State-of-the-Art Technology at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

By Sean Cawley

It’s obvious that everyone is buying products online these days.

From clothes to electronics and even homes, if you know what you’re looking for, it’s probably available on the web. In fact, with more and more Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices clients starting their home searches online, it’s no surprise that the Internet is now a major force in helping consumers find their perfect house. As a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agent, I can confidently say that our brand provides a state-of-the-art shopping experience from start to finish.

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Misconceptions of Millennial Communication

By Melissa Kandel

A friend asked me yesterday if it was possible to sprain her thumbs from excessive text messaging.

“Of course you can’t,” I told her confidently, even though I had no idea. She shrugged, satisfied, and returned to her phone. We had met for a late afternoon coffee and these were our first words exchanged. For the better part of an hour, we sat in the corner of an almost-empty café, untouched lattes between us, phones in hand, silent except for the soft taps of fingertips on glass screens. Was this really the portrait of modern friendship?

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Did the Internet Kill the Real Estate Star?

By Carrie Foley

The other day, I received a call from clients looking for a new home.

Like so many conversations I have these days with my buyers, they had a list of homes they had sought out on the Internet that they wanted to see. Each home had been found, researched and carefully selected based on information gleaned from Google Maps, peer reviews of the neighborhoods or schools, and other detailed listing information found online. Much of their research was conducted either through my website, which links with the MLS or on popular real estate listing sites.

Today, there’s a limitless amount of information instantly accessible to the technology-savvy home shopper. It appears—on the surface, at least—that the role of the real estate agent is diminishing, especially for the younger generations of buyers. In fact, as millennials embrace every emerging social platform and application from Vine to SnapChat, expanding their ability to access an incredible wealth of real estate information and opinions generated by their peers and friends, what will become of agents?

We’ll stay right here. Why?

Because we bring to the table these three invaluable assets:

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Harmonizing Hashtags: Thoughts on a Social Media Icon

By Nicolle Davis

You know what the hashtag is, right?

It’s this thing: #

I always knew it as a musical symbol, a tic-tac-toe or the pound sign on a phone. But over the past few years, this familiar symbol has taken on an entirely new significance in an entirely new space ─ online media.

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My Love Affair with Cloud Computing

By Carl Guild

Is the title for this blog post a little drastic? Maybe. But maybe not.

Let me break it down for you: Cloud computing has helped me increase my productivity exponentially and has completely changed my life. Because of cloud computing, I’m able to spend more time at home with my family. Everything is organized, efficient and simple. Cloud computing is always there when I need it to be, through the good times and the bad. Love is the only description that fits.

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The Curious Case of Seller’s Markets: How First-Time Buyers Can Still Secure Their Dream Home

By Chuck MacPhee

It was 2005.

I was two years out of college, had a great consulting job, traveled the country, and got married. So what do you think the first thing this financially stable, 20-something newlywed did? Well, he fulfilled the all-American dream and purchased a home, of course.

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Social Media Marketing: Get Personal to Get Business

By Jill Griffin

Recently, a status update I posted on Facebook received 66 Likes.

And no, it wasn’t an engagement or a wedding announcement and it wasn’t a post about a new job – I love my job! It was an update about my ever-growing real estate business changing from Jill Griffin Homes to The Carrera Team. Now, 66 Likes may seem a little high for this kind of news but it’s pretty common for my Facebook posts to get a ton of Likes and comments.

Why? The answer is simple:

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