Every home has a story — some long, some short. The history of a home includes a lot of things, depending on the age of both the home and the community it resides in. In the case of my parents home in Sammamish, that includes…

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…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be Listing Syndication (since it’s been the hot topic, in real estate, for the last few days). If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the conversation Monday (1/30/12) at 6 PM PST / 9 PM…

[Pre-emption of syndication flack:  I syndicate.  Most brokers do.  Many value the additional exposure in the current situation.  This isn’t a blanket condemnation of syndication.  It’s merely an analysis of the SEO byproduct of that action.] The real estate industry is buzzing about Edina Realty…

[Note from the Editor: This article was originally posted on SanDiegoCastles.com. I reposted it here because it’s relevant to this audience of geeky real estate professionals looking to figure out what to do about listing syndication in 2012. I haven’t been able to figure out…

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…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be Using Your iPad for Listing Presentations (this topic suggestion came from @YvonneArnoldCRS). If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the conversation Monday (1/23/12) at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST. For those who want…

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…

I have noticed a big increase in agents awareness of the need for a great real estate CRM.  It seems like the industry is no longer satisfied with what has been popular for many years and is now demanding more. I know I’m not, which…