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Real Estate Brokerage CRM & Leads - Working in the Old vs NEW

Why is it that you run into so many old-fashioned “CRM” systems? What a brokerage, successful team, or large real estate company truly needs is high integration and high automation around some very simple tools that make your life easier. For today’s post, we have brought together some of the ways that working leads and contacts in an old system or process contrasts with the way they can (and should) be worked in a new technology system.

Is Your Brokerage Wasting Your Real Estate Leads & Face Time?

The trick to taking advantage of the leads you have as well as driving more conversion out of new leads is all about well-placed automation and strict tracking. Here are 4 things you should have in place in order to achieve the highest conversion rates on current and new leads.

Your Real Estate Lead Conversion Rate - Are You the Bottom of The Barrel?

With real estate lead generation, there are lots of different ways and methods to receive and generate those leads. So, what are the right components for great lead return?

Inside Real Estate℠ Now Providing Agent Marketing Platform to Intermountain MLS Agents

Real estate technology firm, Inside Real Estate, has announced an agreement with Intermountain Multiple Listing Service (IMLS) to provide their Core3 Online Marketing Platform that includes agent websites, blogging, social media, CRM, and IDX search solutions to its approximately 4,000 agents throughout the Treasure Valley, Idaho area.

Does the Real Work Start After the Real Estate Transaction? The Numbers Say Yes.

Post Close Companion is your answer to client nurture after the transaction. And it makes it easier than ever. 

CORE Video gives you powerful new video messaging tools to build your business the human way

CORE Video powered by BombBomb helps your real estate business build and maintain meaningful relationships with video marketing integrated right into the kvCORE platform.

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How Weichert is Supercharging its Engine for the Future

National real estate powerhouse, New Jersey-based Weichert Realtors® has a long history of innovating to grow...50 years to be exact. With the recent launch of its brand-new technology ecosystem—myWeichert, powered by kvCORE—the firm has upped its value proposition for the more than 13,000 company and affiliated sales associates it serves.

What we learned in 2019 and what it means for you in 2020

With the landscape more crowded and confusing than ever, we reflected on the lessons we all learned last year, uncovering three ideas that we believe can lead us back to a path toward service, collaboration, and smart growth. And, it favors the agent-based model that’s worked for more than a century.

See why top agents and teams are flocking to brokerages with kvCORE

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Homes of Idaho

Homes of Idaho experiences record growth by breaking the "one-size-fits-all" mold. “We’ve been able to build our own tech ecosystem that fits our culture and brand, so even if another brokerage in our market is using kvCORE, it isn’t going to look like our kvCORE.” -- Colby Lampman, Broker/Owner, Homes of Idaho

A Journey to Technology Perfection

Find out how this brokerage struck gold with a well-thought-out tech strategy, a near flawless platform rollout and record numbers of agent adoption.

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Brokers: Does your real estate tech stack really help recruit and retain agents?

What tech really matters to agents, and what doesn’t? Invest wisely.

Your Website is No Longer Your Single Biggest Tech Asset

There seems to be an unspoken agreement that the single most important piece of technology a real estate professional can have is their website. Looking further into this belief many think that the website alone will produce an infinite amount of leads and business as long as it is a unique, one-of-a-kind custom site that has video and parallax elements throughout. So if a single tech asset, namely your website, is not your best tech asset, what is?

Agent-First Tech Drives Massive Success

Throughout the years, RE/MAX Advantage Plus has remained one of Minnesota’s revered and multiple award-winning real estate firms, primarily because of their commitment to cutting edge technology and redefining the real estate process.

5 Key Features Needed for Agent Adoption

We’ve narrowed the list down to the top 5 value propositions needed within a CRM platform to have the highest success of Agent Adoption.

Leads are Easy, Converting Them is the Challenge (And 5 Ways to Fix That)

In today’s real estate market, finding leads really isn’t the problem, it’s converting them. There are multiple ways to help you cultivate your list. But it’s what you do with those leads that really matters. Even in hot real estate markets, you’ll find plenty of potential clients who need nurturing. How are you going to nurture them all the way to the closing table?

5 Keys to Winning at Lead-Gen as a Brokerage

Running a cost-effective lead-generation program is as difficult as anything else brokers will do. Follow these five lead-gen strategies to maximize deal flow and increase ROI for your in-house lead generation program.

3 Hard Truths About Building Your Brokerage

Real estate is hyper-competitive. According to the 2012 Economic Census, there are 86,004 real estate brokerage firms operating in the United States. This means you have competitors around every corner vying to overtake your market and your business. However, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is focussing on your competition. Successful brokers focus on determining their own strengths and figuring out how to build a solid foundation for their agents and clients. Here are some key facts that are moving forward-thinking brokerages in the right direction.

Low-Risk, High-Return Growth Strategies for Real Estate Teams

For large brokerages, cash and power drive growth. But for the single Realtor or small team, the improvement road can be rocky if you lack funds, knowledge, resources, and opportunities. You want to exploit strategies that will yield a high return with low risk and preferably with a marginal investment of time and money. Here are some simple growth strategies you should be implementing now.