Any entrepreneur, real estate agents included, know that the trick about technology is to either get there first or get there

You stop by the office to drop off a file and realize that you forgot to print out an addendum to the contract. Since you’re totally mobile, you saved it in “the cloud”, and you just opened it on

When the terms “real estate” and “Facebook” are combined, they are often done so in the name of attracting new clients. By creating a Facebook profile, you are expanding your brand and advertising your listings and your company to

By Mitch Levinson In my last post, I talked about what Chicago real estate agents and homebuilders should be incorporating into their social media program. Today, I’m going to share more on the foundation to this program – your

Hi, my name is Tiffany, and l am a smartphone addict. I never go anywhere without my phone. Why would I? I can do just about everything I need to with my iPhone

By Peter Ricci News flash – Twitter is one widely-used program. With an estimated 400 million monthly users, the site is among the most popular forms of social media available today, and it makes all the sense in the

Most doctors firmly believe that certain types of regular screening tests and checkups are essential and help save lives. And most of us, no matter how much we despise devoting an hour or more to getting poked and prodded,

By Christine Groves Whether you are a new agent or a seasoned agent, there are some key items to building and sustaining your business. We must always keep learning and developing in order to succeed – and making sure

If you sit open houses, you know that it can be a great opportunity to showcase your property, network and meet potential buyers. But how do you gather REAL contact

By Stephanie Sims If you’re on Pinterest and not yet overwhelmed by all the “pins” and “repinning” and just how many categories you can pin ideas to, congratulations, because as an agent, Pinterest is a site that can help

This article is about planning for your 2013 year in real estate – starting now. That’s right,

By Jason Abrams Choosing one’s business partners and employees wisely is the single greatest challenge of a real estate “mega-team” owner. Those of us who own mega-teams know how to generate leads at a blistering pace. In fact, the

Everyone wants more leads. Love ‘em or hate ‘em – you can be using both Zillow and Trulia to get FREE leads. Yes, I said FREE. No matter what your position is on Zillow and Trulia & the infamous

By Peter Ricci According to Pew Research, as of April 2012, 82 percent of all American adults ages 18 and older use email; 67 percent do so on a daily basis; and, for the first time in Pew’s surveys,

By Jennifer Mills Klatt Over the last few years in real estate, websites such as Realtor.com, Chicago Block Shopper and Zillow have given consumers information they didn’t previously have in their hands, and it has undoubtedly impacted the way

Did you know that the guy behind the deli counter at your grocery store voted for the other guy? Want to know why it matters? It doesn’t. There are a lot of places where politics don’t matter. The deli