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Lani Rosales
Lani is the New Media Director here at AgentGenius.com and was recently named President of New Media Lab, both of which are headquartered in Austin, TX. She has an English degree from the University of Texas (and of course used that to become a blogger) and has lived in Texas her whole life minus the semester in Spain and the summer in Mexico. She spends a great deal of energy on the AG brand as well as improving the real estate industry and is an avid Twitter user.
By Lani Rosales on July 29, 2010
Recently, Fannie Mae began to actively seek out brokers listing more than 30 REO listings from any single Fannie Mae source which understandably is seeing opposition by many large brokerages as well as the National Association of Realtors, according to Keller Williams’ CEO, Mark Willis.…
Posted in News | Tagged fannie mae, keller williams, REO, short sales |
By Lani Rosales on July 28, 2010
For years, Ask.com has been creating massive amounts of content by independent writers to answer basic questions. The media giant hires writers “experts” to focus on a specific topic like automotive, retail, marketing or even local real estate. Most people come across Ask.com via Google…
Posted in New Media | Tagged ask.com, real estate blogging, Tech |
By Lani Rosales on July 28, 2010
When practicing residential real estate, the first step in modern times is to learn what a buyer is looking at and often, emails are passed back and forth outlining possible MLS matches. Given that most buyers start their search online now and are empowered to…
Posted in New Media | Tagged real estate technology |
By Lani Rosales on July 28, 2010
As we predicted, the online ratings game online is heating up and this week, Google made a move to get their piece of the pie. After a former agreement with the most popular review site, Yelp.com went south some time back, Google has aimed to…
Posted in New Media | Tagged google mobile, mobile phones, Tech |
By Lani Rosales on July 26, 2010
Tired of using plain ol’ creative commons images or stock photos? There are a lot of ways to spice those pictures up to make them more blog or marketing collateral worthy, starting with Tilt Shift Maker, an online service that emulates miniaturization of models online.…
Posted in New Media | Tagged photography effects, Tech |
By Lani Rosales on July 26, 2010
A part of the real estate industry that is time tested is the handwritten note, but many people never end up writing those notes of gratitude that they intended to either because they’re busy prospecting, have horrible handwriting or have moved to a completely digital…
Posted in New Media |
By Lani Rosales on July 26, 2010
Despite a sputtering economy, graduates are often in the fastest position to relocate and many do so based not only on quality of living and cost factors but on the promise of employment that pays well.
Recently, the “Best Cities for College Graduates” list highlighted…
Posted in News | Tagged Real Estate News, top cities list |
By Lani Rosales on July 22, 2010
We talk to real estate professionals online and offline every day and one of the most contentious topics is licensing and what should be required of a real estate professional. Some argue that mandatory license requirements are the way to go while others emphasize that…
Posted in Opinions | Tagged professionalism, real estate licensing |
By Lani Rosales on July 22, 2010
International augmented reality application developer company, acrossair boasts one of the first augmented reality apps in the iPhone App Store. Acrossair launched a unique iPhone app called the acrossair browser which is an augmented reality (AR) app that uses 3D navigation to show geo-located data…
Posted in New Media | Tagged acrossair, augmented reality, real estate augmented reality |
By Lani Rosales on July 22, 2010
This week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a man allegedly attempted to run over his landlord with a car and was arrested on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Jesse Andrew Thornill, 28, was released on a $10,000 bond a few hours later according to jail…
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged investment property challenges |