by omuoto
On a very rainy evening at Mistrals in Redwood Shores, California, a group of us gathered for the first Real Estate 2.1 dinner – a casual event I organized for partners, fellow bloggers and other friends of the company to get together. Among other things, we discussed the real estate business, discussed emerging trends and make some interesting predictions for 2007.
The evening had its share of Freudian slips, the best was probably when Kevin Boer asked yours truly if my digital camera had “Redfin†reduction – a feature many realtors would probably pay for! Here are some of the predictions dinner guests made and their favorite movies (the trivia question for the dinner):
Real Estate Predictions for 2007
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Kevin Boer, 3 Oceans Real Estate Favorite Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Prediction: While Google will buy Zillow, it will not be this year |
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Kevin Laws, Co-founder and COO, Vast.com Favorite Movie: Princess Bride Prediction: Kevin Boer will have a good year |
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Aaron Sperling, Co-founder and CEO, vFlyer Favorite Movie: Stripes Predication: A dozen new real estate sites will spring up giving vFlyer 12 more marketplaces to distribute to! |
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Pat Kitano, Transparent Real Estate Favorite Movie: Any movie by Martin Scorcese Prediction: Everyone at the table will become a real estate pundit |
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Oliver Muoto, Co-founder and VP Bus Dev, vFlyer Favorite Movie: The Matrix Predication: Mashups will become mainstream! |
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Travis Chow, Founder and CEO, Neighboroo Favorite Movie: Shrek Predication: “Real Estate Control Center†dashboards will simplify real estate searches! |
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Pete Flint, Co-founder and CEO, Trulia Favorite Movie: Austin Powers Prediction: Trulia will finally get out of beta! |
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Michael Adelberg, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Google Favorite Movie: Heathers Prediction: More people will use the Internet in 2007 to search for real estate than they did in 2006 (updated) |
Vote on the prediction you think is most likely
Some Clips From Dinner:
 
 
 
 
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Someone made the crack at dinner that all this hype about blogs are just the same crowd publicly talking to one another. If you’re not, please comment! I want to prove this observation wrong!
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