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14 indispensable AI tools for real estate agents

Housing Wire

Instead of just choosing a room type and furniture style, Reimaginehome lets you choose color themes, create landscape designs, and replace cloudy skies. Visit Coffee & Contracts AI Enhanced CRMs AI significantly revolutionizes customer relationship management (CRM), offering a blend of efficiency and personalization.

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The cure for appraisal gap anxiety

Housing Wire

An appraisal gap is the difference between what a buyer agreed to pay for a home in a purchase contract and what an appraiser concludes as the fair market value of the property. Because the appraisal isn’t ordered until after the purchase contract is complete, it could be a week or more until the borrower knows if there is a gap or not.

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From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul

Appraisal Buzz

The original forms were designed before the digital age, to be completed on typewriters. Appraisal software companies have innovated the process of “filling out “these forms, but they are still constrained with the original typewriter design. These forms became fixed in the mortgage industry and have remained the standard for decades.

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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

Drive leads to home valuation landing pages It’s the 21st century. To drive sellers to your website, create custom landing pages that offer free home valuations and describe the services and expertise you provide to home sellers. Then, drive traffic to your home valuation page using social media or targeted advertising.

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SmartZip Review: Can data improve your prospecting game?

Housing Wire

Exclusivity: No Trial period: No Contract requirements: Annual contract required SmartZip is a lead generation, marketing and CRM solution founded in 2008. Enhance your brand with custom landing pages designed to convert real estate seller leads. Use AI-powered lead generdation to identify high-priority sellers.

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Free Webinar: Components of AMC Training by Josh Walitt

Appraisal Buzz

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Josh : I am a compliance and valuation consultant based in Colorado. Josh : The Annual Compliance Training is designed to meet requirements of clients and regulators.

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8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2023

Housing Wire

The program is designed to help agents connect with buyers, improve their brand recognition and convert leads into clients. While these leads are not expensive, nurturing them will be essential for gauging their interest in cash offers or introductory home valuations.