These real estate pros lead impactful charitable efforts, from fighting food insecurity to organizing disaster recovery, and you can vote for your favorite cause. REALTORS® don’t just help people buy and sell houses. They also pour their hearts into their communities to make them better places to live. The 10 finalists for the National Association …
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Sep 05
Podcasting Success Tips From a Podcasting Pro
Barb Betts hosts the popular “Real Estate by Relationship” podcast. Podcaster: Barb Betts, broker and CEO of The RECollective, Long Beach, Calif.Podcast: Real Estate by RelationshipWhat it’s about: How to build a real estate business based on relationshipsDate started: September 2020 Why did you start a podcast? From the beginning of my real estate journey …
Sep 05
9 Ways to Leverage RPR in Your Business
The REALTORS Property Resource® is a powerhouse of data. The REALTORS Property Resource® (narrpr.com(link is external)) puts instant information on properties at your fingertips. Here are nine ways to get more from this exclusive member benefit. ©National Association of REALTORS®Reprinted with permission
Sep 01
Keeping Your Smart Home Secure
Learn key strategies and products for making sure a smart home and all its devices are safe from hackers. Securing your smart home starts at the front door, says Christopher Dow, CTO of Smart Residentials at ASSA ABLOY(link is external), the parent company of August + Yale(link is external). Homeowners should consider a smart lock …
Sep 01
Google Map Feature Offers ‘Immersive View’ of Streets
A new Google feature may help house hunters get an aerial look at neighborhoods and communities before they visit in person. Some recent descriptions of the new feature describe it as a 3D view that is like flying a drone over an area. The Google Maps’ new “immersive view(link is external)” feature is limited to …
Aug 31
Maximize Your Website to Attract Clients
Of all the business touchpoints available in today’s digital world, your website is one of the most important to market yourself. Make sure you’re maximizing its use and attracting clients with these tips. Key takeaways: Even in the age of social media, websites are an important asset for real estate professionals. They act as the …
Aug 31
Tech Tools Becoming Obsolete
Still holding onto some of these oldies? It may be time to let go. Technology has an expiration date. New tech quickly pushes out favorite devices from years past. Here are some tech devices you may be able to retire. If you find out-of-date gadgets in your desk drawers, consider recycling them. Not sure how? …
Aug 30
Home Electrification
From vehicles to lawn tools, electric features are here to stay and growing in popularity, which means homes need to be equipped to handle the demand. Key takeaways: According to Sense, an energy monitoring company, household energy consumption rose(link is external) at the onset of the pandemic and will likely continue to increase. Several factors …
Aug 30
Best Times for Social Posting
Time your posts perfectly for higher engagement. Maximize your customer outreach by posting on social media during optimal times. Hootsuite, a platform for managing multiple social channels, researched more than 30,000 social posts to determine whether certain days and times tended to get higher engagement than others. Here’s what the study found: Your audience may …
Aug 29
Emerging Technologies to Watch
These advances could shake up the real estate market. High-speed connections, virtual realities and transactions, and smarter data are among the hot technology trends to watch now and in the near future. Dan Weisman and Dave Conroy, directors of emerging technology for the National Association of REALTORS®, provide a snapshot of the tech to watch. …
Aug 29
Is the Virtual Reality Property Worth the Cost?
Virtual real estate is the market’s new frontier thanks to the metaverse, so agents and brokers need to know what it means for the industry and how it works. Nowadays, it seems as if there’s virtual everything. Virtual artwork, virtual events, virtual marketing. But what about virtual real estate? Is that a thing, and if …
Aug 28
5 Signs Your Device Is Infected With a Virus
You can fix some issues by rebooting. But others will require professional help. Know when you can resolve tech problems yourself. Numerous cyber threats lurk on the internet, but perhaps nothing is more dangerous to your business than having your computer or smartphone infected with a virus. Don’t ignore the signs: Your computer or phone …
