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Insider tips for REALTORS®: The Ultimate guide to closing home sales sight-unseen

In today's evolving real estate landscape, buyers are reshaping the traditional home-buying process by making purchasing decisions without physically setting foot inside the properties they are interested in.

Residential Real Estate

Top buyer trends in the real estate market for 2024: What REALTORS® need to know

The real estate landscape is constantly evolving, driven by shifts in buyer preferences and technological advancements. As we edge closer to prime real estate season, it's crucial to stay ahead of the curve by understanding the emerging trends shaping the market.

Residential Real Estate

How to import iGUIDE DWG files into Chief Architect

Did you know iGUIDE DWG files can be imported into Chief Architect? As a construction and remodeling professional using these platforms, you understand the importance of efficiency in your workflow.

Architecture & Construction

Enhancing construction efficiency: A Contractor’s guide to iGUIDE’s DWG Floor Plans

In the construction industry, clear communication is paramount to the success of any project.

Architecture & Construction

Eliminate confusion: How iGUIDE helps buyers see beyond the drywall

Are you in the business of creating dream homes or transforming properties into stunning living spaces?  

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography, Architecture & Construction

10 proven ways to optimize your real estate website for lead generation

Need help to keep up with real estate lead generation?

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

How to choose the best Real Estate Photographer: A REALTORS® guide

In the competitive world of real estate, captivating visuals are crucial for attracting potential buyers. As a REALTOR®, selecting the right real estate photographer can make a substantial difference in how your listings are perceived.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Mastering technology to stay ahead in real estate

Staying ahead of technology trends as a realtor is essential for maintaining a competitive edge in the real estate industry.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Mastering Instagram: Best practices for Real Estate agents

Real estate agents, are you making the most of Instagram to grow your business?

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Creating an unforgettable brand: Building trust in the real estate industry

Word of mouth and loyalty are crucial for success in the real estate industry, and these both rely on one fundamental aspect: trust.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

The ultimate guide to iGUIDE Instant: The most affordable solution for real estate photographers

Capturing immersive 3D virtual tours with interactive floor plans is essential in real estate photography. With iGUIDE Instant, real estate photographers gain access to an affordable solution for creating captivating visual content that sets listings apart.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

The ultimate online listing guide for attracting potential buyers

Are you struggling to create a captivating online house listing? Look no further. With iGUIDE, you can quickly and easily create a visually appealing property listing to attract potential buyers.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Best practices for creating floor plans and 3D virtual tours with iGUIDE

Creating floor plans and 3D virtual tours has become essential for real estate professionals in today’s digital age. These assets provide potential buyers with an immersive experience, allowing them to explore properties from the comfort of their own homes. One of the most popular platforms for creating these virtual tours is iGUIDE.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Modernizing insurance claims: A deep dive into digital tagging with iGUIDE

Modernizing insurance claims has become easier with the introduction of iGUIDE’s virtual walk-throughs featuring digital tagging.

Insurance & Restoration

6 expert tips to dominate the online real estate market as an agent

To stand out in the competitive world of real estate, having a strong online presence is essential.

Residential Real Estate

Stay ahead of the game: Embracing technology in the real estate industry

In today’s digital age, staying ahead of the curve and effectively leveraging technology is crucial for staying competitive and maximizing your potential as a real estate professional.

Residential Real Estate

Unleashing the emotional appeal: Creating an authentic brand story on social media

In today’s digital age, social media has become an essential tool for REALTORS® to connect with their audience and build a strong brand presence.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

A better way for insurance adjusters to navigate the storm & natural disaster season

As a claims adjuster, you play a crucial role during storms, fires and natural disasters.

Insurance & Restoration

The role of technology in creating efficient insurance and restoration procedures

Claims are pouring in across North America and that means more business than ever for claims adjusters and restoration professionals.

Insurance & Restoration

10 ways REALTORS® can stand out online

Social media has become an essential tool for real estate agents to connect with potential clients and showcase their expertise. However, with the increasing number of agents using social media platforms, it is crucial to find ways to stand out from the competition.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Automate floor plan sketching: iGUIDE Instant Sketch for claims and restoration

Transforming complex tasks into simple, manageable ones is critical for the insurance and restoration industry in today’s fast-paced world, and iGUIDE Instant Sketch is making this possible.

Insurance & Restoration

The benefits of using iGUIDE for accurate documentation in insurance claims and restoration projects

Are you tired of dealing with the hassle of manual documentation in insurance claims and restoration projects?

Insurance & Restoration

Simplify your insurance and restoration process with these proven techniques

Every claim presents a level of complexity and risk. Some of these risks exist in plain sight, others exist behind the scenes while others may surface during the review process.

Insurance & Restoration

Revolutionizing project management: The benefits of real-time feedback with virtual tours

Are you feeling overwhelmed with trying to keep your projects on track?

