Broker Public Portal Adds Four New Members to Board

Redfin. KW. Keyes. Metrolist. Executives with these four real estate industry-leading firms just joined the BPP Board of Managers. It's akin to the automobile industry announcing that representatives from Tesla, GM, Audi and Johnson Controls just joined a Board that's collaborating on their industry's most pressing cutting-edge initiative. This is a blue-chip list of leaders of today and tomorrow by any measure: Bill Miller, CEO of Metrolist Services, Inc. Kathleen Manchin, Director of Industry Relations/Corporate Counsel of Keller Williams Realty International Chelsea Goyer, VP of Recruiting, Partner Programs & MLS Relations of Redfin Christina Pappas, District Sales Manager of The Keyes Company [...]

By |2018-04-30T09:22:24-07:00April 30th, 2018|Main category|0 Comments
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Data Talk and the Consumer Experience

Over the last month, a lot of people are talking about data. Inman Disconnect crafted a data statement as one of its Parker Principles, Real Estate Standard Organization (RESO.org) Spring 2018 Conference was all about data, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) held a panel to discuss how real estate can be more competitive with technology, which included data as a component of its theme. Here are some thoughts on the good, bad and ugly uses of data.

By |2018-07-02T02:02:48-07:00April 30th, 2018|IDX, RESO, Technology|0 Comments
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What is Public Relations?

I am still stunned by the number of people I meet in the real estate industry, including prospective clients, who really don’t understand what Public Relations is. More importantly, many people often have misconceptions about what PR can do. Most often, PR is confused with activities and outcomes that are entirely in the realm of Advertising.

By |2018-04-30T06:15:26-07:00April 30th, 2018|Main category, Our Company, Our Services|1 Comment
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Rate Lock Will Worsen Home Sales

Rate Lock is not a common term in real estate, but it is pretty easy to understand. And, once you understand it, you will appreciate why trade volume in real estate is going to continue to stay low for a long time, and possibly why the stock market is in for a continued rise. Today’s homeowners are probably in a loan product that is somewhere around 3.31% to 4%. If they decide to sell, they will need a new loan product that will probably be around 5%. That difference of 1% or 2% is what causes the “Rate Lock” effect.

By |2018-04-30T04:00:18-07:00April 30th, 2018|Main category|0 Comments
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The Big Switch – Brokers Benefiting From MLS Data Like Never Before

WAV Group would like to invite you to a webinar where we have invited two of the industry’s largest MLS data companies to tell their story of a quiet revolution that is taking place in real estate and what it means for Brokerage firms and their agents. The entire industry is in the middle of a data feed switch, and everything is impacted. Most brokers are in the dark about this important conversion that is powering all of their software solutions.

By |2018-04-25T10:00:37-07:00April 25th, 2018|Clients|3 Comments
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Trestle Webinar – First Report on Success for Brokers and Technology Partners

The real estate industry has adopted new standards for managing Multiple Listing data feeds, converting from the Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS) to the new RESO Web API. For years the brokerage group has lobbied the National Association of REALTORS® to require that all Multiple Listing Organizations deliver data to brokers and their technology providers using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Today, these new data feeds are now available and they are delivering more value than brokers imagined.

By |2018-04-16T10:15:22-07:00April 16th, 2018|Main category|0 Comments
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RESO Is Lighting Up $1 Billion In Savings For The Real Estate Industry

Homes.com recently put RESO Standards to the test.  What is the real business value of RESO Data Standards?  A new Homes.com Case Study shed some serious light on the subject.  They have proven that moving to standardized data and the RESO Web API is saving them thousands of dollars in development time, allowing them to redeploy that energy to more innovative endeavors. We hear often that “nobody” is asking to leverage RESO data standards in local MLS data feeds yet.  This exciting news is going to change that.

By |2018-04-16T09:15:44-07:00April 16th, 2018|Main category|0 Comments
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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|0 Comments
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Flashback Feature 2004: Keller Williams’ Gary Keller Teaches His Way to the Top

This Flashback Features series unearths profiles from the past of real estate and technology leaders. A version of this story was first published in California Real Estate magazine. This profile of Gary Keller, founder of Keller Williams Realty International, is from 2004.

By |2018-04-02T14:00:16-07:00April 2nd, 2018|Main category|1 Comment
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