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Goodbye MS Office | Hello Gmail

January 29, 2010

Goodbye MS Office | Hello GmailI have been set FREE by Google and Gmail! So Can You!

Everyday real estate agents ask me questions like:

What is the best phone for Realtors to use?
What is the best contact mgmt system?
What is the best email to use?

So I thought I would share a quick story with you …
For [...]

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Realtors, you have a price on your head!

August 3, 2009

Realtors, you have a price on your head!The price for one real estate agent is anywhere between $40 and $120 ….
…. hey, surely I must be worth more than that?
Let me explain – Trulia is aggressively recruiting affiliates who make money when Realtors click on tracking links provided by Trulia. This program is managed by well known Commission Junction (cj.com).

So [...]

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Mobile Marketing for Realtors

June 24, 2009

Mobile Marketing for RealtorsSay NO to Property Listing Flyers…
Imagine the ability to follow up with every prospect who calls on your listings. Imagine never getting that call from the seller to come out and fill the flyer box with new flyers.
Imagine being able to contact every prospect who ever called on your listing to notify [...]

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Redfin thinks short sales are a no no

May 28, 2009

Redfin thinks short sales are a no noHad to laugh when i saw this …

… Redfin prides itself in research (or so I thought).
So they won’t even show a home listed as a short sale? Presumably they won’t list them either?

Don’t they know how many are closing in San Diego every day?
My buyers agents are [...]

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ActiveRain & Trulia suck

May 21, 2009

ActiveRain & Trulia suckActually ActiveRain & Trulia both REALLY suck…
ActiveRain and Trulia suck Realtor’s time, energy and resources, real estate agents also have a tendency to lurk on: Zillow advice, Realtor.com Blogs, Homegain Blogs and Yahoo Answers hoping to get lucky and trip over a lead.
Most of these companies have raised a great deal of [...]

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What’s Your Real Estate IQ?

May 20, 2009

What’s Your Real Estate IQ?Who Determines homes values anyway?
Realius released its new “Predict It” interactive home pricing widget with ZipRealty. With all the Web 2.0 talk going on, this widget genuinely gives the client a reason to stick around on a real estate search site. It is pure fun with some obvious practical benefits. On one [...]

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Mobile Zestimates on iPhone

May 4, 2009

Mobile Zestimates on iPhoneZillow just released an innovative new iPhone app ..

Using this free app the iPhone pinpoints your location using it’s built in GPS technology and then displays real-time real estate information and data as you walk down the street.
I think this is a bit creepy actually …
… imagine a burglar trawling for secluded [...]

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