In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Parker Hills of Keyzio. Keyzio is a startup out of Kansas City I’ve been hearing about for awhile from various people in the industry, so it’s good to finally catch up with Parker for an…

Speaking of a community member directory/showcase, I came across an amazing one today. Inspire9, which is community in Melbourne a friend of mine (Indi Tansey at Outtrippin) is a part of. The picture doesn’t give it justice, as it’s much better when you look at it…

The lifestyle community I wish to exist? Global entrepreneurs who think big and believe in social good. I’ll be honest: I haven’t personally executed on the the ongoing communication strategy I am detailing in the 4th and final article in my “Turning Clients into Lifestyle…

So, you are “in” when it comes to building community? You’ve got the tools. Now, the strategy (Note: I’m splitting “strategy into two posts – setup & ongoing communication & engagement. So, now it’ll be a 4 part series)… First things first: define your lifestyle community….

This might be another absurd idea (here’s my 1st). But… What if, at end of every month, an agent “checked in” with the current state of their real estate business? A check-in would include closed deals, commission, leads generated, active buyers in queue (among other…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Steven Senter of ReelAgent. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I am the founder of ReelAgent.com, a recently launched online profile database featuring Real Estate Agents which is…

So, you are “in” when it comes to building community? What do you need to make it happen? The Tools Fortunately, there isn’t a grand expensive toolset you need to implement a solid lifestyle community building strategy. It consists of: A private Facebook group (not…

I graduated from Skyline High School in 2001. My 4 years there have left me many fond memories. We even won the state football championship my senior year. Yet, I have no freaking idea what is happening at Skyline 13 years later. I know we’ve won a…

If you don’t have community, you really have nothing defensible when it comes to lead and client acquisition. If you have great SEO, Google can yank it away. If you get tons of referrals from person X, they can suddenly send them to someone else….

Search is a lost cause (IMHO), at least for the industry. Just like it took outsiders like Zillow & Trulia to overtake Realtor.com, it’ll likely take another outsider to make a serious run at Zillow & Trulia sometime down the line. So, what’s the next…