [...]

What’s that Beastie Boys lyric? Something like “Technology is wizardry, what you got is…” Anyway….we now have more real estate technology and listing search capability thanks to Roost.com, which apparently just launched its San Francisco listings. Looks to us like they partnered with Zephyr Real Estate to get those listings (smart on Zephyr’s part), and [...]

Testing out my new freedom! Or not.

We’re constantly on the lookout for new companies/technologies that might alter the scope of the current real estate system and this latest press release we received from N-Play might have something to offer. The concept is simple, agents get listings and add the “N-Play” button to the online listing, buyers make offers on properties by [...]

We’re constantly introduced to new technology to help the home buyer, hinder the real estate agent, and put money in the pockets of the company behind the technology. So, we’re doing our part and bringing it to you. Introducing, HomePredict.com. The concept is pretty simple (we think), where they crunch current data, take your predictions, [...]