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Help us crack the code of online leads
Help us crack the code of online leads
Online leads can be a polarizing topic in the real estate community. Where some agents and brokers see great value, others see garbage. Whether you’ve never bought an Internet lead in your life or you capture scores every day, we want ......
How I landed 54 new prospects in 4 days
How I landed 54 new prospects in 4 days
I have had three articles published on Inman in the last two months. And just four days after my most recent post went live, 54 people had signed up for my list ......
Realtor facing criminal charges over 8 loans made nearly a decade ago
Realtor facing criminal charges over 8 loans made nearly a decade ago
A Sacramento, California, Realtor has been charged with eight counts of bank fraud for allegedly submitting fraudulent loan applications that enabled clients she represented nearly a decade ago to buy eight homes they did not qualify for. Gabriela Ca...
Machine v. Realtor, making DoJ go away, and staying on the right side of the law
Machine v. Realtor, making DoJ go away, and staying on the right side of the law
As I perused Trulia's 2014 annual report (just posted on the SEC's website this morning), I was struck by the staggering amount of data the online real estate giant generates and keeps track of. Trulia says it manages "over one terabyte of data on a ...
Safety app turns smartphone into security camera
Safety app turns smartphone into security camera
The latest app aimed at protecting real estate agents in the field, “Agent.Watch,” turns your smartphone into a security camera. When a real estate agent activates the app from an iPhone or Android device, their smartphone begins capturi...
Zillow Group's game of 'chicken'
Zillow Group's game of 'chicken'
For months now, the rumor mill has been flying with talk of Zillow and Trulia (now Zillow Group) ending the featured listings placement for brokers and franchisors by the end of 2015. Large brokers and franchisors who pay $5 to $10 to feature a listi...
Mysterious 'Upstream' initiative won't be consumer-facing
Mysterious 'Upstream' initiative won't be consumer-facing
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Details of the mysterious Project Upstream remain sparse, but whatever it is, it will not be public-facing to consumers. That’s according to Craig Cheatham, president and CEO of The Realty Alliance, which is spearheadi...
Innovative broker touts new 'mobile-first' website
Innovative broker touts new 'mobile-first' website
San Francisco-based Pacific Union has unveiled a “mobile-first” website and set of mobile applications that it says will provide richer content, including updated information about “micro-markets” throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. A co...
Melissa Kwan: 'Movements never happen with just one person or company'
Melissa Kwan: 'Movements never happen with just one person or company'
The Spacio CEO talks about why transparency is paramount and reveals which cross-continental move helped her business ......
Artificially low interest rates hurt job growth, housing sales
Artificially low interest rates hurt job growth, housing sales
Companies get a better return on investment buying back shares than hiring employees or investing in capital equipment. Buying back a company's own shares is so attractive, it even makes sense to fire employees and reinvest the savings to do so ......
TopProducer CRM connects prospect data with business best practices
TopProducer CRM connects prospect data with business best practices
Most people would agree that the person who knows it all isn't that much fun to be around. And that's who I think of when initially describing TopProducer CRM (customer relationship manager). Whatever question you have about its capabilities, there's...
Rae Catanese: '80 percent of my leads come from my real estate blog'
Rae Catanese: '80 percent of my leads come from my real estate blog'
"I have more than 480 articles since I started blogging in 2006," says Catanese. "All of my articles pertain to my market, and most of them come from questions that buyers and sellers have asked me. I answer their question, and there's my blog post. ...
4 hot strategies to boost your online real estate presence
4 hot strategies to boost your online real estate presence
What does it take to soar to the top of the search engines or the newsfeed on Facebook? The speakers at Agent Reboot recommend that you avoid "vanilla marketing," identify "trending personas," incorporate niched-based tagging and employ targeted boos...
What's really driving KW's success? Watch the video
What's really driving KW's success? Watch the video
Did you know that Keller Williams’ new CEO, Chris Heller, got his real estate license at age 21, and sold more than 100 homes a year for 18 consecutive years? At Real Estate Connect New York City, Heller sat down ......
8 'extras' that help sell a house
8 'extras' that help sell a house
There are plenty of posts on what advice agents should give to sellers to prepare a home for sale. Certainly we understand the marketing process related to obtaining high-resolution photos, featuring homes online, designing professional property flie...
5 tips for working within Facebook's promotional limits
5 tips for working within Facebook's promotional limits
Facebook has done it again! The social media powerhouse recently announced that starting in January 2015 it will place limits on posts that are "too promotional." That's the bad news. ......
Real estate disruption won't be what you think
Real estate disruption won't be what you think
Real estate disruption is inevitable, and the industry will eventually see a massive overhaul. However, disruption may come in a form far from expected ......
"I would be shocked if Redfin ever became a completely traditional company."
Trevor Smith Redfin has risen: Still an industry disrupter?
