My talked was titled, ‘Neighbourhood Experts: not just Realtors ® any more’ and focused on how Realtors could help home buyers find more information about neighbourhoods; specifically in the days of iPhones and mobile search. The main part of the discussion focused on the Realtor being the ’source of the source’ (that line was suggeseted by one of the participants). Instead of just telling people where the best coffee shops, parks, etc are in the neighbourhood they can tell people where to go and find the information. Site like, of course, HomeZilla, Yelp, The Fraser INstitute for Ontario, etc.

It was great to meetup with some long time Twitters like: @oakvillerealtor (who is WAY taller than expected), @HeyAddy and @RichardWontorra . It was also good to catch up with some of the usual suspects like: @GeorgeONeill, and @chrisnewell, and BuzzBuzzHome .

Overall, the biggest surprise at #rebcto was the level of openness by Realtors. People were completely honest with the problems they had with social media. The result was fantastic as many people share their stories of success and failure which allowed everyone to learn a lot.

I can’t wait for the next Toronto RE BarCamp…

Here is a screen shot our the Halifax Real Estate TweetLens where you can see the map of the tweets as well as a list of tweets below.

Halifax Real Estate TweetLens

Here are a few possible uses for our TweetLens:

• Get real time real estate knowledge
• Find ‘techie’ realtors in a city
• Look for new listings

What other ways are you using the site?

Canadian real estate agents are coming aboard Twitter in droves and HomeZilla has been trying to track them all down to help us stay on top of the real estate game in Canada. So, we are going to create and maintain a list of Canadian real estate agents on Twitter. Currenly, there are 73 75 77 80 91 agents from across Canada on the list.

Please spread the word to help build this list of Canada real estate agents on Twitter.

1. Amie Trinder @RealtorAmie
2. Matt Richling @MattRichling
3. Cori Endrody @Cori_the_Agent
4. Charlie Cannizzaro @HamiltonLiving
5. Matthew Collinge @604homesguy
6. Amie Trinder @RealtorAmie
7. Matt Richling @MattRichling
8. Cori Endrody @Cori_the_Agent
9. Charlie Cannizzaro @HamiltonLiving
10. Matthew Collinge @604homesguy
11. EdmontonRealEstate @johncarle
12. Sara MacLennan @edmontonblogger
13. Eldean J. Dickenson @EJDickenson
14. Bo Kauffmann @bokauffmann
15. KenLeBlanc @KenLeBlanc
16. MonctonHomeTours @MonctonTours
17. Audrey Colantonio @ignitehsr
18. Jay Kowal @jaycola
19. Dave at ChomzTV.com @DaveChomitz
20. NickKaradza @NickKaradza
21. Sarah Speer @SarahSellsHomes
22. Tina Mak @tinamak
23. Toronto Real Estate @PageandPercival
24. Lisa Roth Collins @torontosuburbs
25. Paul Sidhu @MortgageToronto
26. Toronto Real Estate @HeyAddy
27. Georgetown Realtor @CallDerek
28. richardsilver @richardsilver
29. brianbevington @brianbevington
30. Joy Paterson @JoyRealEstate
31. Shaun Nilsson @ShaunnySales
32. Vanessa Calko @vanessacalko
33. Shirley @ShirleyPorter
34. RE/MAX @REMAXCanada
35. Sam Soukas @AgentSam
36. Tim Ayres @TimAyres
37. Suzanne Helmke @suzanneC21
38. Charles Isherwood @ChuckIsherwood
39. Fred Carver @victoriarealtor
40. Sean Farrell @FarrellTeam
41. Mike Leibel @calgarymike
42. Richard Greaves @SoldbyRichard
43. Justin Havre @JustinHavre
44. Mark Fidgett @MortgageMark
45. Paul Liberatore- TRG @PaulLiberatore
46. Trisha Bongers @RealtyNuance
47. Kathy Stilwell @KathyStilwell
48. Ian Watt @IanWatt
49. Bill Jones @c21Bill
50. joelives @joelives
51. Century 21 Colonial @C21Colonial
52. Lainie Rideout @lainie13
53. R. Greg Osmond @rgosmond
54. Michael Landers @mhlanders
55. sheldonpearce @sheldonpearce
56. Real Estate @housing_agent
57. lola doucet @loladoucet
58. Chris J Dickson @halibu
59. Andrew Perkins @HalifaxREguy
60. wesellhalifax @wesellhalifax
61. Blair Smith @realtorblair
62. Charlie Cannizzaro @HomesBurlington
63. Sarah Dares Halifax @HalifaxRealtor
64. UniqueHomeSites @uniquehomesites
65. George W. Jordan @peibossman
66. Paul Viau @prviau
67. Mike Shanks @mikepgww
68. Fran_and_Rowena @Fran_and_Rowena
69. Dennis Cha @RealtorCha
70. Paulette Upshall @pupshall
71. Sean Aske @askerealestate
72. Tony White @HalifaxHomeTeam
73. vikchaudhary @vikchaudhary
74. Rob Viccars @RobViccars
75. Sutton Group @SuttonGroup
76. Erica Baumgart @realtor_erica
77. Gail Reeves @gareeves
78. Margaret Joyce @MargJoyce
79. Tara D’Oliveira @taradoliveira
80. Andrew Perkins @halifaxREguy
81. Randy Book @randybook
82. Linda Book @lindabook
83. Carl Minicucci @VaughanAgent
84. Jim Marshall @jimmarshall
85. Joseph DeLeo @JosephDeLeo
86. Andrew Perkins @halifaxREguy
87. Joel Ives @joelives
88. Cam Foster @Condoman
89. Alex Rundle @alexrundle
90. PEI PropertyGuys @PEIPropertyGuys
91. Dawn Elliott @dawnelliott1
92. Paul Indrigo @loftsellers
93. Justin Havre @JustinHavre
94. Chris Newell @chrisnewell
95. Neil McGuinness @adventvancouver
96. We Sell Halifax @wesellhalifax
97. Chris Cochrane @SecretAgent00
98. Cathy + Tanya Rocca @RealEstateRocca
99. James Killoran @jameskilloran
100. Sean Brawley @SeanBrawley
101. RE/MAX Ontario and Atlantic Canada @remaxoa
102. Red Door Realty@RedDoorRealty

If you wanted to be added to this list, just leave a comment and you will be added.