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• Real Estate Technology

  • Webinar: Webinar: The Home Zone Real Estate Marketing Training
    Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT This webinar will demonstrate how real estate agents can utilize electronic marketing to gain listings, impress buyers and sellers, saturate electronic avenues and create marketing and lead generation campaigns. The webinar will cover the entire Home Zone Marketing Program. After this one hour session, agents w […]
  • Webinar: Webinar: Introduction to REA for Leasing Agents (May 29)
    Mon, May 29, 2012 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT Join REA as we take you step by step through the basics of using REA 9 for Leasing Agents. This demonstration is designed to be short and to the point. REA tracks deals, projects, properties, buyers, sellers, tenants, spaces, comps and link them together. Auto syncs to Outlook and phones. Schedule events, track histo […]
  • Article: Do These 6 Strange Home Buyer Incentives Sell a House Faster?
    This article comes to us from the Showing Suite blog: In down real estate markets, many home sellers will do anything it takes to tempt prospective home buyers to make a purchase, especially by offering incentives to make the home seem a little more appealing. More common incentives include closing cost credits, HOA credits, or new home appliances. But will […]
  • Article: Following #Midyear (Wednesday)
    Seems like many of our readers are interested in hearing more about the goings-on at NAR Midyear. So let's take a look at what the online chatter is today. (You can read my report from yesterday here.) On Twitter The #Midyear chatter certainly picked up on Twitter today! We can't cover all of it, but we've pulled together some of the highlight […]
  • Webinar: Webinar: eBrokerHouse Basics (May 30)
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT We will be going over the basics and the essentials of eBrokerHouse. This web-based solution caters to traditional, short sale, REO, or any combination of business an agent may have. Moving to a web-based system to manage listings, leads, files, tasks, offers, showings, contacts, and team members, will allow age […]
  • Webinar: AnnounceMyListing Webinar: Basic Orientation & Creating A Listing Announcement (May 30)
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT You are welcome to join us for a basic orientation to your AnnounceMyListing marketing tool! Although online tutorials are available for you to access on your member dashboard, you may prefer the "personal touch" and to have someone walk you through it live. We will orient you on the basics of our sys […]
  • Article: Following #Midyear
    For those of you who can't make it to the National Association of REALTORS® Midyear conference this year, we're in the same boat! I always leave NAR conferences feeling educated and inspired, and was very disappointed that I would have to miss this week's event. So I decided to do the only thing I could to keep at least somewhat informed of wh […]
  • Article: 6 Keys to Selling Your Home in Today’s Market
    According to the National Association of REALTORS®, more than 4.25 million homes sold in 2011. That's a lot of real estate and such numbers raise the question: How are sellers doing it? "Because individual homes are unique, there isn't one single strategy that works equally well for every property," says Wendy Forsythe, the executive vice […]
  • Webinar: Webinar: Previsite Beginners Training Course (May 23)
    Previsite brings us this webinar scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT. Beginners Training CourseThis training session will lead you through the basic steps of the Previsite Solution. Highly recommended if you just purchased our product. Taking your pictures Creating your Tours Publish to your MLS Questions and Answers To register for t […]
  • Webinar: Webinar: There's an App for That (June 6)
    Wednesday, June 6, 2012 1:00 PM EST Mobile technology is everywhere. Today's consumer use their Smartphone's not just to make phone calls and text but to find directions, buy and sell products, provide information and so much more. Linda will discuss the latest trends in applications for your iPhone and iPad and the best practices for those apps. Y […]

• Illinois Association of Realtors

  • Meet the FPCs
    Date:  May 18, 2012 read more […]
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  • Legal update: Resources and news from IAR's Betsy Urbance
    Date:  May 3, 2012 IAR Legal Hotline attorney Betsy Urbance shared current legal issues and questions from attendees in this early morning "Legal Update" session at the IAR Spring Conference in Collinsville. Transition questions were covered first, among them a Managing Broker's responsibility to make sure all sponsored licensees have complete […]
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  • Cities consider policy on fire sprinklers in new construction
    Date:  April 24, 2012 Intro:      Work by IAR's governmental affairs team has resulted in changes to a proposed building code in Jerseyville. The rules had called for fire sprinklers in new construction, but some officials wanted to eliminate that portion of the code.  read more […]
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  • Currency, visa status on list of things to do
    Date:  April 19, 2012 Getting money from a foreign country to close a real estate transaction in the U.S. can be easy with advance planning, said Darren Connor, an account manager for Moneycorp Foreign Exchange. And since many foreign buyers use cash, setting up an exchange account is important. read more […]
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  • U.S. a top destination for international relocation
    Date:  April 19, 2012   Business globalization is making the U.S. one of the top relocation destinations in the world, said Dianne Amos, CRP, GMS, vice president of client services with RELO Direct Inc. That means real estate professionals interested in working with clients relocating from another country should clearly signal on their websites that they off […]
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  • Tips for building an international client base
    Date:  April 19, 2012 From a sales perpective, foreign real estate investors are an attractive and fast-growing part of the market. They tend to pay cash for property. And the typical sales price they pay is higher than the median price for property in the U.S., said Don Pasek, a REALTOR® and managing broker with Omniterra Real Properties. read more […]
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  • Expert: Illinois prime spot to attract foreign investors
    Date:  April 18, 2012 Intro:  Illinois is well positioned to reap the benefits of interest in real estate from European and Russian investors, a representative of the National Association of REALTORS(r) told more than 100 real estate professionals. Bruno Crosby, NAR's manager for international market development, told those attending the Third Annual Mu […]
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  • March home sales in Illinois best in four years; median prices show signs of stabilizing
    Date:  April 19, 2012   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 19, 2012 Contact:Jon Broadbooks217-529-2600 March home sales in Illinois best in four years;median prices show signs of stabilizing read more […]
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  • Chatham approves zoning changes
    Date:  April 5, 2012 By Neil MaloneGovernment Affairs DirectorIllinois Association of REALTORS® read more […]
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  • Steger amends rules; won't charge REALTORS® fee for signs
    Date:  April 3, 2012 4/3/2012 By Tom JosephGovernmental Affairs DirectorIllinois Association of REALTORS® read more […]
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