100 most influential real estate leaders - Inman.com (subscription)- Topic: BuildingWebsiteNews

I may be proven wrong on this one, but it is my considered opinion that when people go shopping for a home on the Internet, they go to a search engine, not to a social networking site. I can't lose the thought that "simple works best," and I can't help but think of the hundreds of thousands of home shoppers who aren't hip, aren't Facebook, and are just getting to where they trust the internet. Inman News has compiled a list of the 100 most influential people in real estate in 2007, reflecting the industry's best and brightest, as well as outside figures whose actions influence the home buying and selling business. The people in this category have made contributions and continue to lead in this segment, either with an online business platform or a technology system that's changed the way industry professionals conduct business. This category also includes the academics who research important real estate issues, as well as advocates who've fought for real estate causes, for better or worse. Some are chief executives from a few of the largest financial services companies in the world, while others are pioneering technologists who've made their mark on the mortgage business. read more

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