Wow what a great bunch of people fun, innovative and a lot of the people that will lead the charge out of this mess. Here are some interesting folks !

Ribbit Mobile @ www. ribbit.com

Docusign Sign papers digitally ! www.docusign.com

I am packing to head out to Real Estate Connect 2009 in San Francisco. This should be a good show with interesting speakers and exhibits the focus is very similar to mine

Innovation. Change. New Ideas.

Embrace Them at Real Estate Connect San Francisco.

I have been preaching this since Real Invest was conceived, so I am either not the only nut or we are all on the right track.

Ok I know this site is about real estate, but at this stage in the game I think almost all real estate has to start thinking a bit green, a friend sent this Reuters article across my desk earlier today. I sure think it is worth a read.

The article is a recap of H.R.2454 and how it's provisions could profoundly effect the real estate markets. After reading it and reading more, I have to think that "greening" up existing buildings and building new ones with sustainable principals we have to be better off and the investors in the long run will have nothing but an upside, with lower operating costs, higher occupancy rates, and public perception.

I know I want to work in a cool new building that helps the earth and won't kill me. I am now going to go find out how innovation, green and sustainable practices can help us real estate folks make a better go of it.

As the markets and lenders are worried about the coming wave of defaults and refi troubles in the commercial markets, it appears with falling prices and historically low lending rates, the residential markets actually heating up, while not a bad thing, I would really like to see the prices stop falling.

At this point you can not buy the dirt, lumber and nails for what you can buy a finished property for. People the sky is not falling ! Let's try confidence, we can fix this.