Real Estate Atlantic City Weekly

Co-founder offers Reddit credit in the spirit of his Connect talk

By Inman News Feed — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:25:21 PST

The social media behemoth Reddit is offering a $50 advertising credit to Select members. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder and executive chairman of Reddit, told Connect attendees how to get the credit (text your email address to 718-305-4731) during a presentation he gave on how to think like a startup ...

Research engine publishing real estate agent performance statistics

By Inman News Feed — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 06:00:29 PST

FindTheBest, a data aggregator that helps people research everything from smartphones and cars to colleges and nursing homes, often helps consumers gauge quality by serving up ratings. But the research engine, which recently migrated its real estate search tools off ...

What's Your Home Worth?

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:34:35 PDT

Enter an address to see its Zillow.com zestimate!

The Zestimate (pronounced ZEST-ti-met, rhymes with estimate) home valuation is Zillow's estimated market value, computed using a proprietary formula. It is not an appraisal. It is a starting point in determining a home's value. The Zestimate is pulled from data; your real estate agent or appraiser physically inspects the home and takes special features, location, and market conditions into account. Variations in price also occur because of negotiating factors, closing costs, and timing of closing.

3 ways to prove you’re a local expert

By Inman News Feed — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:00:55 PST

With thousands of Realtors in any given metropolitan city, what could set you apart? I would want a local expert, someone who has made it very apparent that they know more than I do — and I know that I will be better off if I use the local expert's services ...

Turn down the portal-attack noise to hear the truth

By Inman News Feed — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:00:17 PST

Every time I read an article or a comment criticizing one of the evil media portals, I can't help but think of an age-old issue we have as an industry. All too often we seem to suffer from memory loss about the not-so-long-ago past ...

Diane Szoke: ‘You need to embrace losing if you want to learn’

By Inman News Feed — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:30:59 PST

"Channel your negative energy," advises the CEO of Relocality. "Revisit why you lost. Ask for real and honest feedback. Don't be defensive about it — try to really understand it." ...

Why News Corp. bought realtor.com instead of Zillow or Trulia

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:52:29 PST

NEW YORK — The new owner of realtor.com operator Move Inc. kicked the tires of its two chief competitors, Zillow and Trulia, before acquiring Move for $950 million in November, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson revealed today. In a one-on-one conversation ...

125 MLSs now sending listings directly to Trulia

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:56:58 PST

Trulia, the nation’s second most popular real estate listing portal, has signed direct feed agreements with 125 multiple listing services, 69 of them in 2014. The agreements are a sign that MLSs are increasingly comfortable sending listings directly to third-party ...

Back office system helps brokers gauge customer satisfaction

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:30:19 PST

Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies Inc. has completed an integration with agent review platform RealSatisfied, enabling brokers to automatically invite their agents’ clients to fill out a RealSatisfied customer satisfaction survey whenever a transaction closes. The integration with Lone Wolf’s ...

Listing agents may have provided condo keys to Craigslist rental scammers

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:13:51 PST

Real estate agents may have unwittingly aided a Craigslist rental scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of dollars from would-be renters, by providing fraudsters who posed as buyer’s agents with keys to vacant condos that legitimate brokers had listed for ...

Can driving for Uber trump a career in real estate?

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:01:20 PST

As real estate industry leaders ponder the challenges of recruiting millennials, it’s a question worthy of consideration: Can Uber drivers really make almost as much money as real estate brokers? A chart accompanying a story in The Atlantic, “The Uber ...

Here come the ‘boomerang buyers’

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:57:22 PST

More than 7 million homeowners who lost their properties to foreclosures or short sales during the housing bust will return to the housing market over the next eight years, according to a RealtyTrac report. It can take seven years to ...

4 steps to picking perfect real estate tech solutions

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:00:55 PST

Developing the best agent-facing technology strategy for your brokerage is a lot like finding the perfect home. There can be an overwhelming number of things to consider, and once you commit, you've got to do everything in your power to make it work ...

Realtor.com will make ‘simple product improvements’ before exploring ‘big, bold ideas’

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:01:44 PST

Don’t expect radical changes to realtor.com under the management of News Corp., which acquired the site’s operator, Move Inc., in November — at least not right away. Move’s new CEO, News Corp. veteran Ryan O’Hara, says he’s looking to start ...

Watch Connect NYC 2015 keynote speakers via ‘Connect Live Streaming’

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:44:03 PST

Inman Select members will have exclusive access to all 33 Real Estate Connect NYC 2015 keynote presentations from any laptop, tablet or mobile device as Inman broadcasts LIVE streaming video through midday Friday from the main stage. “The next best ...

And the real estate person of the year is … the millennial buyer

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:00:53 PST

Ah, the elusive millennial homebuyer. Our industry has spent most of 2014 analyzing why this demographic hasn’t bought a home — student debt? Unemployment? They want to rent? — and even more time researching millennial goals and beliefs to forecast what’s next ...

Smart recruiting, training and SEO ensure broker relevancy

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:57:34 PST

In an age where agents have more sophisticated technology than ever and leads from a growing number of sources, brokerages can stay relevant by recruiting the right agents, providing them with support they need, and increasing the visibility of their ...

New tools let brokers, team leaders manage networks of multiple websites

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:53:20 PST

BoomTown, a real estate marketing firm that bakes real estate search websites, search engine marketing and a customer relationship management system into one offering, has released new tools that allow brokers and team leaders to network multiple websites and better manage teams and ...

Portals can sell 3-D listing enhancements using new platform

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:57:24 PST

Don’t be surprised if you begin to see more 3-D content popping up on listing portals in the near future. DIAKRIT, which produces 3-D renderings for listings that appear on websites including NJ.com, NOLA.com and Syracuse.com, has rolled out a 3-D-centric sales and ...

Zillow will offer more perks for listings

By Inman News Feed — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:11:14 PST

Zillow will roll out new perks this year for brokerages that provide direct listing feeds to the portal that the company says will increase their visibility and branding. More than 5,000 brokers currently provide a direct feed to Zillow under ...