Metro Brokers Ken Turnbull thrilled with enthusiastic crowd and vision at Inman Connect

by: Mark.Eibner - View Profile on 2008-08-18 @ 1.22:22 pm Leave a comment »

MetroBrokersTV: Hey, we are at Inman Real Estate Connect at San Francisco in 2008. I am with Ken Turnbull and Ken, you are with Metro Brokers?

Ken Turnbull: Yes, I am with Metro Brokers DTC...

MetroBrokersTV: And that is...

Ken Turnbull: In Denver, Colorado.

MetroBrokersTV: In Denver, Colorado, great. So, Ken, what... tell me what you were looking for when you came out at Inman. This is your first time here?

Ken Turnbull: Yes, it is. Well, my specialty is working out land and water rights, mainly in Douglas County, but I wanted to come out here to find out about the technology and to see what is the state of the real estate industry. In general, I feel the real estate industry has been behind in technology and this Inman conference is the forefront.

MetroBrokersTV: Yeah, I think Inman really, this is really the root[Phonetic] of where everything starts as far as changing people. It takes a year or two before it ever floats down river.

Ken Turnbull: Well, for example, my background is in geospatial aerospace. I worked at both DigitalGlobe that is supplying the imagery for Google and then I worked at SpaceImaging and they are supplying the imagery for Virtual Earth. I attended the Virtual Earth seminar today. They have stuff coming out. It is not really public yet, but it is blowing me away. It changes the way people do business. Can you imagine bringing up a website that has a map and now as you start going through your content, the map stays up. Now, you can start picking on schools, you can start picking on selecting different types of real estate property and the map is there. So, now, instead of being a big idea of a or a text description of a legal description, you got a map, an image, something that just shows you in an instant pictures worth a thousand words.

MetroBrokersTV: It is like seeing the futuristic things that some of the vendors are showing off here.

Ken Turnbull: I just see it continuing as well. The enthusiasm here also, that really surprised me. The people here are enthusiastic. They see it coming. I plan to come back next year.

MetroBrokersTV: Right. Ken, well, we appreciate you sharing your thoughts and opinions. Thank you.