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The Phases of Building a Real Estate Tech Startup

The Phases of Building a Real Estate Tech Startup

I’ve spent the last 2 years working on an early stage technology startup outside of the real estate industry, Oh Hey World, as well as working on several consulting projects within the industry (including Props) — and certainly have learned a few things about the…

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Drones Become Airborne to Sell Homes

Drones Become Airborne to Sell Homes

A few real estate agents in the La Jolla, California area are using drones and aerial photography to sell high-end properties in the area. Imagine an eight-propeller (octocopter) drone fully equipped with a built-in camera while it lifts off from your backyard. All you need…

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How to make money with a real estate startup – infographic

How to make money with a real estate startup – infographic

I saw this infographic the other day on entrepreneur.com: The first step made me think of real estate right away: “Find a product that is popular but not yet perfect.” Does that not describe virtually everything in real estate? Practically every tech tool I use…

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4 Compelling Lead Generation Offers REALTORS® Can Provide

4 Compelling Lead Generation Offers REALTORS® Can Provide

Good marketers know that lead generation offers can be powerful tools to rein in that next big lead and grow a business. A lead gen offer on a website usually consists of a box on the sidebar of a page asking for the prospect’s name…

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Real Estate CRMs and Lead Management: Where Is The Integration Automation?

Real Estate CRMs and Lead Management: Where Is The Integration Automation?

I’ve been reviewing dozens of CRMs over the past year for projects within my own team as well as others’ businesses. The majority of these discussions include a fairly simple question: Will this CRM automatically import/update itself with the leads I get from various sources?…

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Retargeting: Turning Real Estate Leads into Sales

Retargeting: Turning Real Estate Leads into Sales

The Internet offers a variety of methods, such as social media, search engine optimization and pay-per-click ads that realtors can use to gain leads and convert them into sales. But the problem that most realtors experience when marketing on the Internet is that the customers…

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How To Complete A Direct Mail Campaign (In Less Than 30 Minutes)

How To Complete A Direct Mail Campaign (In Less Than 30 Minutes)

Over the past 6 years, direct mail marketing has been one of the most successful methods that I’ve relied on to find motivated sellers. It has yielded a consistently solid response rate, which has resulted in my ability to generate more leads, close more deals…

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When?

When?

Seth provides another good reminder: there is no perfect moment. Get off your butt, and do something (as I’ve said before). Not when you have $20k in savings. Not when your kids go to college. Not once you hire 5 more agents. Not once you…

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The Lifestyle of Nimbin

The Lifestyle of Nimbin

I passed through Nimbin, Australia (the hippy/drug capital of Australia – see this & this) the other day, and snapped the following photo… Goes to show, this “lifestyle” thing is understood far and wide. Start here to figure out how to build your own lifestyle…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Travis Thom

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Travis Thom

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Travis Thom of Leads2Listing.com. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I am founder and creator of www.Leads2Listing.com, a lead generating website built to attract Sellers for Listing Agents…

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