Cloud CMA Free Webinar: Generating and Closing More Seller Leads Today!

Don’t miss this webinar moderated by WAV Group partner, Marilyn Wilson. Cloud CMA FREE Webinar! Thursday, April 14th at 10:00am PST Seats are limited so make sure you register today!     How To Use CMAs to Generate Seller Leads Join W&R Studios’ National Trainer and real estate speaker Ricardo Bueno and listing rockstar April Kass as they dive deep into everything you need to know to start generating and closing more seller leads today! ATTENDEE.GOTOWEBINAR.COM

By |2018-05-03T21:23:18-07:00April 11th, 2016|Main category|Comments Off on Cloud CMA Free Webinar: Generating and Closing More Seller Leads Today!

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Going Away?

A new paper issued by a robust group of government and economic leaders in the real estate economy have outlined a proposal to merge Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into a new government-owned corporation.  Currently both organizations are government-regulated, but privately owned. According to the paper the goal of the proposal is to overhaul the mortgage lending process to accomplish the following: “This would facilitate a deep, broad and competitive primary and secondary mortgage market; limit the taxpayer’s risk to where it is absolutely necessary; ensure broad access to the system for borrowers in all communities; and ensure a level playing field [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:18-07:00April 1st, 2016|Broker Technology Research, Main category|Comments Off on Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Going Away?

Google Creator Day

When some of our readers heard that my daughter Alexandra AKA Sparkles Lund was invited to attend Google Creator Day, they were genuinely interested in hearing about what she learned at this exciting event. She has written a blog post for her own blog, SparklesLund.com and I thought I would share it with you because there is some very interesting information about ways to build the size and engagement of a YouTube channel. Please follow her on Facebook, instagram, Twitter and subscribe to her YouTube channel, Enjoy!  As you may know, I have been really publishing a lot of videos on YouTube [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:18-07:00March 31st, 2016|Main category, Marketing, Twitter for Real Estate|Comments Off on Google Creator Day

Digital Dawn: Amazon is creating the smart house for the rest of us

Late Christmas morning, after the presents were opened, the wrapping discarded and breakfast consumed, my wife sent a text to her real best friend Paige that read, “I have a new best friend!” Paige promptly responded with “Huh?” “Her name is Alexa, as in the new Amazon Echo,” my wife texted back. How lucky am I, as a guy, to have a wife who put at the top of her gift list, a technology item? But more important was her reaction. She genuinely fell in love with Alexa within minutes after turning it on. It was wickedly cool and ridiculously [...]

By |2018-08-14T03:54:30-07:00March 16th, 2016|Broker Technology Research, Main category|Comments Off on Digital Dawn: Amazon is creating the smart house for the rest of us

LeadingRE, Miami Beach and Marketing Automation

The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach recently hosted LeadingRE. It’s always happens during what I like to think of as the real estate brokerage convention season. Keller Williams, with its Family Reunion, preceded it in New Orleans and RE/MAX R4 followed it in Las Vegas. If you really want to get a feel for the real estate market in America, these conferences are a great place to gauge what is really happening on the ground because the preponderance of attendees are broker-owners. Conferences that target industry leaders or tech companies or the intelligentsia of real estate are great for forward thinking, [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:21-07:00March 16th, 2016|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Marketing|Comments Off on LeadingRE, Miami Beach and Marketing Automation

Protect Your Content Now

My 13-year-old daughter provided me with a raw lesson in digital rights management yesterday. It is a pretty simple lesson really – do not let others build their business using your content, at your expense. Background Like every 13 year old, Social Media is a thing. 13 is the minimum age to open an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Kik, and SnapChat. You need to be 18 for YouTube, but a 13-year-old can sign up with a parent’s permission. For those of you who know me well, you know that my daughter already has a social media following [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:21-07:00March 16th, 2016|Main category, Our Services, Strategic Planning, Twitter for Real Estate|Comments Off on Protect Your Content Now

Florida Realtors® Tech Helpline Records 20% Growth in 50 Days

It's one thing for a new tech Startup to grow rapidly, and quite another for a tech service that has been around for 15 years to grow 20 percent in just 50 days. But that's exactly the incredible accomplishment that Florida Realtors® has registered: 9 new state and local associations and nearly 90,000 new members in 50 days. Tricia Stamper, who manages Form Simplicity and Tech Helpline, and her team at Florida Realtors have done just that. They're also growing Form Simplicity, their transaction management software firm by targeting Real Estate Brokerages with a highly affordable "white label" service so brokers can [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:22-07:00March 2nd, 2016|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Florida Realtors® Tech Helpline Records 20% Growth in 50 Days

Graceful Vendor Termination

System conversions are very difficult in real estate. If there is one eternal truth, agents will absolutely resist change no matter what. Even with MLS system conversions where the death of the application, vital to their business, is eminent; they hang on during the parallel period until the very end. Then there is a flood of complaints about failure to notify them or train them. It’s a way of life that extends beyond the MLS system to the brokerage system. More and more, brokers are providing end-to-end business systems to their agents. Over years, the company trains and supports the [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:22-07:00February 29th, 2016|Main category|Comments Off on Graceful Vendor Termination

Navigating the WAVes of Change in the Real Estate Industry

Back by popular demand!  WAV Group is excited to announce the 2016 WAVes of Change Educational Series.  The first of our four quarterly Webinar Events will be held on Thursday, March 24th. Each webinar follows a large industry conference such as NAR Midyear, CMLS and NAR Annual and is designed to empower Association, MLS and Broker professionals across North America to make well-informed decisions that help propel their organizations forward.  The series is intended to keep your team well-informed, without having to attend multiple events throughout the country. A great strategy to save money while navigating industry changes as well as [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:22-07:00February 26th, 2016|Main category|Comments Off on Navigating the WAVes of Change in the Real Estate Industry

HomeSpotter Revolutionizes MLS Mobile Access

If you have a newer iPhone, you have embraced fingerprint access. You put your finger on the home button which reads your print and opens your phone—or your bank account, or any other app that leverages fingerprint access versus password access. Depending on your MLS, typing in your username and password multiple times a day can be painful, especially on a mobile device. With HomeSpotter, it is just a touch away. HomeSpotter is a mobile MLS application. It provides the benefits of accessing the MLS through a mobile app rather than mobile web. An app provides formatting benefits that mobile [...]

LeadingRE, Miami Beach and Marketing Automation

The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach this week is home to LeadingRE. It's happening during what I like to think of as the real estate brokerage convention season. Keller Williams had its Family Reunion last week and RE/MAX R4 follows in Las Vegas, Feb. 29-March 3. If you really want to get a feel for the real estate market in America, these conferences are a great place to gauge what is really happening on the ground because the preponderance of attendees are broker-owners. Conferences that target industry leaders or tech companies or the intelligentsia of real estate are great for forward [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:22-07:00February 24th, 2016|Main category|Comments Off on LeadingRE, Miami Beach and Marketing Automation

Sandicor Chooses CRS Data as their MLS Tax Software Provider

For those who are in the know in the MLS space, you are aware that Sandicor has always been one of the MLSs to watch. Led by Ray Ewing, President and CEO, they are early adopters of exciting new technologies often setting the pace for other MLSs around the country.  Sandicor follows their own path choosing the tools they believe are going to be the best for their members. Today’s announcement that Sandicor has selected CRS Data’s MLS Tax Suite is no exception. When I saw the overhauled interface for the CRS Data system about a year ago, I was blown away.  [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:22-07:00February 23rd, 2016|Main category, Our Services, Press Releases|Comments Off on Sandicor Chooses CRS Data as their MLS Tax Software Provider