RE/MAX Alliance a Great Supporter of Alice's 36 Hours for Kids!!

RE/MAX Alliance is honored each year to participate in Alice’s 36 Hours for Kids Radiothon. This year was the 11th annual event, which took place from February 15th-17th. It was broadcast live from Children’s Hospital Colorado on Denver radio station Alice 105.9.

Alice 105.9 dedicates airtime to broadcast stories of strength and survival. This has become one of the most compelling and moving radio events ever heard in Colorado! The Radiothon supports children and their families who depend on the world-class care that Children's Hospital Colorado provides.

RE/MAX Alliance Welcomes The Greer Group To Their Westminster/Broomfield Office!

RE/MAX Alliance is proud to welcome the Greer Group who recently joined the RE/MAX Alliance office located at 9737 Wadsworth Parkway in Westminster.

“As a team leader at a competing company, my primary objective was to bring over top talent from other companies,” said Heidi Greer, CEO and team leader for the Greer Group. “While I have many friends who are RE/MAX agents, I found them the most difficult to recruit. RE/MAX is a strong name and I chose to join this elite group of professionals, because I want to be in the business with the very best.”

QR Codes: The Here and Now of Mobile Marketing

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By Nick Caruso

While more and more consumers are turning to their smartphones for information, brokers and REALTORS® everywhere are adapting in order to properly serve their mobile, forward-thinking clientele. The latest trend in the world of mobile marketing is not only dominating the mobile world, but also changing the way agents are promoting their listings and printing their signage.

Over the last couple of years, QR codes, short for quick response codes, have been popping up almost everywhere you look. Advertisements in magazines and newspapers, posters, billboards, and even real estate for-sale signs have all been sporting these small, square codes. When scanned with a smartphone, these quirky and efficient little codes have proven to be powerhouses for marketing strategies, driving users to any type of content a company desires, from a robust, mobile-enabled website to a page with a single, simple message. The possibilities are endless with QR codes, however, for REALTORS®, to be without them could be a fatal (and costly) mistake in judgment.

Increase in All-Cash Home Purchases

According to a recent report in Real Estate Economy Watch, nearly one out of three home sales in December 2011 went to buyers who paid all cash, adding credence to the belief that investors are key to the recovering real estate market.

The report was based on the findings from the Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey, which surveys approximately 2,500 real estate agents nationwide each month. According to the survey, in December, the overall proportion of cash buyers in the housing market surged to a record 33.2 percent, up from 29.6 percent a year earlier, and 74 percent of investors used all cash to buy homes. Investors accounted for 22.8 percent of home purchases in December 2011, up from 22.2 percent a month earlier.

Success Strategies: 4 Quick Ways to Be More Productive

If being connected 24/7 was supposed to make our lives easier, the business world didn’t get the memo. Most American professionals just can’t shake the end-of-the-day feeling that they didn’t get enough done. So day after day, they find themselves responding to work e-mail on their smartphones right up until their head hits the pillow. Sound familiar? There is good news, says Jason Womack: By implementing a few small changes, you can get more done in less time—which not only staves off burnout, but leaves more time for doing what you love.