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Attract, nurture, and retain your ideal recruits seamlessly with IdealEstate, now part of kvCORE
Tap into IdealEstate's pool of 1M+ real estate professionals and provide a seamless candidate journey from the top of the funnel all the way to your team or brokerage.
Putting indie brokerage savvy into the launch of an uber successful team
How this successful team leader of Urban Nest Realty is using experience and technology to drive team growth.
A best-in-class tech stack starting with kvCORE Gives the 3600+ agents at Samson Properties the tools they need to succeed
For Donny Samson, CEO of Samson Properties, kvCORE has been a game-changer. He wanted the best tool out there — and he wanted to offer it company-wide for free. He tells his agents, “I can't hit the home run for you, but I can give you as many times as bat as possible.” Here’s why Samson and his agents love kvCORE.
CORE Video gives you powerful new video messaging tools to build your business the human way
CORE Video powered by BombBomb helps your real estate business build and maintain meaningful relationships with video marketing integrated right into the kvCORE platform.
How dashCMA can help you break through the hyper-competitive real estate market
dashCMA is the modern real estate listing presentation tool that drastically simplifies the process and lets you easily customize home pricing presentations.
Achieving an audacious goal: Royal LePage's future-focused digital transformation with rlpSPHERE
Royal LePage is once again shaking the industry’s foundations as a technology innovator with the launch of its ground-breaking digital ecosystem, rlpSPHERE. Powered by kvCORE, the platform features a suite of fully integrated proprietary and industry technologies.
Pulling back the curtain: How top independent brokerage, Samson Properties, recruits over 100 new agents per month.
“Once agents see and hear about our tech stack, and find out it’s free to them, the deal is done,” says Donny Samson, CEO of Samson Properties. "The tech stack offered by Inside Real Estate's kvCORE Platform has been a game-changer for us."
Canvas Real Estate Sees Massive Growth Through Independent Tech & Training
Canvas Real Estate is among Florida’s leading independent real estate firms. Spanning the east coast from their base in Ft. Lauderdale, the firm is generating over $13 million in gross commission income across 800 agents. WAV Group founding partner, Victor Lund met with Canvas CEO Ernesto Vega to learn about the key strategies that are powering success at Canvas.
One More Time, with Pam Johnson O'Connor
Pam O’Connor retired only two years ago from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, where she was more than its President and CEO, she was an industry leader and a mentor to many. Inside Real Estate was thrilled to have her join us on the second edition of Insider Spotlight.
5 Takeaways from 7 Talking Points on Making Your Brokerage Profitable in a Shifting Market
In an insightful and candid discussion with Inside Real Estate’s Executive Vice President of Marketing and Enterprise Sales, Alissa Harper, and REAL Trends President Steve Murray. They offer slew of suggestions on how brokerages can cope with the inevitable changes that the COVID-19 crisis will bring to the industry.
How Weichert is Supercharging its Engine for the Future
National real estate powerhouse, New Jersey-based Weichert Realtors® has a long history of innovating to grow...50 years to be exact. With the recent launch of its brand-new technology ecosystem—myWeichert, powered by kvCORE—the firm has upped its value proposition for the more than 13,000 company and affiliated sales associates it serves.
What we learned in 2019 and what it means for you in 2020
With the landscape more crowded and confusing than ever, we reflected on the lessons we all learned last year, uncovering three ideas that we believe can lead us back to a path toward service, collaboration, and smart growth. And, it favors the agent-based model that’s worked for more than a century.
To Our Friends and Industry
Inside Real Estate will be here, independent, and leading the way, arm in arm with you, keeping your data secure and driving the innovation that champions the agent, and empowers you to serve this industry every day.
Does Tech Increase Transaction Volume? Yes—And There’s Proof
The data is indisputable. Inside Real Estate’s kvCORE Platform is getting more business for real estate professionals across the board.
Get the Definitive Guide to Winning Over Today's Sellers
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Learn MoreSee why top agents and teams are flocking to brokerages with kvCORE
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Get the Definitive Guide to Winning Over Today's Sellers
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Learn MoreReal Estate Teams Get What They Deserve
Teams just scored the most sophisticated solution ever created thanks to the latest release by the newly combined Inside Real Estate and BoomTown teams.
Does the Real Work Start After the Real Estate Transaction? The Numbers Say Yes.
Post Close Companion is your answer to client nurture after the transaction. And it makes it easier than ever.
See why top agents and teams are flocking to brokerages with kvCORE
Schedule your demo today and discover why agents and teams are asking for the platform they know drives business: kvCORE
Elite-Level Marketing Materials Don’t Need to be Time or Labor Intensive– Here’s Why
kvCORE is innovating tools that allow agents to do it all, without having to do it all.
Will 250k Agents Leave the Business Next Year?
What can you be doing to make sure your agents stay loyal with you and stay productive?
5 Keys to Winning at Lead-Gen as a Brokerage
Running a cost-effective lead-generation program is as difficult as anything else brokers will do. Follow these five lead-gen strategies to maximize deal flow and increase ROI for your in-house lead generation program.
3 Essential Tools That Will 10X Your Real Estate Marketing
Spraying your message high and wide does not breed online marketing success; rather, standout results emerge when you pair smart, strategic decisions with the right tools. The software you use to help you do this is critical. Here are 3 essential components your software platform must have to drive more leads, dramatically increase your conversion rates and accelerate your marketing success.
Rich Broker, Poor Broker: Breaking Free and Building Wealth in Real Estate with the “Cashflow Quadrant”
We all know the mantra, “Work smarter, not harder”. However sick of the expression you may be, as a professional in the real estate industry, can say that you actually consider this concept on a regular basis and actively practice it?
3 Hard Truths About Building Your Brokerage
Real estate is hyper-competitive. According to the 2012 Economic Census, there are 86,004 real estate brokerage firms operating in the United States. This means you have competitors around every corner vying to overtake your market and your business. However, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is focussing on your competition. Successful brokers focus on determining their own strengths and figuring out how to build a solid foundation for their agents and clients. Here are some key facts that are moving forward-thinking brokerages in the right direction.
Straight Talk: Why Agents Leave Your Brokerage
Only two metrics really matter to your brokerage: recruitment and retention. Why is retention so important, aside from the obvious that top producers continue to produce? Because it is an indisputable, impossible-to-fabricate metric that reflects your brokerage’s core values. We’ll cut to the chase. If you have an agent retention problem, It’s not them, it’s you. You may be falling short in a variety of areas, including the ones below. Review them to see how you stack up and where you could improve.
Low-Risk, High-Return Growth Strategies for Real Estate Teams
For large brokerages, cash and power drive growth. But for the single Realtor or small team, the improvement road can be rocky if you lack funds, knowledge, resources, and opportunities. You want to exploit strategies that will yield a high return with low risk and preferably with a marginal investment of time and money. Here are some simple growth strategies you should be implementing now.
Things Every Broker Can Learn From Elon Musk
Elon Musk is an American entrepreneur, inventor, and investor who is now considered one of the world’s foremost future-thinking entrepreneurs. As leaders in real estate, imagine what could be accomplished if we were to employ the same approach and tactics to our brokerages as Elon Musk has applied to technology? Here are the top things every broker can learn from Elon Musk: