For agents looking to leave Contactually, the best alternative CRM is …

A thread on Inman’s Coast to Coast Facebook group ignited volumes of debate about which CRM software is the best and what agents should do if they no longer want to work with Contactually. Here are the top contenders according to our readers. Continue reading

Home profit margins soften nationwide

Homeowners who sold their home in Q1 2019 experienced an average price gain of $57,500 since purchase — a $2,500 quarter-over-quarter decline from Q4 2018 and a $767 year-over-year increase from Q1 2018. Continue reading

How Vancouver college kids live in mansions on the cheap

As a result, owners of luxury homes, many of which happen to be close to the university, have been renting out bedrooms to avoid being hit with extra taxes. Since most students are already expecting to have roommates rather than a whole apartment, they… Continue reading

Houzz app now lets you test new floors in augmented reality

Although the tool is geared towards consumers,  Huang says real estate agents can use View in My Room 3D to do on-the-spot staging that helps buyers make a home purchasing decision or help sellers make a design choice that could potentially boost a hom… Continue reading

War of the rankings: T3 Sixty hits Real Trends with cease-and-desist

Several days ago, T3 Sixty, creator of the Swanepoel Mega 1000 ranking of top U.S. real estate firms, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Steve Murray,  president and editor of Real Trends (the firm that produces the Real Trends 500 rankings)… Continue reading

Total Expert wants to let banks, lenders track people’s lives

Journey Creator, as the tool is called, is designed to let banks and lenders craft marketing campaigns around major events in consumers’ lives. It draws on data to identify those life events, and the company believes the end result will be that financi… Continue reading

New Gene Therapy Could Slow Aging in Humans

(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) As part of our Inside Science and Technology interview series, today’s show is an interview with Dr. Pradeep Reddy, a research scientist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. As w… Continue reading

Aging in America: News and Trends From 2 Summits

Last week, I spent four days at the American Society on Aging’s 2019 Aging in America Conference  and the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, both in New Orleans. My goal: to learn and report on the latest news and trends concerning money, work and vol… Continue reading