Comments on: None of You Ever Have to Open Another Math Book Again for the Rest of Your Lives

By: Isa Blue

Isa Blue — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:21:32 +0000

Seems the combinationof Google and Craigslist makes it easy for sellers to sell and market their homes without agents. Isn’t that really Redfin’s goal?

By: Alex Lodd

Alex Lodd — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:19:49 +0000

Roberta, housingmaps.com isn’t affiliated with Google at all. They use Google’s map API to visually map all the listings in Craigslist. Check out the top-right corner of the site.

By: Roberta Smith

Roberta Smith — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:14:39 +0000

What is Google's housing maps all about? http://www.housingmaps.com/

By: Alex Lodd

Alex Lodd — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:13:40 +0000

A personal favorite: Model friend relationships in a database and compute the distance between two people based on each of their friendships. Design the schema, write the code, and define the running time.

Google links to other real estate websites… they don’t sell houses… Seems to me that they would help Redfin?

By: Robin Dana

Robin Dana — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:32:09 +0000

It looks like Google is coming out with a Real Estate search portal. It seems Google’s huge market presence will make it very difficult to compete with.

By: David Smith

David Smith — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:22:29 +0000

Isn't Google about to put all the internet real estate companies out of business? http://www.google.com/base/search?hl=en&gl=us&a_n0=housing&a_y0=9&a_o0=0&a_v1=seattle

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:12:43 +0000

Ask them:

Why is local excise tax on the sale of a home still charged when it was initially a “temporary” tax conjured up by our finest in Olympia?