Real Estate Technology and Social Media for Real Estate Agents
Xplode Real Estate Conference hits DC and shakes me up I recently attended the #XplodeThis conference in Silver Spring, MD developed by @MattFagioli and sponsored in large part by the MLS of Washington DC metro area, MRIS. First of all I loved it, but that’s not what I wanted to talk about. [...]
How the Business Bully sometimes wins — and the morality of letting him get away with it! One of my favorite books is “How to Win Friends and Influence People” written by Dale Carnegie in 1937. Almost a century old, it is remarkable in its relevance and intuitive insight into the human psyche, not to [...]
Washington DC area Real Estate contract details and changes that all Realtors MUST know! The following was a presentation delivered by Randy Rothsetin of Paragon Title in Bethesda, MD. Randy is an outstanding title attorney and serves on the contract and clause committee for the Greater Capital Association of Realtors (Meaning, he writes this stuff [...]
Written by Jim Downing, Contributor It’s just Facebook people – When can a social media guru be themselves? Maybe Never. Facebook has changed much of what we do and say, but is it making us a bit crazy? I think it might be. I just had to write about something that happened to someone I [...]
Apple’s iCloud is the perfect solution for the road warrior Realtor and here’s why Whether you are an Apple freak like me and own / use all Mac gear, or at the very least have an iPad or iPhone, you might have heard the news yesterday about Apple’s forthcoming product called iCloud — a [...]
NAR raises membership dues by $40 while transparency is still lacking. OPEN THE BOOKS! At the May Mid-Year conference in Washington, DC, the National Association of Realtors announced that its members will now be responsible for $40 more a year than they had previously, raising membership dues from $115 to $155, not including local boards. [...]
“You mean you redesigned your blog again?” So, why do I choose to torture myself, staying up until 3 a.m.meandering in WordPress purgatory trying to re-build what I have already done a few times before? Is it a sick fetish I have contracted, or a long-lost need to prove I should have chosen a career [...]
Horror stories and how to avoid them There is, perhaps, nothing more frustrating in a busy agent’s life than a settlement that takes longer than it should. After all there are a lot of components to a real estate settlement and all the moving parts must work well together for a stress free event. But [...]
The Results of doing your business through Facebook The question most doubters of social media have is, “Do real estate agents make money through Facebook?” The answer is clearly yes. But for some of you out there (you know who you are *Matthew*), you actually like hard numbers. Therefore, here are just a COUPLE results [...]
How to interview for a real estate job while avoiding major mistakes On average I interview about 5 pre-licensed candidates a week who are seeking a job in real estate sales, believing that this career holds the answers to their dreams for a better life. If you are reading this, I think you would [...]
Stop Selling Me, Damn it! Has this happened to you? Someone contacts you on Twitter via a follow. You follow them back. Then, through a “Direct Message” this person thanks you for the follow and then sells you on their service letting you know that their product is indispensable and that you would be an [...]
How to survive a Twitter attack – Realize it wasn’t one! On Friday, several VERY respected social media people that I completely idolize for their influence in the space started commenting on a blog post I wrote last week, regarding, among other things, QR codes and their effectiveness in Real Estate marketing. As we [...]
Silently Seeking Real Estate Jobs So, you want to be a real estate agent. Good. better than good, outstanding. In my opinion there has never been a better time than right now to begin. But how? Well, if you are considering making this leap into Real Estate school, and then getting your license, here are [...]
SEO strategies I learned at Coldwell Banker’s Gen Blue Josh Pike’s, the Senior VP from Alloy Media, spoke at a break out session in Las Vegas at Coldwell Banker’s Generation Blue Conference this week, and I am here to tell you his content was brilliant. As a blogger, and one who speaks on social media, [...]
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