Many of you have asked us in the past:
“So when I get my commission refund in form of a check after the closing, am I taxed on this as income?”
The Answer: No, you are not.  Commission refunds given from CondoDomain.com to you are not considered taxable income.
While we are pretty good at math and very good at giving our customers back big checks at closing…we are not accountants and don’t mean to give any tax advise.  Please read below on a favorable ruling from the IRS in which …

CondoDomain.com takes second place in the 2008 Real Estate Pacesetters contest which ran last week highlighting the best of the best in real estate and technology, web 2.0 and innovative real estate companies.  See the results here
Obeo took the gold in first place.
CondoDomain.com took silver
Roost.com took the bronze
Thank you all for you support and your votes.  This was a fun event and we were estatic to just make it to the final…forget about winning a silver medal!  See you guys all next year….and Stearns…your going down! 

We are a finalist in the Real Estate Pacesetter 2008 put on by Inman News and their Real Estate Olympics for most innovative, web 2.0 real estate company.
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“This week, till Friday 6PM Pacific, the Trends Community Blog will accept nominations of Companies that you consider to be one of the industry premier Pacesetters in our industry. Companies that are creating and leading our industry towards change. Then over the coming weekend I will select …

CondoDomain.com appoints Director of Real Estate in efforts to expand their new web-based buyers brokerage real estate model nationwide into its 33 pre-existing markets. Now operating in Boston (since January ‘08) CondoDomain.com is now ready to expand into its 3 year old network across the U.S.
Brian-Logan (“B-L”) will lead these efforts as the Director of Real Estate. He will oversee the initiation and launch of satellite offices across the country for CondoDomain.com. Working alongside CEO Tony Longo, B-L is responsible for recruiting and managing all new brokers nationwide …

We are calling all Dallas condo developers and marketing firms to send in their Dallas condo development information to us.  As you know we are planning on launching CondoDomain Dallas very shortly.  With the site almost complete, the Dallas MLS almost implemented, and content published, we are so excited to kick off our 2nd city.
CondoDomain Dallas has been opened for just under 2 years, however, it was an ‘ad based’ portal marketing solely new construction developments in Dallas, TX.  Now CondoDomain.com is a web-based buyers brokerage, still concentrating on urban …

Check out this article released by the Associated Press regarding negotiating a real estate commission from traditional full-service real estate companies. Now most of this article really compares the “Sell Side” of the business and not the “Buy Side” where many innovative companies have really come in to shake up the industry such as – umm Zip Realty, Redfin, Iggy’s House, BlueRoof & umm us (CondoDomain.com).
Don’t be shy about haggling over what you pay your real estate agent. A study released Monday by Consumer Reports …