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Member Engagement Tools for MLS and Realtor Associations

Member Engagement Tools for MLS and Realtor Associations

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Solid Earth] Creating technology solutions for MLSs and Realtor Associations, Solid Earth launched the first web-based MLS platform, List It, in 1999. Since launching the Spring website platform…

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Agent Driven Clarity with Deal Terms and Instant Offer Updates

Agent Driven Clarity with Deal Terms and Instant Offer Updates

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Final Offer] Final Offer is a customer-facing and agent-driven platform for negotiating home sales that delivers clear, real-time offer alerts for buyers and sellers. It is designed to…

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A Digital Advertising Marketplace for Real Estate and Investor Websites

A Digital Advertising Marketplace for Real Estate and Investor Websites

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Cordless Media] Serving website owners in the real estate and investor niches, Cordless Media is a digital advertising marketplace providing marketing through monetized tools and content. They act…

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Enabling Online Presence Superpowers

Enabling Online Presence Superpowers

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Real Grader] Real Grader is a Digital Agency that measures, manages, and optimizes the online reputation of real estate professionals across search engines, social media, and dedicated real…

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Unlock Pending Commissions Like a Line of Credit

Unlock Pending Commissions Like a Line of Credit

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Tongo] Tongo provides brokers and agents with a way to access pending commissions with an Agent-Line-of-Credit where they only borrow what they need and only pay back when…

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A Gradual Ownership Model

A Gradual Ownership Model

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Summer] Summer is a vacation property market company whose “try before you buy” model helps owners purchase vacation properties and rent them out when not in use. Through…

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Meet The Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Len Dugow from DASH

Meet The Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Len Dugow from DASH

In this week’s founder interview, we’re bringing you Len Dugow from DASH. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I am the founder and CEO of DASH. I’ve had a 30-plus-year career leading branding and marketing campaigns for some of the…

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The Broker Agnostic Tech Platform

The Broker Agnostic Tech Platform

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: PLACE] An end-to-end technology platform, PLACE delivers a suite of business services to top agents, teams, and brokerages that spans accounting to marketing. Their CRM streamlines processes and…

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Utilizing AI to Recruit and Retain Real Estate Agents

Utilizing AI to Recruit and Retain Real Estate Agents

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Courted] An AI-powered Brokerage Talent Solutions, Courted is bringing connected professional networking and workflow to help make data-driven marketing, hiring, and referral decisions. Their predictive analytics help customers…

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CityBldr Local Free for 30 Days

CityBldr Local Free for 30 Days

CityBldr’s Local product that we mentioned a few weeks back, is now FREE for a month in 150+ US cities. Since COVID, housing insecurity and homelessness have risen. Housing exists at the base level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs…people and communities need housing to survive,…

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