Author: Tait

13 Oct How to Backup Your WordPress IDX Website

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To backup your WordPress IDX website, you should log into your cPanel and download a full website backup. If you are not comfortable doing this, there are a few other options such as using WordPress...

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10 Oct How to Build an MRIS IDX Website With WordPress

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An IDX connection to MRIS can help take your business to a new level. By hosting listings from one of the nation's largest MLS, you can generate more traffic on your site and capture more...

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09 Oct How to Set Career Goals in Real Estate

Posted at 10:38h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tips by Tait 1 Comment

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Setting career goals in real estate takes time and reflection. You need to step back, imagine your future in a way that you can summarize in one to two sentences. Then, you must translate this...

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08 Oct How to Add IDX and School Ratings Data to a WordPress Website

Posted at 11:17h in Blog, How To's, IDX, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 0 Comments

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[realtyna_blog_notice]   To add IDX and school ratings to a WordPress website, you should download and install Realtyna’s Organic MLS Integration plugin and the School Info Add-On. Then you should add the RETS username and password from...

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06 Oct What Is Days On Market?

Posted at 11:18h in Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics by Tait 0 Comments

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Days on market provides a measure of the age of a real estate listing. The statistic is calculated as the number of days a listing is active before an offer is accepted or the listing...

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05 Oct How to Get Listings as a New Real Estate Agent?

Posted at 10:45h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Essentials, How To's, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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Your first few months as a real estate agent are perilous. You expend great money and effort to establish yourself with few guarantees of income. Traversing this period requires strategy, persistence, and a bit of...

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04 Oct How to Change Your WordPress IDX Website Theme

Posted at 10:35h in Blog, How To's, IDX, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 0 Comments

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So you want to change your WordPress IDX website theme. It’s a fairly straightforward process. The most important thing is that you test the new theme fully for compatibility with your current features and that...

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02 Oct What Is a Real Estate Association?

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A real estate association is a trade group made up of agents and brokers that can provide trainings, lobby the government, produce market research, and operate an MLS for the benefit of its members. The...

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30 Sep Can I Reschedule My Real Estate Licensing Exam?

Posted at 11:39h in Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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Yes, you can reschedule your real estate licensing exam, though the rules and fees vary widely by state. In New York, you can reschedule with no penalty up to 6 days in advance of the...

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29 Sep What Is a Real Estate Plugin?

Posted at 11:08h in Blog, Real Estate Basics, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 0 Comments

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A real estate plugin is a piece of software that can be installed on your website to expand its features and allow it to accomplish new tasks related to real estate. For example, a real estate...

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27 Sep What is Broker Reciprocity?

Posted at 11:20h in Blog, IDX, Multiple Listing Service, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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Broker Reciprocity is the principle of cooperation that backs all Internet Data Exchange (IDX) programs. Under Broker Reciprocity, participating brokers are granted access to the listings of all other participating brokers in exchange for granting...

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24 Sep What Is CRT Labs?

Posted at 11:45h in Blog, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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CRT Labs is the National Association of Realtors’ research group for real estate technology. The group produces reports on how emerging technologies may affect real estate agents and brokers, and works to develop solutions when...

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21 Sep How Can I Connect My IDX Listings to Facebook?

Posted at 11:58h in Blog, How to, How To's, IDX, Real Estate Tech News, Realtyna Products and News, Social Media by Tait 3 Comments

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With the right IDX software you can automatically send your IDX listings to Facebook dynamic ads, allowing you to create a catalogue of properties that appear in the Facebook and Instagram feeds of any leads...

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20 Sep What is CREA in Real Estate?

Posted at 11:24h in Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Canada, Real Estate Tech News by Tait 0 Comments

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CREA or the Canadian Real Estate Association is Canada’s trade association for real estate. Consisting of more than 100,000 brokers and agents, CREA maintains industry ethical standards, provides technology products to further the real estate...

