6 steps to becoming a go-giver rather than a go-getter
Do you use social media to wax on about your latest listing or how many deals you have done? Do you send out postcards saying, “I’m never too busy for your referrals?” Do you explain to clients how you...
View ArticleRatePlug joins Northern California’s largest MLS
Do you have buyers worried about what the monthly mortgage would be on a house they haven’t bought yet? What about the insurance payments? RatePlug is here to help. RatePlug CEO Brad Springer The...
View ArticleDon’t discount off-market deals for LA buyers and sellers
Whether you are working with buyers or sellers, you can increase your production by paying heed to the off-market listing. Sometimes considered as an “ugly stepsister” of residential transactions,...
View ArticleWhy are ‘required’ MLS policies not actually required?
The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR’s) MLS Issues and Policy Committee, with the support of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, The Realty Alliance and many individual brokers and...
View ArticleWhat happened when one agent forgot to pay the MLS
A brokerage cut off from its MLS is like an office left dark by a lightning storm — powerless until plugged back in. But the typical real estate office presumably doesn’t operate in fear of an MLS...
View ArticleUtilityScore comes to REcolorado.com
As wintertime approaches and those bigger heating bills are looming, potential homeowners might be thinking about how much it could cost to live inside their dream home. UtilityScore’s platform gives...
View ArticleWhat would real estate look like without MLSs? A lesson in branding
LAS VEGAS — Picture the logo of the U.S. Postal Service. What do you feel? “We all touch the U.S. Postal Service every single day, but if you’re like me, it’s something you either feel a mild sense of...
View ArticleHow MLS platforms could empower brokers from within
It’s no secret to anyone in the real estate industry that real estate brokers work in a highly competitive environment. To form a foundation for future growth, they invest a great deal of time, money...
View ArticleWhy the real estate industry loves to cast shade on Upstream
When Realogy’s widely respected Alex Perriello questioned the necessity of “bifurcating” listing distribution this week, it poured gasoline on the Upstream chatter fire. Assertions that Realogy’s...
View ArticleElm Street Technology announces two acquisitions and a new platform
Elm Street Technology founder Prem Luthra. In January of this year, real estate technology veterans Prem Luthra and Randall Kaplan launched Elm Street Technology — which hit the ground running with its...
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