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The Drone Zone: What Good Real Estate Photography Looks Like Now
July 5, 2018
Nate Hoelzen President, Arizona School of Real Estate & Businsess (ASREB) Drones are one of the hottest topics in real estate today. That’s because unmanned aircraft systems offer an incredible opportunity to present a property as unique and desirable with dramatic, sweeping aerial videography and tours of the surrounding community. And, in an increasingly… Read more
Ready to Hire a Drone Pro? Here’s Your Checklist
July 5, 2018
Jeremy Spann Owner, Home Drone Films You worked hard to become a professional real estate agent. You made a name for yourself. You hustled. You built your business. Now you’ve got some great listings, and you deserve photos that work just as hard as you do. Photography is all-important in today’s real estate market…. Read more
Capturing Today’s Mobile Consumer – Leveraging lifestyle or cultivating addiction?
July 5, 2018
John Lim Founder & CEO, linknexus There has been a raging debate about mobile consumers and whether or not they are addicted to their phones. This isn’t surprising, since our reliance on mobile technology has happened with unprecedented suddenness. Since the introduction of the smartphone 10 years ago, more than a third of global… Read more
How Mobile Tech Is Changing Real Estate Forever
July 5, 2018
Tricia Stamper Director of Technology Products, Florida Realtors® It wasn’t too long ago that mobile technology for real estate agents was a “nice-to-have” technology. Visionary agents and teams rolled out their own mobile apps. They converted their websites to a mobile responsive design. The smartest ones set up mobile-centric lead generation systems that took… Read more
Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate
July 5, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine’s ability to solve problems by learning over time, similar to the way a brain processes information when making a decision. The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy, who also quipped, “As soon as it works, no one calls it AI anymore.” That has already started to… Read more
How Technology Is Changing the Real Estate Profession
July 5, 2018
Kristin E. Rosan Partner, Madison & Rosan, LLP Attorneys at Law Technology is changing everything, including the practice of real estate. The last 20 years have brought software, data, and technological changes that have forced the real estate industry to evolve into a global marketplace for both residential and commercial practitioners. First, commercial real… Read more
The AI Disruption Is Finally Here
July 5, 2018
Vikas Agrawal Guest Contributor, ValueWalk Over the years, the real estate industry has managed to stay relatively hidden from many of the tech disruptions that have transformed other industries. In a decade that has so far witnessed the disruptive effects of the cloud, the Internet of Things, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI), players… Read more
Big Data = Big Opportunities
July 5, 2018
Steve Zylstra President and CEO, Arizona Technology Council Traditionally, doing a deal in real estate has meant the parties and their agents succumbed to signing a sea of documents that left everyone practically drowning in paper that was collated, bundled and stored as proof something traded hands. The practice left everyone saying at least… Read more
Three Ways Technology Can Help Revolutionize Your Business
July 5, 2018
Cindi Acker-Hein Creative Strategist, Ninety-Nine Hats Big data is big news everywhere and it totally revolutionizes real estate. When the information captured through things like website visits, demographics, and sales stats are analyzed digitally, trends and patterns are revealed. The resulting insights are unprecedented. For example, more detail leads to better appraisals. Now you… Read more
Letter From the Publisher
July 5, 2018
Nate Hoelzen President, Arizona Journal of Real Estate & Business Dear Readers, I’m happy to report that we at the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business received overwhelmingly positive feedback about our May seminar, Millennials’ Impact on the Market: Buying, Investing, and the Technology Boost. As millennials’ incomes increase with age and they start… Read more