Some of My Favorite Real Estate Websites
With social media, blogging and informative websites, we have access to info 24/7. I regularly visit several websites to read what other industry leaders and experts are saying about real estate. Some are humorous, some analytical and others give information about how economics are affecting the market. Below are some of my favorite real estate websites. Active Rain I became... Read More
The Best Apps for Realtors and Why Realtors are Using Smartphones
Manhattan Parks–The Largest Social Network?
Photography by Funkdooby I wrote a blog last month about Manhattan Getting Bigger and Bloomberg’s plans to make New York City the Number One Digital City. It seems to be happening as a press release from NYC.gov last week announced that Mayor Bloomberg and AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson Launch Free Wi-Fi Service in 20 New York City Parks across the five boroughs. Yahoo!... Read More
What’s Happening in New York and Manhattan
The Latest About Real Estate, The Economy, Technology and Other News We keep a close watch on what’s going on in Manhattan and I thought I’d share some news about what we’re hearing and reading about. Good News About Employment The New York Post reported recently that New York led the nation in job creation in April. According to the article, new jobs have resulted in the... Read More
New York City Getting Bigger – Will it Become the Number One Digital City?
Photography by © William Warby The New York Times reported recently that Mayor Bloomberg plans to make New York City the “No. 1 Digital City.” Now, I’m not saying that we’re leading the pack here as far as technology goes or that Mayor Bloomberg took a cue from us, but we’re already using the latest and greatest at Keller Williams New York City. An recent article from... Read More
Share and Share Alike…But Check Your Privacy Settings
Every week I try to blog about something I’ve found to help out with our personal and professional lives, in terms of technology. My blog about QR Codes explained how this is the future of real estate and I’ve given you info on some great apps that help organize your time. As technology grows, our privacy shrinks. Last year, I blogged about Google’s problems with privacy... Read More
New York Real Estate Question of the Week: What tools can I use to entice potential customers?
I was having lunch with a colleague last week and we started discussing various ways in which to increase business. I thought this was a perfect topic for this week’s real estate question. Five years ago, most of us had a website in which our listings would appear. Today, it’s not just an option to use social networking sites in order to compete in the marketplace, it’s... Read More
KELLER WILLIAMS’ FAMILY REUNION–ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
I just returned from of one of Keller Williams’ most phenomenal annual events, Family Reunion. I’m excited to share with you about what went on and how attending this week-long event is going to pay off–exponentially! There were 8,000 of my fellow agents from all over North America in attendance. The future is bright for KW as Gary Keller predicts that the company will... Read More
QR Codes – An Innovative Tool for Realtors
The Bracha Group/Keller Williams New York City Uses the Latest in Real Estate Technology We’re now using the latest and greatest in real estate technology on our business cards–QR Codes. Take a look at mine–you’ll be able to download my contact information right onto your mobile device! We’ll be using these codes more and more in the future–on our marketing... Read More
Overcoming Challenges – Turning a “Negative” Into a Positive
At one time or another, all of us are faced with a situation that may, upon initial inspection, seem a bit daunting. As a broker, I face those situations on a fairly regular basis. Whether it’s a sure thing at the last minute falling through, a property or development not being completed when we thought or just the day-to-day stressors that present themselves when dealing with... Read More
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