If you want to know what consumers (aka your clients) think about ARG’s decision to pull their listings (Geek Estate coverage here, here, and here), look no further than the comment thread of this article in UT San Diego. A few comments from buyers/sellers/home owners: Andrew…

Well, here we go again — add one more brokerage, ARG, to the list of brokerages abandoning listing syndication in 2012. Since regular readers already know what I think on this topic given the Edina article I wrote, just head over to Jay’s blog and…

We all need to make money from the activities we spend our time on. Social media is no different. Every so often, there is talk about social media being a waste of time and the ROI not being there since most agents can’t directly attribute…

What do you currently use to handle your voicemail? I’m guessing it’s either Google Voice, your standard voicemail that comes with your mobile phone, or some other add on service you’ve randomly stumbled upon along the way. Sure, regular voicemail works. But we all know…

We know open houses are a fantastic place to meet with potentially extremely warm buyer leads. We know your conversion is going to suck if you don’t gather contact details and follow up. We know buyers want more info (read: data) about the property they…

Zillow launched Neighborhood Advice. As a home buyer, Neighborhood Advice recommends which friends (via Facebook Connect) to ask about the particular neighborhood or city they are searching in. I would bet almost every single home buyer asks at least a few people — either online…

#retechchat is taking a holiday break — the next Monday evening discussion will take place on January 9th. As many of you know, I’m taking a trip to Southeast Asia and will be off the radar for a few weeks. In my absense, Mike Price will…

Katie Lance at Inman Next put together a great video showing you how to uncover your “hidden” inbox in Facebook. In addition to messages directed at only you, there may be “hidden” messages posted on your business pages to uncover as well. For agents, hidden…

The topic of last night’s #retechchat was Building the Perfect Landing Page. Here is the text transcript that I saved for those who want to read through the entire discussion: Download it HERE (best to use TextEdit on a Mac from what I hear). Alternatively, you can view the discussion…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be Building the Perfect Landing Page (this topic suggestion came from Hector Diaz). If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the conversation Monday at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST. Remember, you can vote for future topics…