DocuSign acquires Cartavi. Congrats to Glenn Shimkus and Paul Koziarz! Two really great guys! http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-cartavi-realty-software-startup-acquired-20130514,0,3491559.story

Is there any website solution that both serves as a full website solution and a full crm solution…like a one stop shop? I have market leader, but am looking for something better and more customizable.

Scenario: Agent from another company says “you live near there, how about a 20% referral fee?” I say, “Sure, thanks.” After a month of showing and emailing these out-of-town buyers, the company’s relocation services company says, Hi, are you working with these buyers? I say yes. They say, great, will you work with us? I [...]

Hello Evernoter’s, I need some help. I am attempting to gain some organization in my life and business. I recently saw a webinar promoting Evernote as a tool to help make this happen. I have recently been using Dropbox but find some limitations with that and now have heard that Gmail and Google Drive may [...]

That’s moe than a 1/3 of the membership

Who is Stik.com? I just got an email saying “Now that you’re on Stik.com” in the title. I hope I am NOT on Stik.com The email says: “Did you know that over 80% of customers read and consider online testimonials as a key part of purchasing decisions? We see you’re well on your way to [...]

Docusign has acquired Cartavi. Already fabulous, when even more tightly integrated they will be the perfect doc and transaction management system. Congrats to Paul Koziarz, Glenn Shimkus Katie Lance. http://www.docusign.com/onesolution/

Do you agree? http://live.blogs.realtor.org/2013/05/14/realtors-are-taken-seriously/

I am going through the exciting experience of selling my home and, eventually, buying a home. I highly recommend it! It’s really interesting seeing the business from this perspective. Have you gone through that recently, and what if anything did you learn from the experience?

ok my techy friends, I can’t access my hootsuite account because I don’t have the e-mail address anymore (left KW). I can’t find a phone number anywhere and I have searched their site backwords and forwards, I just want to reset my account, does someone have the secret handshake or phone number ?

Before & After: I virtually staged my new construction condo listings using the Homestyler iPad app. Is this something you would do? Do you think it would add value to your listing presentations?

Hi everyone. Looking for recommendations for an internet marketing specialist. Someone with excellent marketing and graphic abilities that is reliable.

Now flooding the #NARMidyear #REthinkfuture Twitter stream: “Take back @realtordotcom” got lots of cheers and applause at #NARMidyear via #rethinkfuture Really? Aren’t they at least a decade late?

Excerpt: “They are mostly the people too busy selling real estate to get into online flamewars about the pros and cons of listing syndication.” Ouch? http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4f41542477b1a23075498fcb0&id=53ce27c999&e=328a31808d

Needing some help fighting an appraisal! I am located in an appreciating market in Michigan (currently at 6% increase for the season). The appraiser used only sold comps for his appraisal, some of them closed 6-12 months ago (so obviously they were sold at a lower price than my listing is being sold for). There [...]

What is a fair amount to pay another agent to cover my clients when I am on vacation? I am going to France for 2 weeks and another agent in my office has agreed to cover for me. Should I pay them per hour (using the honor system) or should I give them a percentage [...]

Is anybody in this group in a market where you don’t have to be a Realtor member to access the MLS? Do you ever think to yourself there is something you are missing not being a “Realtor”?

On a scale of one to 10 (with one being “meaningless” and 10 being “incredibly important”), how important is the service that we provide to our clients functioning in the capacity of real estate professionals?

Is the mortgage interest deduction crucial to the overall health of the real estate industry, or not?

Local leadership idea exchange:first question to NAR leadership: what to do about pocket listings? No kidding!

Does being a Realtor® (as opposed to not being a Realtor®) impact your business? If so, how?

Good morning everyone I am hosting a broker open house and I wanted to do an email blast to all the agent in the area to invite them Does anyone know of an email flyer provider for that area that has a list of realtor emails?

I don’t have the most current stats, but the last time (two or three years ago) I saw a significant study done by a major association (Chicago) on this topic, something like 73% of all agents (in that area) were part-timers. Assuming these stats are still vaguely correct, how does that impact professionalism in real [...]

Ok. I think this is one of the dumbest things I think I’ve ever heard. Am I alone?

To request “highest and best” or not to request. Pros and cons? Benefits seem obvious to request H&B from multiple offers. But, what are the benefits to the seller to NOT request it?