Automate your post-close contacts with W+R Studios’ Homebeat

W+R Studios launches Homebeat, a service to send past clients regular updates on home value and market statistics. Continue reading

The Real Word: A look at Inman Innovator podcast finalists

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they delve into the Inman Innovator finalists in the podcast category. No bias here, mostly professional curiosity. Continue reading

A line in the sand: W+R Studios won’t accept old listing data standard

Six months ago W+R Studios began the process of making all of its products, the Cloud Agent Suite, compatible with the RESO Web API. Today, the company announced it had achieved that goal, and, moreover, it would no longer accept data from new MLS cust… Continue reading

Listing Bits: Building a CRM that plays well with others

In the ever-evolving world of real estate tech, LionDesk is choosing integrations and leveraging partnerships with top third-party applications to create a CRM that plays well with others — and allows agents to maintain their independence. Learn more a… Continue reading

Listing Bits: Real estate tech’s transition to the Web API

What’s it going to take to get real estate technology vendors to transition away from RETS to the Web API? RESO is hoping that both a carrot (providing easy-to-use replication tools) and a stick (large MLSs putting a “death date” on RETS feeds) will fa… Continue reading

WATCH: What are platforms, and why should you care?

Are broker platforms augmenting or replacing existing MLS platforms? What is the impact to industry participants? Explore why this topic is the new buzzword of the industry and what the future looks like. Continue reading

Zillow airs first iBuyer ads, touts name recognition

Online real estate giant Zillow has begun airing its first-ever iBuyer TV ads, which lean heavily into the company’s widespread name recognition and play up the program’s ease of use. Continue reading