Real Estate Agents for Consumers

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Keeping score improves agent performance

Keeping score improves agent performance

Our customer satisfaction is at the highest it’s ever been because our leads are surveyed every time. We give kudos to Zillow who automatically sends a survey to every client as soon as you interact with them. When we learned this, our level of service improved...
Dare we cross brokerage lines? We say Yes!

Dare we cross brokerage lines? We say Yes!

What if a group of agents from different brokerages decide to work together to improve the industry for consumers—a cross-brokerage movement of real estate professionals with the consumer as the guiding light.  When I was first licensed in 2003, the buzzword for real...
The grip is going to get tighter

The grip is going to get tighter

Hey Zillow Premier Agents that are in co-marketing agreements with your favorite mortgage partner. Here they come! Zillow is building what rDigz is building. They bought a mortgage company and are now positioning themselves to be 50% of every transaction. First,...
Who’s making money off your listing photos?

Who’s making money off your listing photos?

Do you know who’s making money off of your listing photos, who is the one profiting when WE pay for them?  This ties into last week’s topic of how agents get paid for adding listings to MLS, where we mentioned someone is bringing a fork to a potluck while...
How agents get paid for adding listings to MLS

How agents get paid for adding listings to MLS

Today’s timely discussion is on how agents get paid for adding listings to the MLS. We’re on this topic because of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) — an organization supported and funded by the NAR. Their initiative is to make data standardized...