DJ Waldow is a homeowner and first time home seller from Durham, North Carolina who is selling his home at 11 Linganore Place, Durham NC 27707 by using Twitter and Trulia.com……
Here’s the back story:
I met DJ on Twitter back in February……
DJWaldow sent me a tweet on Twitter telling me that he found his real estate agent on Trulia Voices.
We later talked on the phone where I learned more about his story…..
DJ searched Google for real estate agents and saw Trulia for the 1st time. He liked the look of the site, did some searches and set up some alerts. He asked 4 questions on Trulia Voices, our real estate Q&A community and one local realtor, Michael Colvin, answered 3 of them promptly and professionally – without the hard sell. DJ told me he liked the way the agent presented himself. This was what helped him make his decision when choosing his real estate agent. He emailed him through the agents profile. They set up a face to face meeting and hit it off.
He is also using Trulia to do his search for their new home in Salt Lake City.
Thus far, DJ has been using all his resources to help find a home buyer for his home. Local and mainstream media have also picked up the story as can be seen on MSNBC below:
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DJ also shared his story on his Trulia Blog.
It’s been an amazing social media consumer experience thus far. DJ has leveraged today’s web 2.0 technology tools, Trulia’s real estate community and Twitter’s social networking platform and community to help him find his real estate agent and to spread the word about his home for sale. Let’s hope that a happy home buyer will find DJ’s home soon.
It’s been an absolute pleasure for Trulia to help DJ and his agent Michael get exposure for the home. Thank you!
Update: 4/5/09
DJ Waldow has an offer on his home!…..details to follow….
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April 3rd, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Anyone with an In-n-Out sticker on a Mac deserves to have their home sold!
April 4th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Leave it to Jay to sum up the entire story with one astute observation!
Make mine a DOUBLE double-double, please!
(Spoken like an East Coaster who desperately misses his In-n-Out fix)
April 4th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Great story, be even better if @andersoncooper did a story about it as well. Nothing like going FSBO and getting national media attention.
By the way, I once at 3 Double-Doubles with fries when I was in college. Can anyone top that?
April 4th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Great story - but also a great reminder that Trulia has an incredible social media presence. How many companies out there miss stories like this on a daily basis because they are not monitoring online communities and discussions?
April 4th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Very cool, great story… I think we will see more of this. At least I hope so.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
It’s a great story. I hope to get a seller or buyer through my answers on Trulia’s Voices. It’s a unique feature and I love it. Hope you write more stories like this Rudy.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I will “announce” this on Twitter later today, but am excited to report that we received (and accepted) an offer on the house last night. I do not *think* it was twitter-related, but hey…the ultimate goal was to sell, right?
Still working on getting on one/all of the following shows:
Ellen
Good Morning America
The Today Show
Can anyone make it happen? Maybe I need to offer a $250 incentive. Ha ha.
dj
@djwaldow
p.s. LOVE LOVE LOVE that all the comments on this blog post are about the best burger joint in the world - In ‘N Out Burger. Personally, I’m a double double cheese animal style guy. The only way to go. Also fired up to report that my new city in July - Salt Lake City - will be opening up a store there: http://www.jeremyhanks.com/2009/02/12/ive-lived-about-12500-days-greatest-one-today/
April 6th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Any reason why my gravatar is not a pic of me? Hmmmmm
dj
@djwaldow
April 6th, 2009 at 9:49 am
@Jay @Mike - In-N-Out is so good……I’ll take a double double as well
@Mark - Thanks! DJ has a real estate agent which he found on Trulia Voices - he’s not going FSBO…..
@Tina - Thanks so much…..More great stories to come….Being active in Social Media has many benefits…..connecting with those who have Trulia success stories is one of them…..
@Missy - I hope to see more of this…..It makes what we all do “Real”….
@Adina - Keep at it….I’m sure you’ll make that connection sooner rather than later
@DJ - Congrats on accepting the offer…..and congrats to your real estate agent Michael Colvin for doing an excellent job….I’ll keep you posted on the “Ellen” front
But in the mean time, having a successful closing is first and foremost. Good luck finding an agent to help you find your next home in Salt Lake City…Did you try our new Directory search?
http://www.trulia.com/voices/directory/
Having a local agent help you, especially since your relocating from out of state can be a huge help in finding your dream home and neighborhood….
PS. Not sure about the avatar as I see your correct one on the back end…..Try this - go to http://en.gravatar.com/ and add your image and the email you use in comments and it should work then…….
April 6th, 2009 at 11:21 am
@Rudy - I’m using Gravatar. Working on all other sites. Not sure what’s up with this one. Odd, huh?
dj