Jim Griffin's Blog

  This has been a very busy month for HouseLens – we're starting the year going full throttle! Here are a couple of updates you might be interested in.   We've grown our sales staff to help meet the demand in our new markets, Charlotte and Tampa, and we're looking to launch several more markets i...

  While video marketing for real estate listings is a relatively new thing, it's already making a major impact. Our clients – agents who hire us to create walk-through video house tours of their listings – are telling us that video gives them a major competitive edge. They talk about listings sel...

  Each month, I profile a HouseLens market as part of my Market Closeup series. I think of these posts as a fun chance to show you what's great about the cities where we do business. Click here for a list of the other posts in this series.   The last three months, I've been profiling our newest m...

  A few weeks ago, I posted a HouseLens year-in-review that mentioned the Nashville-based charity Sophia's Heart. With the new year ahead of us, I thought this might be a great opportunity to highlight the work they do. I'm sure many of you do some kind of community service, either by giving fina...

  The new year is here, which means it's time for – you guessed it – new year's resolutions!   Did you know that this practice dates back thousands of years? Ancient cultures often held oath-taking ceremonies (pledges of loyalty to rulers or promises to fulfill certain duties) as part of traditio...