Five MLS Tools US Presidents Would’ve Used If They Were REALTORS®
It is President’s Day today. It is a day to celebrate patriotism and leadership. It is a day to sell cars. It is also a day to consider which MLS tools five of our past Presidents would’ve used had they chosen the career path of being a REALTOR® instead of being a politician. So grab a flag and start waving it as we take a walk down memory lane and look at what might’ve been way back in 1789. We start at the very beginning with the first President of the United States. 1.) George Washington – Mr. Washington was the first President and therefore we consider him an innovator and a man with a thinking ahead of his time. That’s why, if he were a REALTOR® he would’ve been one of the first to try out the new Fusion MLS system. We Read more [...]
Also posted in Data Co-Op, MLXchange, Realist
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, George Washington, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan
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Walk Score Adds Neighborhood Intelligence To Your CT Real Estate Search
How many times have you been talking with a client who is looking for CT homes for sale and says to you, “I want to be within walking distance of some really great restaurants”? Maybe a client has been looking for something within a short distance to the local schools. Still other clients might want to be near the parks in town. It’s become a more and more common question for clients who are seeking out a new home based on the amenities that a particular neighborhood has to offer. It’s no longer good enough for you to provide square footage and yard size information to your clients, they want to know what kind of neighborhood they will be living in, before they even go for a showing. Welcome Walk Score to your marketing mix. Walk Read more [...]
What Do CT Real Estate Buyers Want?
In an effort to make our public search site, CTReal.com more responsive to the needs of our members and in turn the interests of your clients, we are working to develop a FAR more robust advanced search for the site. This search will allow visitors to CTReal.com to search for CT real estate by address, zip code, city and many other general features. The advanced search will also allow visitors to drill down even further and look for specific features that a home has to offer. For instance, if I were looking for a piece of CT real estate that had a swimming pool, I would be able to do that with the new advanced search. We want to make sure this new advanced search is responsive to your needs as a REALTOR® and that it reflects what Read more [...]
Also posted in Connecticut Association of REALTORS
Tagged CT REALTORS, features, home buyers, Survey
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Five Ways To Generate Leads From CTReal.com
With the CT real estate market the way it is these days, REALTORS® are looking for any and all ways to generate leads for their listings. If you’re one of those REALTOERS® I have good news for you. CTReal.com sends leads directly to our members which allows you to send your clients and potential clients to the site to look at property without fear of losing them to another REALTOR® who has paid for premium placement, because there is no premium placement on CTReal.com. CTReal.com is completely free of advertising and the site sends all leads directly to our members. The other good news about CTReal.com is that the site sends the same percentage of leads to our members that all of the ListHub syndication channels do. So, how do you Read more [...]
Tagged Facebook, leads, photos, virtual tours, walk score
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Win A $50 Gift Card to Stop & Shop for the Big Game
CTReal.com is the most complete and accurate CT real estate search site online. With data pulled directly from CTMLS and updated daily, your clients will find the best data available, period. That’s why we’re working so hard to get the word about this powerful tool so you get clients finding property listings that are updated daily and not old, stale listings that have been off the market for weeks. In that vein, we’d love to have you like our Facebook page and enter our contest to pick our Super Bowl commercial. Once you’ve liked your favorite you’ll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Stop and Shop to stock up on goodies for the big game. Here’s how to enter: Like the CTReal Facebook page (You must like the CTReal Facebook Read more [...]
Find! The REAL CT Real Estate Market
By now you probably know that over 90% of all home buyers start their search for CT real estate online. You might be surprised to learn that they are probably not getting the clearest picture of the CT real estate market, unless they are on CTReal.com. Let me explain. Let’s say you’re looking for a piece of property in Hartford. You start out at Trulia.com, a site that one of your friends told you about and they said that they had had luck on the site. You type Hartford, CT into the search box and voila you’ve got 544 results for Hartford CT homes for sale. Terrific right? It’s great, until you pick up the phone or click the e-mail button and find out from the listing agent that that house has already sold. It must’ve just sold Read more [...]
Tagged MLXchange, Realtor.com, Trulia, Zillow
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