Sage NAR Recap Notes | Larry’s Presentation part 3

  Its too bad, scripts often get a bad rep. But the right line delivered at the right moment can sometimes mean the difference between getting the deal and not. Here are the scripts we picked up that we think are worth considering. Listing Scripts Two types of pricing: competitiv
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Event Notes | Sage iPad Boot Camp for Real Estate Agents | Post 3 of 3

  MLS Apps The Stratus app works in a pinch if you are trying to gather sold info, but it is still quite buggy and can kick you out at rather inopportune times. Some agents prefer to log into the old MLS site through the ‘Opera Mini’ app.  If you are just interested in researchin
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Event Notes | Sage iPad Boot Camp for Real Estate Agents | Post 2 of 3

Listing Presentation and Buyer Counseling Session on the iPad    For this demonstration we wanted to show how Toronto real estate agents could use the iPad to not only do your listing presentation or buyer counseling session, but also to get your clients to sign the listing agreement
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Google Drive Vs Dropbox For Real Estate Agents

As far as I am concerned there are really only two options that Toronto real estate agents should concern themselves with for cloud-based storage: Google Drive and Dropbox. But which one you choose is frankly six of one, half dozen of the other. They are pretty comparable. Both allow
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Sage is Opening a Downtown-West Office

The time has come for Sage, Toronto’s leading brokerage for innovation, to expand and open a downtown-west office.  In doing so, Sage is also joining forces and welcoming Brendan Powell and Melanie Piché, the BREL team, into the Sage family. The BREL team, like Sage, has built their r
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Kick Up Your Game | NAR Recap Presentation

Thank you to everyone that came out and made this event such a success. As promised, here is the presentation from Monday. Listed below are the links referenced in the presentation: https://www.sendoutcards.com/ https://www.starbuckscardb2b.com/cobranded.aspx http://www.bombbomb.com h
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The Sage Second Annual NAR Re-cap

You are invited to join us to hear Larry talk about the highlights from the National Association of Realtors November 2011 Conference. This session will be a great way to keep up-to-date on the latest American trends, technological innovations and marketing initiatives with insights a
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Agent Ratings: Are Toronto Agents Ready?

The reputation of all real estate agents is getting dragged through the mud as a result of the haphazard and unethical behaviour of a few, and it’s getting a little tiring. Is it time for the Toronto Real Estate Board to take a page out of a Texas playbook and introduce agent ratings?
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Realtor Runway For Men

If a kid dressed up as a real estate agent for Halloween, what would they wear? Dirty khakis?  Sloppy golf shirts?  Lots of cologne? Slip-on running shoes? Is it still important or even necessary for a Realtor to dress well? Considering that we are handling the largest investment that
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TREB’s New MLS Unveiled

I went to the Toronto Real Estate Board’s annual general meeting today, mainly to check out the unveiling of Stratus’ new TMLS. It was held downtown, at the beautiful Art Deco Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place. It was a nice change from fighting commuter traffic just to get out to
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