WFG News
March 3, 2015

Auction.com gearing up to work with real estate brokers and their clients

In a bid to broaden its platform and accelerate its expansion, online real estate marketplace Auction.com has acquired Channel LLC, a real estate technology provider “with a proven ability to engage residential brokers and consumers,” the company said. Channel, which will retain its current office space in Newport Beach, California,…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Be clear, not clever, in your real estate Facebook ads

There are a lot of elements that go into setting up a real estate Facebook ad that will produce an astonishing return on investment. You have to target your audience, set your budget, use the right picture and write the ad! This can be a lot of work, and each…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Go figure: hottest ZIP codes for house flipping, cities with highest turnover and more

Where’s the inventory?! Demands, demands, demands Too flippin’ much Have data you’d like to see featured here? Email contributors@inman.com. The post Go figure: hottest ZIP codes for house flipping, cities with highest turnover and more appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Why 2015 will be a breakout year for real estate sales

I believe that the real estate market will make a comeback in 2015 — but it will do so in spite of the terrible economic environment and the government. (Please don’t confuse what I’m about to say with any credit you might hear taken by a politician or the government. Politicians…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Create content, not clickbait, with Canva

Editor’s note: This week, Inman is launching a brand-new daily series of articles focused specifically on evaluating the technology you use in your real estate business. Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our expert? Email him at craig@inman.com. The pitch When it comes to your social media marketing,…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Lisa Archer: ‘Social media is about being social. Do that, and the business will come’

Age: 36 Years in real estate: Eight Job title: CEO, Live Love Homes Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (and seven more expansion cities around the United States) Hours per week spent on social media: Five Social media accounts: Too many to count. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn are just a handful. Target demographic: Anyone in my world.…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

How real estate agents can create market advantages using Zillow data

Opportunity, at times, cloaks itself in annoyance. Some real estate agents like to grumble about Zillow and their clients’ propensity to take the Zestimate and other data points as gospel. However, a website with the level of access and data-gathering power that Zillow has presents a real opportunity. One interesting…
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WFG News
March 3, 2015

Why social media is destined to play a bigger role in real estate search

A computer model crunching a person’s Facebook “likes” can do a better job judging their personality traits than their own friends and family, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University. That “was nice for us to hear because it validates what we’ve been thinking…
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WFG News
March 2, 2015

Jeff Goldblum’s latest role: Apartments.com mastermind

Jeff Goldblum plays Brad Bellflower, the fictional mastermind of apartments.com. Real estate brokers and agents have become adept at using the Internet and social media to grow their business. But suddenly TV is blazing hot, with big brand names like Zillow, realtor.com, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Re/Max, Redfin and Berkshire…
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WFG News
March 2, 2015

Less than half of agents say their broker has safety procedures

More than half of the nation’s Realtors say their brokerages don’t have safety procedures in place to help protect them from the dangers of meeting strangers in empty houses — or that if they do have such procedures, they don’t know what they are. That’s according to a survey by…
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