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Web 2.0 concepts and applications provide unique opportunity to shape the future of the real estate industry through MLS 5.0.

Buyers now can search among nearly three million for-sale listings on Zillow®, including new construction, foreclosures, land, and Make Me Move® homes.

Recent elections handled by InternetCrusade's OnePersonOneVoice.com online voting platform have shown sharp increases in participation using techniques to remind members to vote securely.

Royal LePage Real Estate Services, Canada’s leading provider of franchise services to residential real estate brokerages, together with Carriage Trade, Royal LePage’s prestigious luxury home marketing program, has selected The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing’s Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation (CLHMS) as the designation of choice for its agents who specialize in selling high-end properties.

Home improvement site adds property listings search for expanded consumer reach.

There is a no man's land between the time a conteroffer is sent out and the time it is either signed and returned, or rejected. What happens if another, better offer comes in while the first counter is out?

I am happy to announce the premiere of "Beauty and the Geek" in Sacramento, CA.  For months now I have been telling attendees of my seminars we were planning on rolling out our newest presentation for keynote addresses and meetings.  Anybody that knows me has already figured out which role I play in "Beauty and the Geek", so let me tell you about the Beauty.  My REALTOR/Business Manager/National Speaker/Wife, Shelby who in her own right has been a very success speaker working from Hawaii to...

The title of the keynote address given by Merlin Mann, "Dealing With Information Overload, Getting to Inbox Zero"

Commission splits; dirty little secrets; buyer agent compensation; sellers, Code of Ethics

Let’s explore, more objectively, the value that a real estate agent brings to the table and exactly what the “opportunity” that the Internet opens up really is.

Message from John Reilly, e-PRO:We are very excited that Gary David Hall has organized a new Group on RealTown that will focus on Contact Management issues and solutions. Gary has been a longtime contributor to RealTalk sharing his well-recognized expertise in the CRM arena.Gary's stated purpose of the Group is: "At this time, there are 25 different Real Estate specific CRM solutions. I have compiled a comparison matrix for most of them to date. This is a place where you can learn more about th...

Jim, I'm looking for new ideas on how to drive people to my website.  I haven't spent money on magazines, newspaper, neighborhood, mailouts etc. for several years.  My business has mostly come from church, my husbands connections at work, a home flipper I work with for years, friends and referrals from my broker. For years I participated in my neighborhood newsletter by sharing yearly stats.  I would split one story vs two story.  I would list things such as listing price, sq footage, sold...

Have you ever given thought to what the MLS of the future should look like? Well, real estate industry visionary Saul Klein has. And if you've ever heard Saulspeak, you know he is very passionate about his beliefs. Saul feels that the real estate industry has the opportunity to "take back itsfuture." For a number of reasons, it has appeared that, over the last few years,forces out of our control were at work to reshape the real estate industry. Accordingto Saul, "it is now time to fight back,...

 I am considering dropping all my print advertising and throwing that $700.00 a month towards my website, direct mail and such. In today's world, with NAR stats saying that 85% of homebuyers start on the internet, and something like 10% by seeing a sign, it just seems foolish to spend money on something that stats are showing don't bring customers. Our newspaper, puts an web id, as well as the Real Estate Book on each listing driving traffic to their sites. So even the print advertisers know t...

Does anyone out there know of a Lis Pendens research service for Broward County Florida. My county has a public records web site that lists LP filings. There were 267 new Foreclosure filings in my county just on Friday July 18. But the problem is it just shows you the LP paperwork filed and The name of the Plaintiff and Defendant. Not the address of the property or the Tax ID number. It does show the legal description.  Someone will probably have specific information for you but just in case.....