Although IDX real estate website providers like Propertybase, Real Geeks, and Placester are great, we still get tons of emails asking about roll-your-own options.
Lucky for you, building your own IDX website is pretty easy these days—easy enough for an agent with limited tech skills to build a website with IDX listings, lead capture, map search, and more in an afternoon.
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While lots of city buildings repurposed as homes are cool, there’s just something about a firehouse that makes people smile.
Sure, living in an old Hebrew school like Natasha Lyonne’s ultra hip character from Netflix’s Russian Doll is cool, but in our eyes, living in a firehouse is just well, cooler.
[Read more…] about 4 Stunning Former Firehouses on the Market This Summer
Believe it or not, we’re living in the golden age for self-made millionaires. While the best time to plant a tree may have been 20 years ago, the best time to become a millionaire is today.
[Read more…] about 11 New Real Estate Agent Tips to Retire as a Millionaire at 50
Whether you’re running a top producing team or just starting out, having the best real estate software at your disposal will put you well ahead of other agents.
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Whether you’re a real estate agent, mechanic, or even a doctor, chances are you spend a good portion of your day dispelling common myths about your job. Whether it’s patients who think they know it all after spending 10 minutes on WebMD, or homeowners who think their home is worth what Zillow says, everybody’s an expert these days.
[Read more…] about 25 Home Selling Myths That Just Won’t Die
When the mercury begins to climb, most New Yorkers seek refuge from the heat in darkened theaters or find themselves lingering in chain stores that set their air conditioning to arctic.
Of course, not everyone plans their weekend around which bars or restaurants have the coldest air conditioning (AC). People living a slightly more charmed life need only slide open a glass door and step into a private oasis that would make any city dweller green with envy. [Read more…] about 5 Homes With Blissful Backyard Retreats for Summer Rejuvenation
Lyst Index Launch Event at 11 Beach Street, PHB- Photo via Douglas Elliman
While the rumors of the death of real estate are greatly, (and repeatedly) exaggerated, an agent from just 10 years ago would hardly recognize the industry today.
No, agents aren’t whizzing around Manhattan in flying cars just yet, and houses are still houses, but Silicon Valley has been treating the industry like the beaches of Normandy — ripe for the disrupting. [Read more…] about Can Experiential Marketing Save The Real Estate Industry…Again?
When it comes to real estate coaching in 2019, it’s hard not to notice the cult of personality that has grown around the biggest names. Mix equal parts Tony Robbins, R. Lee Ermey, and Oprah Winfrey in one person and get them talking about real estate and soon you’ll have agents lined up down the block for appointments. Actual real estate experience optional.
[Read more…] about The Close Special Report: The Best Real Estate Coaches of 2019
Address: 15 Union Square West
Asking: $10,495,000
Listing Agents: Mara Flash Blum & Kaptan Unugur
Listing Brokerage: Sotheby’s
For most New Yorkers of a certain age, the idea of wrapping an historic cast iron loft building with a gleaming postmodern facade is downright sacrilegious. As a rule, we’re fiercely protective of our storied past.
[Read more…] about Listing of the Week: Parkside Glamour-Queen With a Hidden History
There’s nothing that makes a real estate agent happier than a buzzing phone.
In fact, most agents I know have a nasty habit of pulling out their phones and continuously refreshing their email, just in case.
They could be on a date, out to dinner with friends, or even having a serious conversation with a loved one, but once the phone comes out, their eyes start to glaze over like a shark zeroing in on a baby seal with a wounded fin… [Read more…] about This 20-Minute Morning Routine Can 2x Your GCI in Six Months