They are a start up nationwide brokerage that is technology based, and they are amazing to their agents!

Steering folks to websites impresses us but I'm not sure if property owners all are that moved by technology driven marketing.

Add seven years for history's sake, and one might erroneously assume we are coming out of the "down cycle. " Then, lets add for a few additional culprits: easy money (our old pal), over development (another old pal), consumer confidence, global markets, technology, emerging markets, government regulation, consumer paradigm shifts, unemployment, aging infrastructures, and political paralysis, to name a few; and we can easily argue for 8, 9, 10 years of down cycle.

I would be happy to give you his contact info if you choose - email me directly.He is in So Cal but with technology of today (phone/fax/email/etc), it should not be a problem.

To further complicate things I am looking to move to Tucson in the very near future, but for now let's just stick to Maryland.I manage technology projects as a DoD contractor by day, and by night I spend most of my time trying to build up enough income to be able to leave my cubicle some day.

Have about 250K  to deploy in an alternative asset class, preferably one that inst correlated with the stock market.Work full time as an finance executive in a technology company.  

Contractors beware, these are not easy, these are not simple projects and they are tough, but, the good guys they have a system, they have the proper technology and communication in place to deliver.  

Old Florida has done well by me.They're a little behind on technology (no smartphone app), but the rates and approval mechanism have tended to be rather good.And there's a branch on OBT in Apopka.

It's difficult to imagine an app or a website replacing agents for the vast majority of buyers and sellers.No doubt that technology is changing the role of real estate agents.

Because of the new hype about technology, nobody really does face to face business anymore and those that do are killing the game.