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19 Sep LoopNet/CoStar Alternatives: How to Build a Commercial Real Estate Site and Outrank the Portals

Posted at 10:55h in Blog, How to, How To's, IDX, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology by Tait 2 Comments

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Looking for alternatives to LoopNet or CoStar? With Realtyna’s WPL Pro you can host your own commercial listings and build a real estate site that outranks the portals in your local market. Follow the steps...

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17 Sep What is FTP in Real Estate?

Posted at 11:27h in Blog, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a method for moving files between two computers. Once popular among IDX real estate websites, FTP has taken a niche role since the emergence of faster, more dynamic technologies...

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13 Sep How to Build a Multilingual WordPress Real Estate Site With Realtyna IDX and WPML

Posted at 12:48h in Blog, How to, How To's, IDX, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 0 Comments

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In some communities, a multilingual real estate site is all but mandatory. In others, it may help you attract international investors. Whatever your scenario, a multilingual real estate site can help you expand your client...

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24 Jul The Hardest Things About Being a Real Estate Agent

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Working in real estate is a fast-paced, exciting lifestyle. But for the vast majority of us, it is far from luxurious. There are real challenges to confront day to day. In this article, we’ll discuss...

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23 Jul How Is the Job Market For Real Estate Agents?

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As of July 2018, the real estate industry is maintaining healthy job growth about on par with the national average. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for real estate agents and brokers is...

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27 May List of MLS in the U.S.

Posted at 10:48h in Blog, Multiple Listing Service, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate US by Tait 10 Comments

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This comprehensive list of MLS in the U.S. provides a state-by-state breakdown of the 581 multiple listing services currently active in the real estate industry. The number of MLSs in the U.S. is constantly changing. Due...

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27 May How to Find Work Life Balance as a Real Estate Agent

Posted at 08:24h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, How to, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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Real estate is a demanding industry. Your job is to cater to the needs of your clients, all the while managing yourself, finding your own business and being your own boss. You will quickly find...

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22 May What Degrees Do You Need to Be a Real Estate Agent?

Posted at 05:29h in Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics by Tait 0 Comments

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Strictly speaking, no college degree is needed to be a real estate agent, though a degree can help you get ahead, especially if it’s in management, finance, economics, marketing, or a related field. Real estate agents...

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19 May How Does Real Estate Affect the Economy?

Posted at 09:13h in Blog, Essentials, Real Estate Basics by Tait 0 Comments

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Real estate affects the economy because it makes up a large portion of individual and business wealth across economic sectors. When real estate prices rise, wealth increases, so individuals and businesses are more likely to...

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19 May 11 Tips to Generate Real Estate Leads From Your Community and Personal Network

Posted at 06:50h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Lead Generation, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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Real estate is a referral heavy business. To succeed you need to know people and people need to know you. For many agents, this means family and friends are important factors in their business. It’s a difficult...

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14 Nov How do I drive more traffic to my real estate website?

Posted at 12:29h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, How to, How To's, Lead Generation, Real Estate Tips by Tait 1 Comment

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National Association of Realtors studies have shown that more and more homebuyers are turning to the Internet for their property search. But most of this web traffic is to the major portal sites like Zillow, Trulia,...

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14 Oct 6 Reasons Why You Should Use Mobile Apps and SMS for Your Real Estate Website

Posted at 09:05h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Lead Generation, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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The home-buying process is involving more and more technology. The latest survey from the National Association of REALTORS® found that 95 percent of homebuyers used the Internet to aid the home-buying process and 72 percent used...

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03 Oct 9 Ways to Generate Leads in a Real Estate Site

Posted at 16:48h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, How to, Lead Generation, Real Estate Tech News by Tait 0 Comments

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Real Estate Lead Capture Tools SEO + Lead Capture With competition getting stronger for online property searches, marketing strategies to generate new leads are becoming more complex. It means real estate professionals need more tools to increase the...

