Hmmm...Turbazza.com - Empowering homeowners to barter their homes with other homeowners, eliminating the middlemen, saving time and money...what a concept!  What a great free enterprise solution to the mortgage mess we find ourselves in today!  We didn't need a bail-out from the government and we didn't need the established mortgage banking gang or the real estate cartel to come up with an idea that might actually work!  We came up with this idea ourselves and built the site in less than two weeks with very little budget...obviously not a government project.

After walking through the site, submitting a home listing and then going back to see what it looks like, my wife and I have come up with a few observations and suggestions that could improve the experience.

Ok, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to work with a brand new website and help shape it to your needs! We like to think we've thought of everything, but we know we haven't. So if you see a feature that is missing, or have some great idea for the site, let us know! We're going to really listen to our customers and make sure Turbazza.com is a site that YOU want to use.

So create an account (if you haven't already) and then login and comment right here and let us know what you think of the site and what improvements you think could make it better!

So it time for our team to figure out the name of this online real estate bartering community.

Team, here is my first shot at names and some initial research into other web properties in this online space. Good news is that this niche looks to be poorly serviced online.

Objective: Create an Effective Community for Bartering Homes, Real Estate and Property

Welcome to BarterBlaze.com your #1 source for Real Estate, Home and
Property bartering on the Internet! Here you can reach out to people
just like you who want to barter their homes or properties. All it takes is a few simple steps and you're on your way to bartering your home or property.

1. If you're ready to start bartering, log in and create an account
2. Once you received your account click on "Add Home Listing"
3. Fill in the details about your home or property
4. Fill in the details of what you'd like to receive in exchange for your home or property
5. You're done!

Here at BarterBlaze, we've given you the tools to help market your own home. So while you wait for people to look at your listings, there's some things you can do to help barter your own property.

1. Fill in the contact list importer to notify people of your barter listing
2. Tell other peoplel about BarterBlaze
3. Use the 'share' link to post your BarterBlaze listing to other websites
4. If you have a website, use the "embed" code on your listing to promote the property on your site
5. Use the "add to Facebook button" to get a code to add your BarterBlaze listing to your Facebook profile
6. Use our proprietary SMS notification service to send people you know BarterBlaze listings
7. Take more pictures or video of your Barter property, videos and pictures help close a barter deal a lot quicker! For more information on this, visit our "How to shoot pictures and video" section
8. Write Sparks on this site. Talk about your experiences bartering, the commuinity your barter listing is in, or whatever! You can also look at other Barter Blaze Member's Sparks and interact with them. You never know who might want to barter with you.