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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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January 26, 2015

What real estate can learn from consumer brands that ‘get it’

The real estate transaction has been commoditized … have you noticed? Between the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state and local regulations, can you honestly tell me that how you transact a brokerage deal, mortgage, or settlement is significantly different from your competitors? Face it,…
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January 26, 2015

Special report: How to deliver technology agents need

Money is pouring into real estate technology, and the sheer number of products available to agents has risen exponentially in recent years. Whatever the merits of that increase, on a practical level this means that real estate agents are often bombarded by solicitations from tech companies peddling the next big…
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January 26, 2015

How a strong vendor network secures more listings

Selling a home is a team effort. In addition to the broker and the client, there’s the mortgage lender, the painter, the title lawyer, the plumber and a host of other home services professionals. And the real estate agent must be the team coach. Michael Banks, a real estate broker…
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