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February 5, 2015

Inman seeks weekly tech review columnist … Could it be you?

Are you a fiend for technology? Are you the person all your friends and colleagues ask about the latest gadget or app because they know you’ve tested it already and will have something valuable to say? Inman wants your insight for a brand-new column featuring tech and gadget reviews. This…
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February 5, 2015

Redfin glides into tech-friendly St. Louis

Redfin has set up shop in St. Louis, opening the door for buyers and sellers in the area to team up with its tech-fueled real estate agent team, and continuing the discount broker’s aggressive push into new markets. Redfin Regional Director Mark Reitman suggested that St. Louis’ burgeoning tech scene will grease the runway for Redfin…
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February 5, 2015

Kyle Stephenson: ‘Are we doing enough in the industry to get traction?’

Kyle Stephenson of NotaryCam talks about going mobile, the necessity of privacy in notarization, and what kind of weeks necessitate a cocktail. The post Kyle Stephenson: ‘Are we doing enough in the industry to get traction?’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 5, 2015

Haptic holograms bring texture to 3-D home tours

What’s the latest rage in real estate virtual tours? Simple: 3-D. The technology that started out with simple renderings has evolved into a fully interactive space built on photos. And now, the future of 3-D tours is being played out with holograms you can actually touch. You’re not dreaming; the…
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February 5, 2015

Gina Tufano on the name change that got her thrown in Facebook jail … twice

Age: 42 Years in real estate: 19! Job title: Ringleader Location: Northern Virginia Hours per week spent on social media: 10 to 20 is my best guess. I don’t really want to count. Know what I mean? Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn — an orphaned Pinterest account and Google+ if that…
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February 5, 2015

Why I love my MLS

Last week’s Real Estate Connect New York conference got me thinking about technology. I have said for years that my multiple listing service (MLS) is the best example of how to do technology well. My MLS helps level the playing field between big companies and smaller independent organizations — like mine!…
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February 4, 2015

Raising the real estate bar

Since Inman Select was launched less than three months ago, Inman readership has grown 72 percent, visits are up 43 percent, page views are up 60 percent, story comments have increased dramatically, and time on the site has increased 29 percent. Measured by group sales, as many as 323,000 real…
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February 4, 2015

Agent matching service raises additional $3 million

After getting its legs with backing from investors including Google’s venture capital arm, agent matching service HomeLight has raised an additional $3 million in funding and launched a new website. The startup, which guides homebuyers and sellers to real estate agents based on their performance statistics, says it will use the…
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February 4, 2015

Mark Leverentz: ‘I’d like to reduce fear surrounding technology’s impact on real estate’

Chief technology officer, Mobile Realty Apps Time at Mobile Realty Apps: 11 months What he does: In addition to overseeing the engineering team, I do development across all of our supported platforms, including Android and iOS development, as well as server-side development to support our applications. Age: 31 Degree: M.S.…
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February 3, 2015

Don’t just curate videos, brand them

Real estate consulting firm Real Trends has partnered with video curation platform Tagible to offer real estate pros a branded way to present video content to consumers and their communities. Tagible by Real Trends allows brokerages, associations and agents to collect videos from a variety of video platforms — including YouTube, Vimeo, WeVideo…
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