Never Forget; Always Remember: 9-11
The tragic loss of life from this senseless act of cruelty invokes a moment of silence each year—in solidarity, respect, and remembrance.
Survey Results: Best Practices for CMA
The Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) is the script of the listing presentation. The narrative is developed using listing data.
Communications Planning & Preparation Best Practices
If there ever was a time for MLSs and Associations to have a communications plan, it is now. 2020 lived up to its moniker by giving us clear vision into the unbelievable. And all bets are off in assuming we know what the future will bring. When you prepare a media plan, you are creating a communications system that can stand up to uncertain times in 2020 and beyond.
HUNT Real Estate ERA Named Top Firm in REALOGY ERA Network
ERA CEO Sherry Chris celebrated the remarkable achievement of HUNT Real Estate as the franchise’s largest firm based upon the number of units sold in 2019 of 13,475, and the dollar volume of $2.87 billion.
What Real Estate Stocks Suggest About Life After SIP
If you are an active trader in the market who purchased shares during the free fall, you may have witnessed the greatest gain in 30 years. Many of the real estate stocks rebounded quite nicely, but others still have much to gain.
Will Remaining States Abandon Attorney Closings?
A notable portion of real estate industry vets-- agents or otherwise, report some form of legal background or experience. October Research released a report this month endeavoring to provide clarity on which markets operate under such regulations, and what correlation these answers may have to the connection between real estate and the law.
An Awkward Moment for Stale Drip Marketing
Regardless, another group of emails persists: Automated emails. Strangely, those automated emails appear unaware that we are experiencing a global emergency, and the companies sending them inattentive or even ignorant. Updating your drip marketing campaign in response to changes in the market is a must.
Top 5 Most Powerful Methods for Distributing MLS Data
In this paper WAV Group provides an overview of the five key tools available today to enable MLSs to provide Data Distribution Services much more efficiently than older methods.
Giving Back: More Stories of Brokerages Doing Great Deeds
Last week, I wrote a blog post asking, “What does your firm do to pay it back?” and asked for stories from other brokerages and received a couple of responses worth sharing. The Century 21 partnership with Easterseals started in 1979, and since that time, C21 independent franchisees and affiliated sales professionals donated $123 million to Easterseals.
Keller Williams Command CRM
Command, the Keller Williams’ smart CRM-plus solution, recently launched to limited availability (100K Agent Lab) in mid-February 2019, and WAV Group looked under the hood.
Ithaca Selects Rapattoni MLS
Each time Erie, Ithaca, or other neighbors to NYS Alliance consider their MLS vendor contract renewal, we watch with curiosity to see if the Association owned MLS will join the consolidation.
CMLS Hot Topics Call Recap
I hope that you had a chance to attend the Council of MLS Hot Topics webinar held this week. The blend of MLS Executives along with other industry technology experts generated a lively conversation.