One of the hot topics at the recent Inman Connect show in San Francisco was predictive analytics. You probably have heard that term before. You may have also heard about machine learning and data mining. If you haven’t and even if you have, you may not know what it means. Let me explain, these are…
A couple of weeks ago I told you about something I discovered at Inman Connect that was a hi tech way to do a low tech old school method for staying in touch. In can you missed it, here is the link https://realtytechbytes.com/hi-tech-spin-low-tech-method This week I want to tell you about a hi-tech way to…
In the area where I live, kids went back to school this past week! Even if I didn’t have school age grandkids, I would know that this is true just based on how awful traffic around here has become almost overnight! If it hasn’t happened in your area yet, it’s on its way! On the…
I spent much of last week at Inman Connect in San Francisco. I am generally NOT a fan of these conferences because too often they are slanted towards industry outsiders who come and speak and try to tell us how to do our business. They all seemed to have the idea that they could re-invent…
Recently I was having a “bull session” with a handful of agents in my office. We had just returned from lunch and we were sitting around the conference room table. The conversation turned to an experience that one of the agents had with a seller that was proving to be difficult and unreasonable in their…
I want to recommend a book this week. In the past I have recommended books, but they have all been real estate specific books. This one is not. The author of the book is Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Retired) and is titled “Make Your Bed – Little Things That Can Change Your Life…
If you were in the market to buy a used car you’d probably go to CarFax.com and buy a report that would tell you a variety of facts about the car so that you could make an informed buying decision. You’d pay anywhere from $20.00 to $39.99 for the report and would consider that a…
We used to live in the information age, but now we live in the too darn much information age! That’s a pretty bold statement, but here is what I mean. The Internet, more specifically the World Wide Web, has flooded us with information. So much so that we are constantly bombarded from the time we…
It’s a commonly accepted fact that when you post useful content on your social media sites, you will build a following. The more you post, and the more relevant the content, the faster you will build a following. The bigger your following, the better your chances are of getting new business from your efforts. In…
As I cruised around the Inter-Webs this week I ran across some really good content that I want to share with you. Take some time to look carefully at each of them. Any one of them can help you make more money if you implement what you learn. Imagine what could happen if you implemented…