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27 Sep What is IDX Integration

Posted at 17:35h in Blog, IDX, Real Estate Basics, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology by Tait 0 Comments

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For more than ten years Realtyna has been working to bring light to the fact that not all IDX are created equal. While every IDX solution will display property listings from your MLS on your site,...

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18 Sep WordPress IDX for CRMLS

Posted at 21:04h in Blog, IDX, Real Estate Technology by Tait 0 Comments

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The California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) is the largest in the United States. With more than 81,000 members, it has coverage, data share, or reciprocal access in parts of more than 30 counties in California. It...

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15 Sep Why Organic IDX Integration is the best in SEO

Posted at 18:18h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News, SEO by Tait 0 Comments

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It’s a question we receive often: “Realtyna talks a lot about being a better real estate solution for SEO and capturing leads. What is actually better about your products?” Our system is rooted in the way search...

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14 Sep Commercial Real Estate Plugin for WordPress

Posted at 15:44h in Blog, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 1 Comment

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You see them all over the web, ads for WordPress real estate plugins. But how many of these are designed with commercial real estate in mind? WPL Pro gives you the flexibility to create your commercial...

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07 Sep Suggestion Search

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In this vidoe, we are going to talk about how you can set up search suggestion for your real estate website. This features will improve your user experience and clients are more likely to stay...

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31 Aug Best WordPress IDX for SEO

Posted at 18:55h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology, Realtyna Products and News, SEO by Tait 2 Comments

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More homebuyers are turning to the web to look for properties than ever before. In fact, 44 percent of homebuyers started their search this way in 2016, according to data from the National Association of...

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04 Aug Framed IDX Alternatives

Posted at 16:05h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, Real Estate Tech News, Real Estate Technology by Tait 0 Comments

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IDX framing is one of the most common technologies to display MLS properties on a website. It’s known for its fast set-up and low up-front costs. But it also comes with several drawbacks related to SEO. We go...

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03 Aug How can I show MLS properties on Divi With Organic MLS Integration?

Posted at 16:40h in Blog, How to, How To's, Real Estate Technology by Tait 0 Comments

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Realtyna’s Organic MLS Integration is now fully compatible with Divi Theme and Divi Builder. This means you can build your real estate website on the strongest SEO foundation possible and pair it with one of the...

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02 Aug 3 Tips to build a user friendly real estate site with IDX integration

Posted at 14:24h in Best Practices and Lead Generation, Blog, How to, How To's, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Tips by Tait 0 Comments

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The competition for real estate leads is strong. It’s not enough anymore to have an IDX frame to attract the most website visitors from search engines. But some agents and brokers stick with framing technologies because...

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27 Jul Is there any Organic MLS / IDX Integration solution to cover Vancouver (BC) area?

Posted at 19:47h in Blog, IDX, Real Estate Canada by Tait 0 Comments

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Is there an Organic MLS / IDX Integration solution for the Vancouver (BC) area? Vancouver, BC, has had one of the strongest real estate markets in recent years. This includes the highest average home prices in Canada...

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25 Jul WPL Neighborhood Add-on

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This video is about Realtyna's SMS Add-on. SMS add-on add another level to your online and offline marketing startegies and will bring more leads to your business. Feel free to contact us for more information. Read...

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20 Jul How can I add IDX Search to Divi?

Posted at 14:09h in Blog, How to, How To's, IDX, Multiple Listing Service by Tait 2 Comments

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How do I add IDX Search to Divi? For more than eight years, Realtyna has delivered online real estate solutions, including our signature product Organic MLS Integration for WordPress. Now our IDX alternative is available on Divi...

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19 Jul How to do IDX Integration with WPL Pro on Divi Theme

Posted at 13:45h in Blog, How to, How To's, IDX, Multiple Listing Service, Realtyna Products and News by Tait 0 Comments

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How to do IDX Integration with WPL Pro on Divi Theme? WPL Pro is our foundational WordPress plugin, allowing you to add and manage property listings on your website. Paired with our Organic MLS Integration, it becomes...

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