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Skills for real estate success

Dataconomy

In the dynamic world of real estate, especially in vibrant markets like Virginia, real estate agents need a unique set of people skills to stand out and succeed. This article delves into six critical people skills, otherwise known as soft skills, that can make a real difference in your career.

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The immense social media opportunity for real estate

Trends in the Living Networks

It described how a couple had bought their dream home after finding it on the Facebook page of a real estate agent. Social media is a massive opportunity for real estate agents, which remains largely untapped. Buying houses is an intrinsically social activity. It’s a completely different mentality.

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Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation

GeekWire

Real estate startup Place offers technology and services for agents and brokers, in addition to a consumer portal. Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, at a valuation of more than $1 billion.

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Real Messenger: The birth of an industry-centric social network?

Computerworld Vertical IT

After meeting with Real Messenger execs this week, I’ve decided the company has come up with something with implications well beyond the real estate market it’s currently focused on: a social network that’s actually useful for business.

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Exclusive interview: Spencer Rascoff talks SPAC mania, home buying and why he’s created a stealthy social media startup with his daughter

GeekWire

When we reached out to entrepreneur and angel investor Spencer Rascoff on Tuesday with notes about appearing on the GeekWire podcast — an appearance that was scheduled several weeks ago — we mentioned possible discussion topics around SPACs, real estate trends and any other big tech news events of the week. ” Indeed it did.

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Networking tips for IT leaders: A guide to building connections

CIO Business Intelligence

Networking isn’t just for holiday parties. The two cardinal rules of networking, according to CIOs and career coaches, are to schedule time to do it for at least an hour every month, and to approach it as something you do to help others in addition to yourself. I suffered from a crippling lack of self-worth.”

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Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?

Vox

WeWork’s Adam Neumann is trying to disrupt real estate, again. This residential real estate startup wants to address a wide variety of issues, including housing availability, a lack of social interactions in a remote world, and the inability of renters to gain equity. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images.