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mergers and acquisitionsSelectTechnology
January 21, 2015

More M&A in real estate tech

HomeActions, which helps real estate agents drum up new business by helping them email newsletters to prospects, says its client base will grow by more than 5,000 real estate professionals with the acquisition of Houston, Texas-based ContactDirect.net LLC. ContactDirect President Dan Davila will join HomeActions as a consultant to help…
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BrokerageluxuryScott MitchellSelectWEAWestside Estate Agency
January 21, 2015

TMZ and Architectural Digest flip out over Beverly Hills broker’s home

You know you must have done something right if TMZ and Architectural Digest are both gushing over the home that took you seven years to build. Architectural Digest calls real estate broker Kurt Rappaport’s Malibu home, situated on 6 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a “masterful composition of intersecting planes and…
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Leighton DeesmanagementMarketingreal estateSelect
January 21, 2015

3 supercharged tips to prevent real estate client meltdowns

Who’s been here before? Your buyer couple walks into a listing that has been on the market for weeks with no activity. It’s the 25th house they’ve looked at because they haven’t been able to find exactly what they’re seeking. But this time, it’s different. This house is the perfect…
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Marketingprofilereal estateSelectsuccess
January 21, 2015

Dianna Kokoszka: ‘When you change their thinking, you change the world’

Age: Are you kidding? Degree, school (if applicable): Metropolitan State Location: Denver, Colorado Social Media: Personal Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts — and MAPS Coaching Facebook and Twitter accounts What’s your favorite activity outside of work and why? Traveling with my family and friends and spending time at Lake Powell…
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MLS & Associationsmls syndicationportalsreal estateSelect
January 21, 2015

What do HBO, CBS and MLSs have in common?

If I were to ask 100 people how they watched the latest episode of “Sons of Anarchy” — or, better yet, how they viewed their most recent “CSI: Miami” second-season marathon — chances are I’d find a good number of folks who used an app on one of their devices.…
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BrokerageJason WaughMike GainportlandseatlleSelect
January 21, 2015

Merger of Warren Buffett’s Portland, Seattle brokerages creates regional powerhouse

Outsiders may never even have realized that they were separate companies, but the merger of two brokerages doing business as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate — one in Seattle and one in Portland — has created a regional powerhouse with 725 agents and “a tremendous amount of growth potential.”…
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BrokerageSelectthe agencyTori Barnao
January 20, 2015

4 LA agents leave The Agency for Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Real Estate is expanding its new Beverly Hills, California, office at the expense of rival brokreage The Agency, which is losing Jeeb O’Reilly and her team of three top agents Julia Brodsky, Tori Barnao and Gersh Gershunoff. The former owner of a catering business that served stars like…
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fivestreetixact contactmoxi worksnimblenrtone cavorealogyrealtyjugglerSelectTechnologytop producertribustruliawise agentzapziprealty
January 20, 2015

CRMs: A multitude of choices

Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series of stories examining how real estate professionals are using customer relationship management (CRM) applications to work more efficiently and grow their businesses. See Part 1 and Part 2. Mobile-optimized CRMs that integrate with many platforms, rank leads, automate responses and…
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