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January 27, 2015

Julie Harris: ‘My goal is to provide overwhelming value to my agents’

Julie Harris is the co-founder of Tim and Julie Harris Real Estate Coaching. Age: 43 Degree, school: Ohio State University, Otterbein College — majored in music performance and English Location: Austin, Texas Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn Julie Harris with daughter Zoë What’s your favorite activity outside of work and why? Definitely playing with…
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January 27, 2015

The real estate war zone: Part 2

Yesterday, we started a “SWOT” analysis — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — of the major real estate players to see who’s got the best chance of influencing (or adapting to) an industry change. Without further ado, let’s continue. Portals: realtor.com Realtor.com is fed nearly 100 percent of national housing data directly…
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January 27, 2015

Zillow on the brink of deal for 50,000 MLS listings

Zillow is on the brink of a deal with one of the nation’s largest multiple listing services that would help the top real estate portal weather the end of a contract with listing syndicator ListHub. The board of Rockville, Maryland-based Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. (MRIS) has voted to finalize…
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January 26, 2015

Why agent teams can be risky business

If you manage an office or are an agent who runs a team with independent contractors, it’s imperative that you examine your business model to determine if your current practices violate your state’s labor laws. Failure to do so could result in costly legal action against you and/or your brokerage.…
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January 26, 2015

Developer of augmented reality app for listings lands $1.8M

Mobile Realty Apps, developer of mobile apps for multiple listing services, brokerages and franchisors, has raised $1.8 million and rebranded as HomeSpotter, the name of its popular augmented reality feature. The 27-employee firm, whose clients include the nation’s largest MLS, California Regional MLS, and large brokerages Edina Realty and Long Realty, will…
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January 26, 2015

Housefax will extend offerings to real estate professionals

Information is currency in the real estate industry and real estate technology company Clareity Security is betting on a company that’s stuffed to the gills with data. Clareity has made a mid-six-figure investment in Housefax, a service launched nationwide in 2013 that offers home history reports that include information on…
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January 26, 2015

Mortgage marketplace will partner with real estate agents

Sindeo, a mortgage marketplace that arms consumers with insights into costs and fees to help them plan, qualify and shop for a mortgage with multiple lenders, has hired Trulia’s Ginger Wilcox as chief industry officer as the company prepares to launch a new service for real estate professionals. Ginger Wilcox…
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January 26, 2015

The real estate war zone: Part 1

For 15 years, you’ve heard about how the Internet was going to change everything in the real estate industry. Not too much has happened yet, right? Just wait — it will. Never before have there been such huge companies and innovators wanting to take control of the real estate industry. Until…
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January 26, 2015

Welcome to a snowy New York City

Many moons ago, before Google was a verb, the powerful search engine’s co-founder, Larry Page, spoke at Real Estate Connect in San Francisco. At the time, I overheard a wary, old-school real estate broker in the back of the room grumble, “Who is this guy?” When Connect was in its…
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January 26, 2015

Capture 10 percent more real estate leads with these 5 blog tools

Driving traffic to your website is a lot of work, and more than 90 percent of most website visitors bounce. That’s a huge source of untapped leads that you can mine — if you have the right tool set. Increasing the number of opt-in processes on your website (when done…
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