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Five great exhibitors to see at NAR’s 2012 Midyear Trade Expo

Chrysler Group LLC — REALTOR Benefits® Program partner offers REALTORS® exclusive discounts on select Chrysler Group vehicles.

Lowe’s Program for REALTORS® — Available exclusively to NAR members through the REALTOR Benefits® Program — provides free customizable marketing tools and coupons, plus discounts on gift cards.

REALTOR® University — Take your professional career to a new level with NAR’s new Master of Real Estate degree program.

VARbuzz: Mini Accessible Tech: Will you have Internet access on July 9?

A quick visit to a government Web site could make sure you don’t lose your Internet connection in July.

The FBI says that hundreds of thousands of computers are infected with a virus, and those machines will lose Internet access on July 9.

Agency Preview Webinar: April 2, 2012

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VARbuzz: Zestimate change causes wailing, hand-wringing

Remember the hubbub a few weeks ago when NAR revised some of its home-sales data? It’s happening again — but this time it’s Zillow on the receiving end.

And people are not happy about the changes.

Quoth the Wall Street Journal story:

On June 14th, Bill Trumbo, a 68-year-old retired financial analyst in Phoenix, Ariz., logged onto his bank’s online personal financial management account and found that his house in Phoenix had lost nearly $100,000 in value overnight.

Oh noes!

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VARbuzz: Social media for Realtors: Mostly myth?

Interesting post by Jeff Brown over at Bloodhound Blog on social media and the real estate business. His point: All talk, not a lot of action.

“My years online have shown me widgets and SM [social media] pretty much add sales every now and again,” he says. “Agents don’t need shiny toys and Facebook to do that.”

And: “For years now, agents from coast to coast have paid good money to hear about widgets and SM ‘how to’, only to learn they can’t find one example of anyone who’s added 25 sales a year to their production.

Finally, he offers a challenge to the social media cheerleaders:

VARbuzz: Love, hate, Trulia

I’m not sure what to make of these two stories.

Business Insider: “Zillow And Trulia Face Backlash From Real Estate Agents

Among their complaints are that the sites allow any agent, for a fee, to have their name and photo appear prominently beside homes listed for sale in a given region, even if they aren’t the agent who represents the seller.

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Some realtors also claim that many listings on the largest sites are inaccurate. “The wrong photos often appeared with our listings,” says San Diego realtor Jim Abbott, whose firm no longer shares data with the national sites.

The Basics of Using LinkedIn for Real Estate

Date: 
August 24, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 
Williamsburg Area Association of REALTORS 5000 New Point Rd Ste 1101 Williamsburg, VA 23188 Office: 757.253.0028 www.WAARealtor.com

The Basics of Using LinkedIn for Real Estate

Over 85,000,000 professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, opportunities and network.  Advertise your properties, join groups to increase your knowledge and share ideas, meet new connections and more.  But where do you begin???

Getting Found Online-Where are You Hiding???

Date: 
August 10, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 
Williamsburg Area Association of REALTORS 5000 New Point Rd Ste 1101 Williamsburg, VA 23188 Office: 757.253.0028 www.WAARealtor.com

Getting Found Online....Where are You Hiding???

Why don't search engines like you?  Over 80% of home buyers are going to the internet to look for a home before contacting a REALTOR or a Lender.  Learn how to drive homebuyers and sellers to your web page and brand you as an expert and solidify your image.

Sponsored by Atlantic Bay Mortgage

Facebook is for REALTORS

Date: 
July 20, 2011 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: 
Williamsburg Area Association of REALTORS 5000 New Point Rd. Ste 1101 Williamsburg, VA 23188 757.253.0028 www.WAARealtor.com

Use Facebook to Build your Business...

Facebook has over 250,000,000 users and over 45,000,000 updates per day!  Create a successful marketing page, reach potential clients, write creative ads to target markets, and much more with Facebook!

11:45 am - lunch sponsored by Atlantic Bay Mortgage; register early to reserve your lunch.

Instructors: