I’ll be headed out to NYC tomorrow to participate at another Inman conference. It should be another great time. I just hope the rain that’s being predicted doesn’t turn to snow.

In the meantime, enjoy my interview with Joel from Inman TV.

I dug into my closet the other day and found my trusty magic 8 ball from when I was in high school. I asked it a few potent questions about the future of the real estate industry over the next year and thought I would post the responses here. Feel free to weigh in on some of the questions or just want me to ask some new ones. I’m sure I’m missing a few great questions. By no means is this scientific…but the magic 8 ball is all powerful, so keep an eye out for some of the predictions.

Q: Will Zillow and Trulia be direct competitors fighting for advertising dollars?
A: Signs point to yes.

Q: Will Realtors find it more important to post their homes to their website than it will be to post it to the MLS?
A: Outlook Good

Q: Will the real estate lead industry change dramatically?
A: Reply Hazy, Try Again

Q: Do you think comments and ratings on home listings will become commonplace?
A: Ask again later

Q: Will Realtors lose potential clients if they do not have maps and cool web 2.0 tools on their website? (Being cool is hip)
A: It is certain

Q: Is the IDX going into the twilight years of it’s life?
A: You may rely on it

Q: Will there be massive consolidation in the Real Estate industry?
A: Outlook Good

Q: Will the beginning of a National MLS be released?
A: It is certain

Q: Do you think Video home tours will begin to replace the virtual tour?
A: Yes, Definitely

Q: Will Realtors spend more time on their computer than in their car?
A: Most Likely

Q: Will more Realtors start to recognize the importance of real estate agent reviews.
A: It is certain

Q: Will brokerages?
A: Outlook Good

Q: Do you think many Web 2.0 companies will fall just like the Web 1.0 companies did previously?
A: Concentrate and ask again (so, I did)
A2: Better not tell you now (Dang!)

Q: Will every Realtor at least know what a blog is?
A: Don’t count on it

Q: Will the real estate market bounce back?
A: Ask again later

Over the past few days, we’ve been a little busy around here at Incredible Agent launching HomeHugg. We’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback about the site and thanks to many of our blogger friends, there has been several blogs written about HomeHugg. I wanted to put them all in one place, so here you go.

Sellsius Blog - Home Love at HomeHugg
Future of Real Estate Marketing - Digging For A New Home
RealtyThoughts - HomeHugg: Bookmarks for Real Estate
MLPodcast (Interview) -  Interview: Damon Pace - HomeHugg.Com
Inman - Social networking for homes
Jonathan Dalton - HomeHugg - Real Estate Hot or Not?
Matt Guyer - HomeHugg
Immobilie Portale - digg für Immobilien (German?)

I believe that’s about it. If anyone see’s anything else out there please let us know.

While at Inman we had a chance to sit down and talk with Joe and Rudy over at Sellsius. They seem to share some of the same vision we have about the real estate market and are one of our favorite bloggers. They asked us to do a quick interview which they’ve just posted it to their blog. Now you can watch a quick 60 second movie about Incredible Agent and find out what we’re doing for real estate agents. Take a look.

Click here to visit the Sellsius Blog and watch our video.

Don’t forget to bookmark them and visit their site often.