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Get Even More Value from Right Tools, Right Now in 2010

The ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ initiative is back in 2010 to help you and your business find continued success. In the coming year, you’ll find even more great FREE or AT-COST offers, updates to existing NAR products and resources, plus valuable tips on how to make the most of Right Tools, Right Now.

If you haven’t [...]

When Marketing, Think Safety First

If you’re like most REALTORS®, you put a great deal of thought and effort into your marketing materials, including advertisements, signs and business cards. You want to make every dollar count—but how much consideration do you give to the safety afforded by these communications? How much information are you giving the public that many people [...]

The Fall Conference is Coming!

Get energized with our exciting lineup of guest speakers, vendors, educational sessions, and special features at SAR’s 2009 Fall Conference & EXPO (previously known as the Tech Expo).

At our enhanced tradeshow, there’ll be opportunities to meet with folks specializing in sustainable products and lifestyles, technology companies, mortgage lenders, and many other real estate related vendors. [...]

NAR is Reaching Consumers in New Ways

To: All REALTORS®
From: Charles McMillan, 2009 NAR President
Re: Reaching Consumers in New Ways

Dear Fellow REALTOR®,

I am writing today with two exciting updates on NAR’s efforts to reach out to more consumers and bring them back into the market.

First, NAR’s real estate show, Real Estate Today, has been steadily increasing its local affiliates across the country. [...]

DRE License Number Requirement Clarifications

Yesterday, the California Association of REALTORS® reported the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) clarified the law that required DRE license numbers on business cards and all other solicitation materials intended to be the first point of contact with consumers.

Under the new Section 2773 regulation adopted by the DRE, the solicitation materials that must contain [...]

IDX – If Real Estate is Location, Location, Location – Then Map, Map, Map

We all know that location is arguably the most important aspect of real estate. You won’t be buying a home where you can’t get to work, school or the other things important to you and your family. So, if location is so important, then it is only logical to assume that mapping, and lots of [...]

Mapping, Google’s Local Business Center & Going Mobile

It’s an exciting time in technology innovation, particularly as it relates to our real estate marketing practices. With cell phones getting smarter, netbook computers, and faster broadband access, Americans are going mobile at a frantic pace. The search engines, especially Google, have been important sources of website and blog traffic for quite some time. Now [...]

Are Your Business Cards DRE Approved?

As with any industry, a new year brings new laws. While new laws usually benefit a group of people, they can also bring additional expenses with them. A new law, set to take effect on July 1st, 2009, may require numerous real estate professionals to incur an additional expense; specifically in reguards to business cards.

SB [...]

Quick Meals on a Budget – CanTree Cookbook

CanTree Recipe Cookbook

Recipe Submission Deadline – July 1

As a creative way to raise funds for CanTree, the CanTree Committee is publishing a cookbook, with you as our recipe contributor.

If you are interested in submitting a recipe or two, please send your favorite recipes as soon as possible. To submit your recipe, please click here.

If [...]

Drip Email The Slow Effective Way

Are you doing drip email to buyer and seller prospects? If not, you surely know agents who are. With the free nature of email, it has become a much abused form of communication. And, drip email from many real estate professionals is little more than automated periodic spam. With filters and rules in email systems, [...]