
Before I dive into the proper way to embed videos in your real estate listings, allow me to congratulate ARMLS. Kudos to them for achieving their highest level of data integrity ever. Even though the Penalty Matrix and Report a Violation button have been cursed by some, their effectiveness at helping ARMLS maintain accurate data…
We’re trying out a new presentation tool today – prezi.com. Hopefully this works to explain a simple to use website that allows you to type on any pdf document. Just in case the show doesn’t display, we’re talking about fillanypdf.com. Here goes nothing… Fill Any PDF on Prezi

REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) was launched for ARMLS subscribers on October 5th 2010. This nationwide database of parcel information, market statistics, and community demographics is organized behind a REALTOR® only login at http://www.narrpr.com. Bookmark the site. Memorize your login. This will be one you check out more than once. I recommend you give yourself about…
What is a URL shortener? It’s a tool that takes a long url and makes it shorter. For example: http://public6.superlativestudio.com/Search.aspx?segmentid=2901151&rid=29214&htmlfile=835036.html and http://goo.gl/WSYy take you to the same place. Google released their URL shortener to the public last week and has been welcomed with open arms. Not only is it simple and free to use, but…

Welcome to the new and improved Online Marketing System for Real Estate Listings! I was thankfully notified by a Scottsdale Real Estate Agent that the old system was encouraging you to use some websites for commercial purposes even though their TOS say they don’t want you to do that. Time to adjust my recommendations. The…
Last Friday I caught up with a REALTOR® in Scottsdale, D Patrick Lewis, about a fresh tool he uses to manage his voicemail called Google Voice. Like most Google tools, Voice is $FREE.99 and comes packed full of features. (Check out the video here if it doesn’t display above.) Would you like your cellphone to…

As we announced a few minutes ago, the Discussions section on the John Hall intranet now sends emails to REALTORS® that have subscribed to a particular category of topics. This improvement affects 2 questions I’m often asked from listing agents and buyer’s agents. Q: How do I let other REALTORS® know I’m willing to help…

It’s true! The reason we decided to upgrade several components of our intranet has finally become a reality. The last piece of the software puzzle was successfully installed last weekend. Monday marked the first day of you being able to subscribe to an entire Discussion Category. WooHoo!! I know you’re excited too, no need to…