Insurance & Restoration, Architecture & Construction

Maximizing efficiency: Creating DWG floor plans with iGUIDE

If you’re looking to remodel an existing space, build an addition or tweak a custom floor plan, you need a DWG plan to develop drawings.

Architecture & Construction

Floor Plan Fantasy – Helping the Buyer’s Dreams Come True

Make your buyer’s fantasies come true. Whether a home is recently constructed or in need of a complete overhaul, the way to a buyer’s dream home reality is through a floor plan.

Residential Real Estate

Unveiling the benefits of iGUIDE DWG files: Simplify designs & streamline workflows

When it comes to architecture, engineering and construction, accuracy and efficiency are crucial.

Architecture & Construction

Earn extra money as a real estate photographer

Increasing your real estate photography income by 400% is achievable.

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

How iGUIDE is providing a head start with the DWG Floor Plan Add-on

As an architecture, engineering and construction professional, you’re likely familiar with the use of DWG files in your respective fields.

Architecture & Construction

How to Sell in 2023, Decreases in Prices Means Increases in Marketing

41% of Americans are in fear of a housing recession, according to a recent article from the National Association of REALTORS (NAR).

Residential Real Estate

How Rising Interest Rates Are Affecting Realtors®

The rising tide lifts all ships, but rising interest rates may sink your sales for Real Estate in 2023. After a few stellar years of record sales and some of the lowest mortgage interest rates recorded, the pendulum is beginning to swing in a different direction.

Residential Real Estate

How quick and efficient documentation leads to more business for insurance & restoration professionals

Identification provides information. How you identify individual restoration projects can realize efficiency improvement and workflow optimization.

Insurance & Restoration

The Real Impact of Banned Foreign Home Buyers in Canada

The foreign home buyer ban is now in place throughout Canada.

Residential Real Estate

The importance of proper documentation for insurance claims and restoration projects

The evidence speaks for itself or does it? Large loss insurance claims can lead to problematic situations.

Insurance & Restoration

What Are You Getting Paid For? Explaining Your Real Estate Agent Remuneration

Let’s talk about money. Big commissions are why you got into real estate but how do you justify the amount you charge for your services?

Residential Real Estate

Real Estate Hindsight – Analyzing your Successes and Failures

A recent NAR report indicates that the hot housing market is starting to cool off.

Residential Real Estate

How to Keep Your Real Estate Leads Up When the Market is Heading Down

Real estate is heading into the bear market territory. After a couple of years of “go, go, go!”, home sales are beginning to decline.

Residential Real Estate

The role of technology in modern restoration and insurance processes

What do technology, insurance, and restoration have in common?

Insurance & Restoration

Realtor Lingo: More Real Estate Terms

The home is one you’ve been waiting for, has been lovingly cared for, exudes character, is move-in ready, priced to sell and shows pride of ownership by the original owners but, should your buyer risk purchasing it as is where is from the motivated sellers?

Residential Real Estate

The impact of natural disasters on the insurance and restoration industry and how to prepare for them

210 Billion dollars is the monetary value of overall losses from worldwide disasters in 2020.

Insurance & Restoration

Top 5 Things Home Sellers Expect from Their Real Estate Agent

Silence is golden but when it comes to real estate you are expected to be anything but quiet.

Residential Real Estate

The 3-Step System to Optimize Your Online Listing, Step 3: Show Results to Your Clients

On with the show. Proof of your efforts to successfully market a property can help your seller understand how and when their home gets viewed.

Residential Real Estate

The 3-Step System to Optimize Your Online Listing, Step 2: Sharing Your Listing to Get Attention

Marketing real estate listings mean sharing information across as many channels as possible.

Residential Real Estate

The 3-Step System to Optimize Your Online Listing, Step 1: in the New Guide for Real Estate Marketing Materials

Your real estate marketing materials should grab the attention of prospective buyers.

Residential Real Estate

The 9 Principles of the Residential Measurement Standard (RMS)

A residential measurement standard is a reliable way for consumers to assess a property for their specific needs, comprehend home size, and compare value.

Residential Real Estate

Digital twins and the future of the insurance and restoration industry

In our fast-paced world of digital technology and information, data sourcing and the accuracy of information gathering and sharing may be one of our most valuable tools in monitoring and managing our assets.

Insurance & Restoration

4 key components to streamlining your insurance & restoration process

Fire and flood claims are pouring in across North America and that means more business for Insurance & Restoration companies.

Insurance & Restoration

The 3-Step System to Optimize Your Online Listing

Your online real estate listing should attract buyers, be easily shared and provide results to the seller.

Residential Real Estate

Realtor Lingo: Do You Know What You are Saying?

What are you talking about? Every day you get ready to represent home buyers and sellers because you are a real estate professional.

Residential Real Estate

Real Estate and Floor Plan Frustrations – Why Consistency Matters

Real estate is one of the most inconsistent industries on the planet.

Residential Real Estate

FOMO: The Fear, the facts and the regrets – Why your buyer may be dissatisfied with their new home

Everyone wants to know that their purchase is satisfaction guaranteed.

