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3 Things Holding Your Team Back and How to Fix Them

April 3, 2017

From interest rates to the housing supply, there are a lot of things you can’t control in the real estate business. Though these external variables create the business climate for your brokerage, they’re not the biggest factors in whether you grow or simply hang in there. The good news is that the things that matter […]

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End of a traditional brokerage

Announcing the Winners of Dotloop Top 10: Most Tech-Forward Agents of 2017

March 30, 2017

Great real estate agents use digital and mobile technology to get deals done faster. Two months ago, we invited our clients to submit a questionnaire nominating real estate agents who are applying technology to complete transactions in unique and innovative ways. Our team judged dozens of applications on a number of factors, including the technologies […]

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Millennial Real Estate Agent

3 Qualities Millennial Real Estate Agents Look For In a Brokerage

March 20, 2017

Why recruiting agents from the Millennial generation is a good idea There are many reasons to recruit Millennial real estate agents to your brokerage, but one of the best may be one of the simplest: Millennials are now the largest generation in the U.S. and make up the biggest percentage of first-time home buyers (42%). […]

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The Science Behind Real Estate Teams

The Surprising Science Behind High Performing Real Estate Teams

March 14, 2017

It’s no wonder that Teams are becoming a force to be reckoned with in real estate: an effective team can be highly productive, both in terms of closing volume and customer service. But building an effective Real Estate Team is not easy — even if you stack a team with top performers, results can still […]

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6 Step Guide for Giving the Ultimate Real Estate Listing Presentation

March 7, 2017

Giving your listing presentation is one of your most important things you do as an agent. Obviously, if you don’t get the listing, you don’t get the business and you don’t get the commission. With stakes this high, it’s tempting to load your presentation with stats that make you sound impressive. That is until you […]

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Happy Real Estate Clients

Why every Real Estate Professional should create a Customer Journey Map

March 7, 2017

Real estate is a business that relies on maps: plat maps, neighborhood maps, comp maps, flood zone maps. But there’s one map most real estate professionals don’t have. One that shows them the information they need to improve and grow their business. It’s called the Customer Journey Map. A diagram of your customers’ experience A […]

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dotloop launches new platform for developers

Dotloop Launches Improved Developer Platform

March 2, 2017

CINCINNATI, March 2, 2017 – Dotloop, simplifies the real estate buying and selling process, today announced the launch of a new dotloop application program interface (API) platform for developers. The update makes it easier for developers to more seamlessly create new integrations for external real estate technology and transaction services with dotloop’s platform. The improved […]

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Technology in real estate

How to build your real estate operations: 5 Lessons from Silicon Valley

February 27, 2017

Silicon Valley: home to tech behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Apple, as well as a hotbed of startups and small companies hoping to fill a vital niche and grow into the Next Big Thing. This growth is a goal they share with innovative real estate brokerages everywhere. Why look to these tech firms for ideas? […]

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Retain Your Best Real Estate Agents with These 3 Strategies

February 21, 2017

What’s more important than recruiting new agents?Keeping your top performers! If an agent has proven that he or she is a good fit for your culture and has worked successfully for your office, you’re far better off keeping them versus trying to find someone new with the same positive attributes. You can find plenty of […]

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