Monthly Archives: September 2018

7 Ways to Find Love and Friendship Later in Life

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There’s no question of the importance of personal interactions and connections with friends as an important source of our well-being. This is especially true as we age, and much has been written about the challenge of making friends and finding love in… Continue reading →

How Retirement Housing Will Change for the Better

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For a glimpse into the future of retirement communities and — pardon the odious term — “senior housing,” you couldn’t do much better than to ask Robert Kramer. He and several partners got together in 1991 to launch what has become the leading trade gro… Continue reading →

Indie brokerages are facing a ‘very, very difficult time’ says Pacific Union SoCal President

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Segal is looking forward to expanding his pre-market listings website, the Private View market listings platform, nationwide under the new Compass ownership Continue reading →

Why next-level service is the only way to survive a shift

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Between business growth and the changing market, there is much to consider in real estate right now — but we’ve been focused on the wrong things. Here’s the real way to survive market shifts and industry changes. Continue reading →

Ixact Contact wants to manage your social media now

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Ixact Contact, a CRM and marketing solution, has been tweaking its new interface for months and has now launched it along with additional features, such as social media marketing and annual goal tracking. Continue reading →

Is Emphasys the back-office solution your brokerage has been waiting for?

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Emphasys real estate software allows brokers to oversee all aspects of deal flow and commission payouts, and it leverages integrations with dotloop, DocuSign, SkySlope and QuickBooks. Continue reading →

How trustworthy do your clients think you are?

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A new national poll, commissioned by flat-fee brokerage Purplebricks, found that real estate agents and journalists are among the least trustworthy professions in American consumers’ minds.  Continue reading →

Why SoftBank is betting big on Opendoor, Compass, and real estate tech

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On the heels of its combined $800M in funding for Opendoor and Compass, SoftBank sees opportunities to build successful, profitable, disruptive new businesses that leverage technology across the entire real estate supply chain.. Continue reading →

How unproductive agents are bringing real estate down

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Leaders of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) urged their members to be part of the change in the industry as CMLS kicked off its annual conference Thursday. Continue reading →