Residential Real Estate

Is Your Realtor Lingo Communicating the Full Value of Your Listing?

Are you communicating with your clients in the right way?

Residential Real Estate

The real reasons you should be using a professional Real Estate Photographer – it’s not what you think

OK, so here you go again. You’ve been referred by an acquaintance to give a listing presentation for someone who is considering putting their home on the market.

Residential Real Estate

5 Simple ways to increase your screen value for online Real Estate listings

Are your listings getting enough screen time? Clickbait not only applies to social media advertising it applies to professional real estate listing marketing.

Residential Real Estate

Top 12 ways to get more clients for your real estate photography business

When your business is real estate photography, you know how to capture images of a variety of properties.

Real Estate Photography

Give the whole picture by adding these services to your Real Estate Photography Business

You are a storyteller. Your audience is as varied as your photos. Capturing beautiful images is not only a passion it’s a way of life.

Real Estate Photography

How to Start a Real Estate Photography Business – 5 Must-Have Essentials

You want to build a real estate photography business but need a few pointers. Taking photos for real estate agents is a lucrative way to earn a living.

Real Estate Photography

Blockchain and Real Estate – What’s all the buzz about?

Have you heard the term blockchain and immediately thought of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin?

Residential Real Estate

What is the Best Way to Get into Real Estate Photography?

The demand for good real estate photographers is on the rise.

Real Estate Photography

Why use 3D tours to engage buyers

Impact. If you want to have an impact on your real estate marketing think of 3D tours.

Residential Real Estate

Real Estate Agent marketing for 2022

Are your real estate marketing strategies working? Is your funnel getting clogged?

Residential Real Estate

Share and Show Your Expertise as a Real Estate Agent to Achieve Success

Knowledge without wisdom is just a bunch of facts. Having wisdom is knowing how to use your knowledge to achieve success at something.

Residential Real Estate

A successful virtual open house and 3D tours for your clients

Ah, the open house. You either love it or are indifferent to it.

Residential Real Estate

Avoid These Mistakes as a New Real Estate Agent

Sales are your forte’ so you decided on real estate as a profession where you can use your skills and charisma to earn a living.

Residential Real Estate

Help Your Buyer Leads Move Forward

Home sales have been brisk throughout 2021. You are busy following up with your clients making sure to answer any questions that have arisen since their recent sale or purchase.

Residential Real Estate

Make your next marketing strategy Local

What does it mean to be a local real estate agent?

Residential Real Estate

Proptech has come a long way but the journey is far from over

Focus on technology and you will stay relevant.

Residential Real Estate

Tips and tricks for selling your home quickly for top dollar

A home is like a castle and every castle needs a little TLC once in a while to keep it inviting and functioning correctly.

Residential Real Estate

An open house is a great idea during the holiday season

A holiday open house is not just for entertaining it can be a great way for you to market a seller’s home.

Residential Real Estate

The real in realtor: Eliminate risky FSBO transactions by using an agent

The FSBO. Yeah, you know this acronym inside and out, the challenge is how do you explain to the “for sale by owner” consumer that using a Realtor® is more than paying a commission to sell their house?

Residential Real Estate

Leading the way with essential iGUIDE benefits for every REALTOR®

If you have been thinking of ways to increase awareness and capture more real estate leads in Canada, iGUIDE is essential.

Residential Real Estate

Trending now: Smart technology, smart marketing, smart REALTORS®

Real estate technology in 2021 is giving you ways to shape your future.

Residential Real Estate

New to Real Estate Photography? Tips to Getting Started and Acing Your Shoots

Starting out in real estate photography might be a little intimidating.

Real Estate Photography

iGUIDE: The Right Move for Every Part of Our Real Estate Transactions

We recently sold our home, bought a new one and used the benefits of the iGUIDE offered by the listing agents of both homes.

Residential Real Estate

The value of virtual tour technology for real estate agents in 2021

Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Photography

Converting your real estate photography camera into a money-making machine

Real Estate Photography

Real estate agents beware of offer letters as emotional bait

Residential Real Estate

Buying real estate online – A new beginning for the home buying process

Residential Real Estate

Real estate technology is here to stay | Here is what you need to know

Residential Real Estate

Pitching 3D tours outside of real estate: What do you need to be successful?

Real Estate Photography

Think inside the box; Visualizing inside a home with Floorplanner

With the iGUIDE Floor planner integration, you can now customize the look and feel of a space to decide if it’s right for you.

Residential Real Estate

What do home buyers really want?

Homebuyers want accurate measurements. Get ahead of the competition and stand out in the market by providing it to them.

Residential Real Estate

Why Are Floor Plans Important?

Real estate agents may be surprised to hear that a 2018 report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) found that home buyers don’t just want to see a floor plan as part of the listing, they think it’s essential information that must be provided with every listing.

Residential Real Estate

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