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February 9, 2015

15,000 real estate agents set to receive reviews from clients

More than 15,000 Realtors in Illinois are set to receive client reviews that they can use to improve their performance and burnish their online reputations, the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors announced today. Downers Grove-based MORe, which serves the Chicago suburbs, is partnering with RealSatisfied, an agent review platform that automatically sends…
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February 9, 2015

You tell us: How do brokerages fail their agents?

Whether they love their brokerage or think about leaving it every day, most agents would probably have no trouble identifying areas where there’s room for improvement. Agents, is your brokerage just a place to hang your license, or do you depend on the technology, training, brand recognition, mentoring and leads…
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February 9, 2015

Simon Ru: ‘Why is the real estate industry still the same as it was in the ’90s?’

Simon Ru is the CEO at UpNest. Describe what you do in one sentence: Disrupting the real estate industry. Age: 36 Degree, school: University of California at Berkeley for both undergrad and MBA Location: Burlingame, California Social media: LinkedIn Simon Ru with his son.   What’s your favorite activity outside of work and…
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February 9, 2015

With eye on national expansion, Urban Compass rebrands

In preparation for life beyond the urban jungles of New York City, Urban Compass is dropping “Urban” from its name as it takes its first step toward national expansion. The rebrand comes as the well-funded firm flips the switch on its first new market — the Washington, D.C., region, including parts of…
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WFG News
February 7, 2015

Free property report tool built with old-timers in mind

Janet Selvaggio has struggled to master some of the tech tools designed for real estate agents. But that wasn’t the case with ListReports, a new property reports service that the 63-year-old recently adopted. “I’m still having problems figuring out how to do my new Facebook page,” said Selvaggio, an agent at Yucaipa,…
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February 6, 2015

Zillow gets book buzz, realtor.com sees boost in traffic

Real estate is not about location, location, location, but about future location, future location, future location. That’s one of the many real estate insights Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries offer up in their 288-page book, “Zillow Talk,” which came out Jan. 27. With the book, its play…
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February 6, 2015

Jeff Lobb: ‘From a sales perspective, it’s about like and trust’

Jeff Lobb of SparkTank talks about white labels, three-quarters transparency and sharing to show you’re human. The post Jeff Lobb: ‘From a sales perspective, it’s about like and trust’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 6, 2015

Paperless transaction network grows by 53,000 agents

Paperless transaction management provider dotloop has signed agreements with three Realtor associations who will offer the dotloop platform to their more than 53,000 members, and make forms they’ve developed available within it. The agreements — with the Indiana Association of Realtors, the Tennessee Association of Realtors and the Illinois-based Mainstreet…
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February 5, 2015

The good news and the bad news about drones

The good news: Federal regulators have granted eight more exemptions to commercial drone operators, bringing the total number of requests granted to 24. The bad news: The Federal Aviation Administration continues to work its way through a backlog of 342 requests for exemptions from companies and individuals, and it could…
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February 5, 2015

New offering for all-in-one real estate marketing

Real estate website vendor Tribus is branching out with a new offering that bakes a real estate search website, lead generation system, customer relationship platform and targeted marketing program into one product. The new product’s flagship Internet data exchange property search site, LoveLiving.in, features a collaborative search component and converts visitors…
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