Tag Archives: Next Generation
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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The Week Before Inman
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.
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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Interview with Foursquare Founder and CEO, Dennis Crowley
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
In this business, I have my ear to the ground all the time. I make a point of talking to people, and most importantly, asking questions and listening. I never know when a new technology I come across will have a profound impact on the way we structure the real estate brokerage model. Back in [...]
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Vlog: Tax Credit & Next Generation Brokerages
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.
Sherry Chris talks about the extension and expansion of the $8,000 Tax Credit, as well as the emergence of the Next Generation Brokerages in the industry, who understand what agents want and consumers needs now and into the future.
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Sherry Chris Interviews Patrick Lewis
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.
In this exclusive coverage, Sherry Chris interviews Patrick Lewis at REBarCamp San Diego. A REBarCamp veteran, he discusses the origins of the BarCamp movement, and how it has evolved into what it is today.
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Next Gen Lead Generation
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.
As the business continues to change and consumers demand a different type of interaction between themselves and the real estate professional the techniques and responsibilities of lead generation will also continue to evolve.
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The Rise and Fall of Sales Meetings
Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.
Generally speaking, weekly sales meetings were the norm in the archetypal 1990’s real estate office. These meetings typically consisted of some sort of information sharing and often ended with a tour of newly listed properties. Soon these meetings stretched out to biweekly. In some cases they just became new listing tours. Then biweekly became monthly. [...]
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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
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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Will the Next Generation Brokerage Scrap Agents for Employees?
Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 by Nicolai Kolding.
Nine years ago, my boss, along with four other company employees, jumped ship for a boatload of stock options from an Internet-based real estate firm that promised to dismantle “old economy” companies like ours and, quite simply, take over the real estate world as we knew it. About a year later he and the others [...]
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Next Generation: Talent Attraction and Retention
Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.
Attracting and retaining talent to a real estate office has never been more important or more challenging then it will be in the decade ahead. Not only has the housing market seen dramatic changes, but the expectations of current and future industry professionals have dramatically altered. During the market boom of the early to mid [...]





