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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 2)

Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 2)

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Josh Ferris.

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Last week we posted Part I of our interview with Ryan Neu, Real Estate Executive at SCVNGR and Garrett Nelson, Director of Media at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive in Washington. Read the rest of our interview with them below including how they use these services in their businesses and how they expect [...]

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Succession Planning Part 2: Nine Keys Areas of Focus

Succession Planning Part 2: Nine Keys Areas of Focus

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Robert Albanese.

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1. Include it in your strategic plan. How many years prior to retirement should there be a plan? Right now is as good a time as any! There is no reason you can’t start preparation now with a series of plans at any point in the life of the business or even before the business [...]

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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)

Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Josh Ferris.

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Location-based services are what’s hot in social networking right now and for good reason. By using a simple app on your smartphone you can share where you are and what you’re up to with others in your network (updates can be automatically sent to your Facebook and Twitter accounts) which fosters more frequent communication and [...]

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3 Real Estate Website Tips That Will Dramatically Increase Your Leads

3 Real Estate Website Tips That Will Dramatically Increase Your Leads

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Josh Ferris.

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Are you leaving money on the table? Agents and brokers around the world spend days and thousands of dollars per year on their websites and don’t reap the full benefits because they overlook these three real estate website tips: 1. Quick search on your homepage – When you visit both Google and Yahoo! what is [...]

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The Week Before Inman

The Week Before Inman

Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.

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This is the third ‘week before’ Inman Connect that the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate team has prepared for.The 2008 week before Inman was also the week before the official launch of the brand, and the week before welcoming our first franchisee to the network. That was a week I will never forget. I don’t [...]

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Practice What You Preach

Practice What You Preach

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Paulette Costa.

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We tell our agents the number one thing they must do to get more business is prospect, prospect, and then prospect some more.

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Tax Credit Extension or Not

Tax Credit Extension or Not

Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.

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We prospect diligently to find qualified buyers. We work with them tireless to find the perfect home. We negotiate expertly on their behalf to get an accepted offer. But then the real work begins these days. As we try to hold it all together and actually get to a successful closing. NAR estimates that as [...]

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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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Even with a whirlwind of news this week – from General McChrystal’s departure to the longest tennis match in the history of Wimbledon – real estate remained a major focus. Sales of new single-family homes were down 32.7 percent to a record low. Sales of previously owned homes, although up 19.2 year over year, fell 2.2 percent. Rounding it out, mortgage applications dropped to their lowest level since 1997. All of these [...]

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Operational and Compensational Implications of Reducing Office Size

Operational and Compensational Implications of Reducing Office Size

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Robert Albanese.

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As is true with everything in business, the issue of reducing office size cannot be viewed in a vacuum. If you decide that reducing office size is an important initiative for your company, first consider all operational attributes that are impacted by changes to the physical plant. Keep in mind that both business and culture [...]

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Got Attitude?

Got Attitude?

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Rick Gregory.

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Economic forecasts are an interesting thing to consider.  Exactly 3 weeks ago, I read several forecasts that stated that the market was indeed recovering and that the total annualized home sales volume was going to exceed approximately 5.7 million units.  Today, I’ve read that May was down 25 – 30% in some markets and that, [...]

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Lease Renewal Analysis

Lease Renewal Analysis

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Robert Albanese.

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How much square footage do you really need? How many walk-ins do you get anymore?  The old math dictated that we allow 100 square feet per agent, but this has become less and less relevant and less and less practicable.  To the extent that you are running a “traditional office” with desks, your focus needs to [...]

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