Tips for REALTORS Archives

How to look up your production in the MLS

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

The end of the year means business planning for most real estate agents, and that usually includes analyzing their past year and planning for the upcoming year. One of the things that is necessary for an effective business plan is to know your numbers! In this post, I'll explain how to look…

Business Manager required to run Facebook Ads to Custom Audiences

Business Manager Now Required for Facebook Custom Audiences

November 8, 2018December 26, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

Facebook Ads are a popular, easy, and relatively inexpensive way for real estate agents to enhance their brand, stay in front of their past clients, and generate leads. Facebook Ads were first introduced in late 2007, but the advertising platform didn't gain major traction in the real estate industry until about 2012. In…

TitleToolbox - Farming Tool for Real Estate

Title Toolbox: New Real Estate Farming & Demographic Tool

October 26, 2018December 26, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

Title Toolbox is a new technology tool offered by Lawyers Title of Arizona for real estate agents and lenders! This tool allows you to search all parcels by a wide array of criteria: age of home, equity percentage, years owned, lot size, home size, and more! You can even find…

Tips and Tricks to Save Time as a Real Estate Agent

October 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

The holidays can be hectic for anyone, but that's especially true for real estate agents. In Arizona, the winter months bring in second homeowners, guests, and visitors, who flock to the Valley to enjoy our beautiful winter weather of 70-degree days. As an Arizona real estate agent, it can be…

Avoid Wire Fraud with 2-Step Authentication

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

Wire fraud is on the rise! The bad guys are now referencing addresses and purchase amounts in their emails. This means your buyers may receive an email that looks like it’s from title, references the address of the property they are buying, and includes the purchase price. They then provide a new…

Zillow Announces “Instant Offers” for home sellers

May 23, 2017December 26, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

Yesterday, Zillow launched a new feature allowing home sellers to accept offers from investors to purchase their property directly on Zillow. Okay, here are the details and what it means: Sellers can now accept offers from up to 15 private investors that Zillow is working with. It's essentially an enhancement…

How the Election Impacts Arizona Real Estate

November 11, 2016December 26, 2018 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

On Wednesday, November 9th, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) hosted the REALTOR® Party Post-Election Live Webcast. During the webcast, NAR Senior Vice President & Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello, and NAR Political Consultant Doug Sosnik, explained the impact of the election results at the federal, state and local levels. I've condensed…

Top Ten Tips & Tools for 2017!

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

November is the perfect time of year to start cementing a plan for 2017. For REALTORS®, this often means crunching your 2016 numbers, setting your Gross Commission Income (GCI) goal for 2017, and determining what it will take to reach your goals. Change is a constant in the real estate…

Creating secure passwords that you can remember

June 23, 2016 by Amanda Sue Briggs

Amanda Sue Briggs

It seems like every month we hear about a new website that's been hacked. And the number of usernames and passwords that are being hacked, de-coded, and listed for sale on the internet is growing at an alarming rate. Tons of websites have been hacked, allowing your personal information to be sold.…

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