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Agent adviceMarkets & EconomyReal Estate & Personal FinanceSelectTechnology
January 5, 2015

Jennifer Warden: ‘Consumers have expectations we need to attend to’

Jennifer Alter Warden is the chief operating officer and executive vice president at Baird & Warner. Are you optimistic about 2015? Yes, I believe that 2015 will be another good year. I’ve been speaking with our top agents, and most of them are what I would call “cautiously optimistic.” They…
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ipolistingsmedicalreal estateSelectTechnology
January 5, 2015

3 types of sellers you can find using data

“List to live” is an old saying in the real estate business. And getting listings by leveraging big data is not as hard as it sounds. In most states, you’ve already got the tools; you just need to know what to look for and how to find it. All you…
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Brokeragemike ferryreal estate coachingSelecttom ferry
January 4, 2015

Special report: Real estate coaching’s payoff

If you’ve never worked with one, you might be skeptical that real estate coaches can actually deliver on all the promises they make. But an Inman survey on real estate coaching found that the vast majority of agents working with coaches see a return on investment. In an industry where brokerages…
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January 4, 2015

Startup offers a new way to dig up seller leads

Ed Gilland, a real estate agent in Southern California, was looking for a new way to generate seller leads when an acquaintance told him about SuccessorsData.com. SuccessorsData.com, which launched in July as ObituaryLeads.com, helps real estate agents and investors connect with the heirs and beneficiaries who must decide what to do with a home…
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January 4, 2015

5 answers to critical homebuyer questions that prove you’re a rock-star agent

With the national search portals just a tap away via their smartphones, today’s homebuyers are armed with data. They expect their agent to be a tech-savvy local market expert, excel at contracts and negotiation, and deliver the customer experience they’ve come to expect from companies like Apple and Zappos. What’s…
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January 4, 2015

Roland Ligtenberg: ‘Freedom is the true motivator’

Roland Ligtenberg is the VP of growth and business development at HouseCall; he promoted HouseCall by dressing as Buddy, a character played by Will Farrell in the movie “Elf,” and delivering Christmas trees. Describe what you do in one sentence: I’m constantly looking for new scalable ways to get HouseCall…
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matterportplanitarSelectsurefieldTechnologyvirtual tours
January 3, 2015

How 3-D is changing real estate

Real estate agent Shawn Battle recently received a flood of questions about one of his listings from an agent representing a relocating buyer. The real estate agent could have answered all of the buyer’s questions. He sent an online 3-D model of the listing instead. Click the image above to…
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MarketingpitchSelectSerialstorytelling in real estateTJ Curran
January 3, 2015

What ‘Serial’ can teach you about real estate

If your family is like mine, sitting around the holiday dinner table means discussing the year that’s gone by and our aspirations for 2015. And if your family is really like mine, you’ll also discuss your theories about “Serial.” “Serial” is a podcast that explores a nonfiction story over multiple episodes; the final episode…
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January 3, 2015

Heather Elias: ‘It’s the quality of the connections that matters’

Age: 41 Years in real estate: 10 Job title: Vice president of industry engagement at Century 21 Redwood Realty Location: Northern Virginia Hours per week spent on social media: Not as many as when I was with NAR! Social media accounts: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest (in order of time spent)…
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