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Real Estate Wiki

4 February 2008 by Stefan Swanepoel 208 views 10 Comments
Real Estate Wiki

New real estate wiki for real estate industry is launched. 

History of wikis in real estate
BiggerPockets (launched in 2006) claims to be the first real estate wiki but it unfortunately closed down in May 2007 due to lack of sufficient content.  Introduced shortly therafter, and still going strong, is InmanWiki (part of InmanNews, InmanTV and InmanBlog).  

Origins of wikisWikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki. It was started by Ward Cunningham in 1994 and was based on the name of the Honolulu International Airport shuttle called “Wiki-Wiki” … in Hawaiian that means “fast.” In the early 2000s wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software. Common uses included project communication, intranets and documentation; initially for technical users. In March 2007 the word wiki was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. 

New Real Estate WikiA group of us however decided that we would like to create a freestanding real estate wiki for the industry similar to Wikipedia.  Well, after months of writing and research, data gathering and editing, we launched a beta version of Real Estate Wiki two weeks ago – all 7,000 pages of it. We even wrote some 3,500 definitions and abbreviations specific to real estate (see tab at top of RealBlogging).We fully understand that to create a really awesome, comprehensive, national real estate wiki will be a constant work in progress and will need the involvement a group of many more dedicated real estate professionals.  

For that reason I would like to personally invite all co-bloggers, avid blog readers and technology lovers to go have a look at Real Estate Wiki and become actively involved. Haven’t we all at some stage been searching for some information about an association, the meaning of an acronym, the contact details for a technology vendor, an event in real estate history, an address, and the like?  Well, now we all have a central place where we can find that information or add it for others to use in the future.  

Working together Let’s collectively grow it into an unbelievable wiki that the real estate industry can be proud of and that everyone can use. Help improve existing entries and share your knowledge and expertise by posting your own entries.  

We look forward to your contributions on Real Estate Wiki.

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10 Comments »

  • John T said:

    Fantastic. Thanks Stefan. I will check it out.

    # 5 February 2008 at 9:53 am
  • derherold said:

    Greeting from germany !

    Again: Great work !

    # 5 February 2008 at 2:33 pm
  • KA said:

    See discussion going on about wiki at http://news.myspace.com/business/realestate/item/13668255

    # 7 February 2008 at 10:54 am
  • Anonymous said:

    a wiki for real estate

    # 8 February 2008 at 2:57 am
  • Anonymous said:

    Good job.

    # 8 February 2008 at 2:57 am
  • Atlanta Midtown Townhomes said:

    Wow, what a great resource! I’ve bookmarked it.

    # 8 February 2008 at 12:39 pm
  • MySquareFeet said:

    We started a blog on commercial real estate topics designed to help small business owners and newbie real estate agents navigate the complex world of commercial real estate leasing. The blog http://blog.mysquarefeet.com explains and discusses topics such as: “Operating Expense Escalations”, “How office space is measured” and other lease clauses that can make or break a small business owner when they sign their lease. Small business owners who only enter the market to lease space every few years are no match for real estate professionals and landlords who are negotiating leases every day. MySquareFeet helps level the playing field.

    # 2 May 2008 at 7:47 am
  • Colleen Sheridan said:

    Our blog http://blog.mysquarefeet.com explains the world of commercial real estate leasing and gives tips and strategies to small business owners about finding, leasing and living in office space.

    # 2 May 2008 at 7:49 am
  • JP said:

    A wikipedia for real estate. What an awesome idea. Hope this becomes a huge site as there is really so much you can cover and provide real estate answers to questions, real estate information, definitions, terms, etc. Also you should conside adding mortgage terms, financing, foreclosures, etc. Real estate is really endless. Good luck. JP.

    # 20 May 2008 at 10:55 am
  • real estate paris said:

    hey

    Really nice tips!

    will try to keep it in my mind

    thanks!

    # 15 July 2008 at 9:08 am

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