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Enhanced BHGRE iPhone App

Enhanced BHGRE iPhone App

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Neville Soares.

We’re never content to rest on our reputations at BHGRE, and so I’m excited to tell you that we released an enhanced version of our iPhone App, the Home Selection Assistant. After listening to our users and leveraging the best that the iPhone platform has to offer, we have added four new features to the [...]

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Inman Connect Wrap Up

Inman Connect Wrap Up

Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

A picture’s worth a thousand words. Watch and see some of many ways Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate’s participated at the Real Estate Connect 3-day conference in just 3-minutes.

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Our Vook Debut

Our Vook Debut

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

Another exciting milestone at Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate– I’m proud to announce the publication of our first Vook! What’s a Vook I hear you ask? A Vook is a cutting-edge reading innovation that mixes the written word of a book with high-quality video. You can read your book as well as watch videos [...]

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BHGRE at Real Estate Connect San Francisco

BHGRE at Real Estate Connect San Francisco

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is happy to once again participate as the diamond sponsor of this year’s Real Estate Connect San Francisco Conference July 13-15th ,  where you’ll discover the latest technology trends and get advice from the leaders in the industry on the future of real estate. Here’s a list of all [...]

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There’s Something About Bags

There’s Something About Bags

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

Back in the fall of 2007, when the rebirth of the BHGRE brand was still a twinkle in our collective eye, I went to a new grocery store in Canada that was the first to sell reusable grocery bags made out of recycled material that happened to be green. An idea was born, and I [...]

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March Madness at BHGRE

March Madness at BHGRE

Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.

We’ve had our own version of March Madness happening at BHGRE over the last 6 weeks. While much of the sports world and fans were huddled watching basketball and discussing game play. Our team and our new franchisees were huddled discussing transition details and announcement days. That is because in a span of just over 30 days we welcomed four new companies to our network.

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Embracing Change

Embracing Change

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Paulette Costa.

Who Moved My Cheese? We’ve all read it. Dr. Spencer Johnson’s book featuring the ever-famous Hem and Haw and Sniff and Scurry characters- a national bestseller that is still used in many corporations today to educate and prepare their organizations for change. In Leading Change, by John P. Kotter, the author says “By any objective measure, the [...]

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Week In Review

Week In Review

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

When it comes to the current real estate climate, we at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate have been preaching cautious optimism for months, as some data indicates the market is recovering and yet other data indicates it is still turbulent times. A recent survey from Move.com indicates the number of consumers interested in investing [...]

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The Executive Suites Model: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive – Seattle, Washington

The Executive Suites Model: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive – Seattle, Washington

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Robert Albanese.

(From a phone interview with Keith Nelson, CEO) As early on as 1991 with only 25 agents, Keith Nelson, CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive in Seattle Washington was already experimenting with alternate business models. Over time, his concept of “executive suite” type locations has emerged as a strong operational alternative. The [...]

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Client Relationships – Before and After the Transaction

Client Relationships – Before and After the Transaction

Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Camilla Sullivan.

One of the fundamentals emerging as part of our next generation brokerage discussion, is the need for the agent and broker to think of the relationship they have with a buyer or seller, not only during the transaction, not just in a passive follow up campaign after a house is sold, but as part of [...]

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