[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…

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…

Nearly every day I talk to agents that are looking for the answer to the same question. What’s the best lead generation site? Zillow? Trulia? Realtor.com? At the surface this sounds like a simple question, but even though I work with hundreds of agents that…

I had a chance to review a new product recently that takes a more strategized approach to finding listing leads for real estate agents.  Rebogateway (R.E.B.O. being an acronym for Real Estate Back Office) is a product that focuses on which homeowners are most likely…

Good news for 4 people – I’m offering an online marketing consultation for agents or brokers for $5 to the first 4 people to pay. Here’s the background as to why. I’m currently at Startup Weekend in Amsterdam working with a team building a platform that enables you…

WordPress Rules! So, you’ve decided to launch a blog or real estate website? Chances are you’re not doing it alone. That being the case, your next choice should be about which CMS (content management system) you’ll use to simplify all the activities you’d rather not…

Real Estate Social “Notworking?” It was getting close to Inman Connect NY, and I could feel the urgency in a text message from Matt Beall, “did you get my email regarding the social media case study for Inman?” I’m sure somewhere—in the ether that is my inbox—sat…

In many markets the online classified site Craigslist.org gets insane amounts of traffic. Many real estate agents have attempted to take advantage of this by repeatedly posting ineffective ads and conclude it’s not a reliable source of website traffic or lead generation for them. Heck,…

Some real estate agents out there have to reread the popular best selling book  “Who Moved My Cheese” because they are just far to stubborn, and, more importantly, are losing market share. Here’s The Background To The Story I recently had a conversation about online…

As many social media experts, gurus, and ninjas try to “monetize” social media for their clients, others are focusing simply on the connection and interaction with clients.  Dare I say “engaging”?  Engagement used to be for when 2 people decided to get married, but today…