Video Creation For Real Estate Professionals



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Most realtors understand the benefits that come with embedding video productions of their listings on their websites. In an atmosphere of tight marketing budgets, however, the luxury of hiring a professional to do the task of creating high quality videos has been set aside in favor of more do-it-yourself options.

Are You In The Loop? Why You Should Be and How To Get There



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Two organizations which are slowly changing the way real estate is done – Trulia.com and dotloop.com – are combining forces (is that anything like combining superpowers?) to offer buyers, sellers and brokers an opportunity to improve their real estate transaction experiences.

Harness The Power of The Visual – Using Your iPad To Showcase Your Business



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Now available – yet another cool app for realtors – if they use an iPad. The Portfolio App, created by KnowledgeView, offers real estate brokers an opportunity to harness the power that visuals give to their business.

Real Estate Marketing and The Computer Age – Are You Missing Out?



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Exciting news for Trulia.com users. Earlier this week, it was revealed that California based Move, Inc. – the premier online real estate source,has agreed to use the ListHub Syndication Network syndicate listings to Trulia, Inc.

Easy, Breezy Property Management – It’s Real, It’s Here, It’s LeaseRunner!



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LeaseRunner recently released a rental industry report which revealed some interesting numbers about the rental market. As long time readers may remember, LeaseRunner is the brainchild of Joe Buczkowski, internet and business attorney and finance instructor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

And The Survey Says…No Sale!



So, have we been sold a line of cow excrement? There are millions (perhaps billions, I haven’t checked) of page results that show up when searching ways that businesses can drive sales. I would venture to say that a vast majority of the ways being touted as great for sales are computer driven – i.e. email, social media, etc.

Teenagers Aren’t The Only Ones Who Can “Hang Out”!



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Are you using Google+ hangouts for your business? Seriously, when I first heard about this new tool I thought to myself, yeah, just what we need, another social media option. From Vimeo, to Hulu to YouTube, to Facebook and a whole host of other options, did we really need another way to share content with our followers?

Zillow® Launches New, Innovative Rental App for Android™



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Zillow, Inc, a national leader in real estate information and home search tools, recently announced the launch of a brand new Android™ application called Zillow® Rentals, which marks the first time the company has developed an app dedicated solely to the rental market.

Can Your Smartphone Boost Your Income?



Well known industry news website Inman News conducted a survey called “Diving into the Mind of Today’s ‘Free Agent’”. Directed towards real estate professionals, over 80 questions covered topics such as agents’ earnings, time spent working on various activities, and amount spent on technology and marketing.

Mobile Devices Become Standard for Housing Consumers



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Home shopping is no longer confined to desktops or laptops and real estate agents who don’t get the mobile movement will be thumb-typed right out of business. Instead, today’s unwired home shoppers are using mobile devices to do everything from browsing for housing via GPS to streaming videos of homes for sale.