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mark fitzpatrickreal estateSelectsolutionsTechnology
January 22, 2015

3 tech innovations that solve real estate problems

Close the door and have a seat. We’re going to talk about your problems. Well, not all your problems, or even most of them, just three real estate-related ones — and how these three nifty new solutions can help. Problem 1: You’re opening doors instead of closing escrow. You have a…
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lowe'sporchpro.comSelectTechnology
January 22, 2015

Home improvement matchmaker Porch raises $65M

Porch, a portal that connects homeowners with home improvement professionals, has raised more than $65 million in a series B funding round that it will use for a growth push. The Seattle-based firm says it will use some of the cash on a national rollout of “Porch Booking,” a service that…
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neighborhood infoSelectTechnologytruliayelp
January 21, 2015

Trulia, AddressReport spotlighting local amenities with Yelp integration

Trulia and AddressReport are taking Yelp up on its offer of a free application programming interface (API) that serves up data on restaurants, bars, grocery stores, boutiques, massage therapists and other businesses in Yelp’s database. Integration with Yelp provides house hunters using Trulia and AddressReport with neighborhood insights, allowing them to…
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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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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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leadsSelectTechnology
January 19, 2015

Inside a modern CRM

More agents than ever are seeing bigger returns on the investments they make in their contact databases, thanks to an evolution in customer relationship management software that not only helps agent easily route and track leads, spotlight promising prospects and receive instant notifications, but which integrates with other apps to automate…
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real estatereal estate hackersSelectTechnologyw&r studios
January 19, 2015

Jon Druse: ‘The tools Realtors have now are antiquated and clunky at best’

Job title: Senior developer, W&R Studios (maker of Cloud CMA and Cloud Streams) Time at W&R Studios: Two years What he does: I write software that makes Realtors look awesome for their clients. Age: 30 Location: Huntington Beach, California Social media: Twitter, LinkedIn What do you do? At W&R Studios, we…
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