Real Estate Confronts the eConsumer Author:Stefan Swanepoel The Internet has already significantly changed the way we live and work, what we read, even how we communicate. Only a decade ago, the Internet was simply a resource for academia and governments, yet today, the Internet is a dynamic, interactive medium, accessible by anyone with a computer and modem. While real estate professionals have tradi... more »tionally been the gatekeepers of information, the role in the New Economy seems to be changing to that of analyst, interpreter and counselor of the information. In 1999 we researched about 1,000 companies in the real estate industry that have an online initiative. From this group the Top 75 were selected as those with the most promise and potential over next 5-10 years to have an impact or to change the real estate industry.« less