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How Organization Leads to Optimization

You may be familiar with the saying, “A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind”. If you’re like many people who let documents, notes and important information pile up with no method to the madness, it can be difficult to stay organized. Organize your Office A high degree of organization helps you to [...]

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How Are You Using Technology to Communicate With Customers?

This week, we focused on the importance of leveraging technology to better communicate with clients. Although good communication sounds like a no-brainer (and especially so in the world of real estate), there are a number of REALTORS® not taking advantage of the tools available to improve their relationships.  Thus, we provided some insight to help [...]

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Want to Be a Better REALTOR®? Just Ask

Powered by DotLoop. Where Deals Get Done™ As a REALTOR®, you always need to work at attracting and establishing good relationships with clients. This is the foundation of your real estate business so its importance can’t be emphasized enough. Consequently, engaging with industry peers is also beneficial because their experience can help make you a [...]

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REALTORS® Help Buyers Realize the Benefits of Home Ownership

There’s nothing like the feelings of pride, security, and tranquility of owning a home. A place to raise family, make improvements or contribute to the well being of a neighborhood is some of the benefit homeowners enjoy. Everyday, REALTORS® help home buyers achieve this dream of home ownership that provides so many more that just [...]

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Reaching Customers of Tomorrow by Building Relationships Today

Every business needs to put a fair amount of focus on the future Understanding where markets are headed, how potential clients shop and the technology they use to share and obtain information are important considerations when looking to expand business. It’s a matter of making business related hypotheses and preparations to compete and surpass quarterly [...]

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Social Media Site, Home Elephant, Helps Real Estate Pros Engage with the Community

There is this new social media site that connects neighborhood residents called Home Elephant™. Currently in its beta phase, it acts as a local hub for neighborhood residents to interact and share information with each other about events, alerts and notices; which could prove beneficial for real estate professionals. Real estate professionals can use information [...]

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Arbor Day 2011: Is Your Business Doing What it Can to Reduce Paper Waste?

In elementary school, every holiday throughout the year was celebrated with great excitement. From Groundhog Day to Valentines Day teachers and students would learn the history, tell a story and participate in a special activity in honor of the holiday. Today, April 29, 2011, we here at DotLoop are celebrating Arbor Day–A day to celebrate [...]

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Casual Exercise Delivers Causal Results

I was walking out of the gym after an evening run and couldn’t help but to notice all of the “casual” exercisers. In case you don’t know whom I’m referring to, it’s those people that manage to read a book while on the elliptical machine, never breaking a bead of sweat during a 60-minute workout. [...]

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Earth Day 2011: Doing Business Online Reduces Environmental Scourge

Today is Earth Day and we here at DotLoop take that pretty seriously. Reason being, we aim to serve real estate professionals by reducing the environmental scourge that is excessive paper and ink cartridge use. Electronic transactions have become prevalent throughout commerce in every industry as a solution for more efficient transactions. As a collaborative [...]

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Agent’s Can’t Afford to Lack Confidence in Today’s Market

Real estate is a business that requires a great deal of trust. People on the selling end want to get as much money as possible for their home, while buyers hope to spend as little as possible. Negotiations can be lengthy and frustrating when a Realtor® is inexperienced or unknowledgeable about a property; consequently, damaging [...]

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Why is Mobile Technology so Important for Real Estate Professionals?

It was only a decade ago that cell phones became commonplace throughout society. Over the years, technology has progressed so much that mobile devices encompass the functionality of the phone with virtually anything else a person needs. New models such as the iPhone 4 continually push the boundaries of what is possible in mobile technology [...]

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Effective Communication Practices Boosts Home Buyer Confidence

Proper document management and electronic signatures increase efficiency in the home-buying process, but effective, one-to-one communication between agent and client remains of basic importance for selling real estate. People are naturally cautious about buying real estate because it’s typically the most important investment they’ll ever make. They need to feel confident, with a sense of [...]

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Environmentally-Conscious Home Buyers Present Great Opportunities for Realtors

Iridescent light bulbs, low-flow plumbing and energy-efficient windows are among the new considerations for building a home these days. “Green” real estate that is more ecologically sound and environmentally friendly is resonating with a new generation of home buyers concerned with environmental impact and utility costs. With rising prices in oil and other fuels, home [...]

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The Entrepreneurial Spirit Begins with the Basics

I had the opportunity to visit my Alma Mater this week to give a presentation on entrepreneurship to this year’s senior class. The invite came in light of today’s challenging job market and the idea that graduates need to be more entrepreneurial in their efforts. I’ll be the first to support entrepreneurship as viable avenue [...]

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Driving Through the Spring Rain Now a Thing of the Past

The month of April often produces rain showers and thunderstorms providing much needed water to gardens and lawns. While the spring rain brings new life to the earth, it can also become a major inconvenience, often times a danger, when driving. Most residential real estate professionals understand the hassle and dangers that come with driving [...]

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The Twenty-First Century Calls for a Collaborative Workspace in Real Estate

The twenty-first century began more than a decade ago and since then, we’ve certainly seen our fair share of technological improvements. The Internet has undoubtedly changed the way people do everything in their daily lives. Things like banking, shopping and taxes are done online by a growing majority of people because it’s quicker, simpler and [...]

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Basic Considerations for Agents Using Video in Their Marketing

Video is becoming an ever present force in the marketing strategy of real estate professionals and understandably so. Today’s shoot and share culture is ideal for agents to show homes in more dynamic way than taking still pictures or highlighting home specifications. There are basic considerations that every agent should maintain when using video in [...]

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Sharing Documents for Simpler Real Estate Transactions

Anyone working in real estate is accustomed to dealing with large numbers of documents and the numerous copies that follow. For many deals, tracking the transfer of properly signed and dated documents among all parties can be a challenge for even the most organized and meticulous real estate agents. How often have you experienced the [...]

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Time Management Begins With You; Not With Some Book

The funny thing about “time management”, is the multitude of books, articles and seminars on the subject, all suggesting “easy” or “guaranteed” techniques and tips. Set goals, prioritize your tasks, eliminate non-essential “to-do’s” and find that magical system that will give you more time for your family. While many of these articles, books, podcasts etc., [...]

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Adjusting Your Business to Generation Y Home Buyers

When it comes to Generation Y home buyers, as a real estate agent you’re going to find that their needs are different from the previous generation of home buyers. Who is Generation Y anyway? Generation Y is anyone born between 1977 and 1995. This generation is accustomed to operating in a world with remote controls, [...]

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