Propertyqube is a free real estate social community which just launched about two weeks ago. The community site allows homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to share their PropertyLife stories, discuss home improvement projects and connect with and recommend Property Professionals to their trust network. The site allows members to build a network of trusted property resources.
Members of the site can also get answers to property related questions on one of four Conversations Boards, including a dedicated board to Green Living. After looking through the Conversations boards, topics cover the entire real estate lifecycle. Some examples of conversation topics include home improvement return on investment and making your property environmentally friendly.
Here’s a sample homeowner profile.
For real estate professionals, the site is a good way to reach and promote your services to consumers for free. The professional profiles are designed differently from homeowners where agents can host a featured listing, a website link, a blog link along with contact information. Contractors have the ability to host featured projects. Here is a screenshot of an agent profile.
An important feature on the site is the different privacy setting controls. All Real Estate Professionals have public profiles displaying the number of connections in their network by user type (ie. 5 contractors, 2 appraisers, etc) but only those connected to the professional can see the actual individuals they are connected with. For homeowners and renters, each PropertyLife story is public but you must be connected to the individual to see their full profile. Photos also have multiple privacy settings.
A recent entry on their blog indicates that there is new functionality coming soon so it should be interesting to see how their platform morphs over time.
Keith Munsell 
