Inman News

• Why bitcoin will move out of the gray zone and be embraced by more big names

  Last year was a great year for bitcoin, with the digital currency going from a “fringe, techie libertarian” thing to “more of a mainstream technology,” says Alan Silbert, founder of BitPremier, a “bitcoin luxury marketplace” for goods and services including ...

• Paperless is great, but let’s face it: Brokers get more out of it than their clients

  The terms “paperless” and the “paperless agent” get thrown around a lot in real estate. As buzzwords, they’re right up there with “mobile.” We get a little closer to actually being “paperless” each year, but there is still plenty of ...

• Real estate’s spring buying season fails to launch

  Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have lowered their forecasts for home sales this year, citing low inventory and the affordability crunch that shortage of homes has spurred. After relatively weak home sales in the first two months of ...

• How to create an editorial calendar for your content marketing: Google Drive or Trello

  If you’re anything like me, you are always looking for an easier way to stay organized with your content marketing plans. For the longest time, I used an Excel-style spreadsheet in Google Drive with different tabs for my editorial calendar, which included ideas, keyword focus, published content and the weekly task list. It was really effective for us ...

• Neighborhood information like sex offender, school and crime data will fuel residential segregation

  John Walko, a father of two who recently moved from Scranton, Pa., to a single-family rental in Charlotte, N.C., began his home search by filtering listings online based on location, price and photos -- the fun stuff. But as he continued to browse sites like Zillow and Trulia, he soon found himself digging through listings based on additional information: crime and school data. “I wouldn’t have really thought of it too much,” he said of the crime maps and school data he discovered on the sites. “But now it stands out. Now you go, ‘Oh, I got to look at this, make sure it’s a safe community for my family.’ ” ...

• Homes are going fastest in the San Francisco Bay Area

  Homes in the San Francisco Bay Area are moving faster than anywhere else in the country, according to a new inventory market report from Trulia. For markets across the U.S., Trulia calculated the share of homes for sale in its ...