eXp Realty Founder Glenn Sanford Named a Glassdoor Top CEO in 2018

Congratulations to our friends at eXp REALTY for achieving yet another important milestone. In addition to doubling the size of their agent count in less than 1 year, they have been able to do it while keeping their employees very happy - not an easy thing to do! What’s the their secret?   Here’s the secret sauce from where I sit. 1. Unique business model that focuses the money where it should be - in the hands of those creating value for the company - the agents 2.  Consistent training and coaching because of centralized management support 3.  Passion - [...]

By |2018-08-20T07:22:25-07:00June 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on eXp Realty Founder Glenn Sanford Named a Glassdoor Top CEO in 2018

CoreLogic Introduces Elm Street Technology’s Elevate Product to Brokers

CoreLogic’s strategic partnership team has been very busy lately. Last month they introduced a relationship with Homes.com for MLS consumer websites and with Prospects for agent CRM. In an announcement today, they have added Elm Street Technology’s Elevate brokerage solution to the mix of offerings.

By |2018-06-13T07:16:09-07:00June 13th, 2018|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on CoreLogic Introduces Elm Street Technology’s Elevate Product to Brokers

Innovation Winners, 30 Industry Leaders Honored by RESO in Denver

RESO sold out its Spring Tech Summit in Denver last week three times, organizers said. Demand by industry tech and business leaders wanting to attend within the last two weeks forced the nonprofit to re-open registration twice until it pushed to capacity. The Real Estate Standards Organization filled the main ballroom to the brim, with just short of 300 people, at the hip Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver. Art Carter, RESO Chair and head of the largest MLS in the nation CRMLS, noted how far the organization had come in the last five years. One of the most vital breakthroughs: [...]

By |2018-05-02T09:25:39-07:00May 2nd, 2018|Main category, Press Releases, RESO, Technology|Comments Off on Innovation Winners, 30 Industry Leaders Honored by RESO in Denver

The Secret to Having the Best PR Program

When I meet the “father of Public Relations,” Edward Bernays, he was in his 90s. I was a USC grad student in the School of Journalism working on my Masters in Public Relations (MPR). A small group of us had gathered at a Public Relations Student Society of America reception at a national conference to meet the living legend. His body may have been feeble, but his brain was still wickedly razor sharp.

By |2018-04-16T08:00:29-07:00April 16th, 2018|Our Company, Our Services, Press Releases|Comments Off on The Secret to Having the Best PR Program

New Thinking Can Create a MUCH Stronger Board

You’re sitting in your board room thinking through a tough decision that needs to be made.  Many of the board members are passionate, engaged real estate professionals who have lived in the local area for their entire careers. 

By |2018-02-28T09:33:24-08:00February 28th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on New Thinking Can Create a MUCH Stronger Board

Elm Street Technology Announces Acquisition of Agentjet

February 12, 2018 – Greensboro, NC – Today, Elm Street Technology (EST) announced the acquisition of Agentjet, Inc., a digital marketing, lead generation and technology provider for top producing agents and teams. Today’s announcement marks the fourth transaction in the company’s two-year history and provides a scalable lead generation compliment to the company’s Elevate productivity suite of technology and client servicing platforms.

By |2018-02-12T10:00:08-08:00February 12th, 2018|Press Releases|Comments Off on Elm Street Technology Announces Acquisition of Agentjet

myPlanit Receives First Ever 5-Star Product Rating from Inman

WAV GROUP has gotten acquainted with myPlanit and it's CEO Adrienne Meisels. Adrienne is a fantastic person who is super smart and developing a very creative application that lets agents look at a map to see the places they have gone (like listing appointments, open houses, etc) and visualize their journey on a timeline. It's a lot more than that, but you can appreciate how this example would benefit an agent. Adrienne uses the term The Internet of You. myPlanit does the work for you by privately and securely tracking the things that you do, for you. Inman News gave [...]

By |2018-02-08T05:00:48-08:00February 8th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Marketing, Press Releases, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on myPlanit Receives First Ever 5-Star Product Rating from Inman

HUNT Real Estate Buys Large Boston Brokerage

Another member of The Realty Alliance is kicking up activity on the acquisition trail. As Real Trends CEO Steve Murray has spotted, large firms are getting larger. HUNT Real Estate, the second largest ERA franchise in the world has expanded from the Upstate New York market into the Boston, MA market by acquiring ERA Key Realty. WAV Group congratulates the Hunt family and the Taylor family for opening another major demographic market area. I would expect that HUNT Mortgage and other affiliated companies in commercial, property management, insurance, and title will get added to the Boston market area. HUNT will [...]

By |2018-02-07T16:42:43-08:00February 7th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on HUNT Real Estate Buys Large Boston Brokerage

CoreLogic Expands Access to Natural Hazard Reports in California

IRVINE, Calif., February 7, 2018—CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced it is adding DisclosureSave to the Clareity® SSO Dashboard to enable nearly twenty-thousand California agents simpler access to natural hazard disclosure reports required to close each transaction. Three multiple listing organizations throughout the state now display DisclosureSave as an option for their members—allowing them to conveniently select and order reports directly from the Discover Network panel within the Clareity SSO Dashboard. “We brought DisclosureSave into the CoreLogic family to offer real estate professionals in California a high quality, data-powered product and [...]

By |2018-02-07T05:00:07-08:00February 7th, 2018|Clients, Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on CoreLogic Expands Access to Natural Hazard Reports in California

Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

Circlepix has sold everything. They operated an extensive network of photographers that they sold to VHT Studios in January. Now they have sold the rest of their company to Inside Real Estate. If you have not followed Inside Real Estate lately – pay attention. Inside Real Estate is the incredible company that recently landed Keyes – one of the largest firms in South East Florida among others. They are taking a piecemeal approach to purchasing world class software providers to complete their suite of an end-to-end solution for brokers, teams, and agents. At the heart of Inside Real Estate is [...]

By |2018-02-01T07:17:20-08:00February 1st, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Press Releases, Technology, Technology Evaluation, Virtual Office Website Series|Comments Off on Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

ShowingTimes’ MarketView Broker to Compete with BrokerMetrics™, TrendGraphix®, and Collateral Analytics®

A number of years ago, ShowingTime purchased a number of companies that focus on market stats. Those products were listing centric, providing brokers with the capability to look at the market activity around a single property, neighborhood, city/town, zip code, etc. The charts are beautiful, and easily embedded into a broker’s website. Track Competition and MarketShare With this new product, they are developing market charts that change the focus from listings to the brokers and agents that sell them. You can look at the trend of an agent or broker’s production either on the buy side or the sell side, [...]

By |2018-01-18T09:29:17-08:00January 18th, 2018|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on ShowingTimes’ MarketView Broker to Compete with BrokerMetrics™, TrendGraphix®, and Collateral Analytics®

IRES and Pikes Peak Launch Data Share Using RPR View™

Realtors Property Resource® (RPR) offers a feature called RPR View™ which is now the largest MLS data share in the U.S.  Since its initial Residential Platform launch in 2010, MLSs licensing their information to RPR have a choice to display their active and sold records “only to their subscribers,” or to a wider audience like “statewide,” or “all REALTORS® nationwide.” MLSs can also selectively opt into sharing with specific markets. All 1.2 million REALTORS® have access to RPR and over 700,000 REALTORS® have accounts.  RPR also has over 665 licenses with MLSs and Associations, with the majority having a policy [...]