My name is Magnus Svantegård (LinkedIn), live in Sweden, and is the Product Manager for Datscha and Partner in Stronghold Invest. I believe in smart use of Internet in the Real Estate industry.
Starboard TCN, a real estate firm in San Francisco, has started to promote their 'hot properties' using Podcast! You find the podcasts here. They also have a blog about the local SF market.
More info about Podcast could be found at Wikipedia.
The last week I've been working from the island Bequia in the Caribbeans.
Sure beats the Stockholm office!
Brought my laptop, conntected it to a WiFi network and I'm able to reach all the digtal material, technical environments, emails and everything else. Add to that the Skype services and it easy to be effecient on the road.
Talking about telecommuting, here is the reason why it is not taking off;
''In an era when so much of our communication is electronic, the value of a face-to-face meeting has actually intensified, since the phone and e-mail have become routine while a meeting reflects the importance of the person or topic.''
According to a study presented in the Pikenet Dispatch (17th januari 2006) found here.
More pictures from the stay in Bequia?
See me and my wife's site (in Swedish).
Magnus (The Believer)