Excerpt from:  Real Estate Industry Leader's Roundtable
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September 11, 2008

Rob Levy Real Estate Interview

How to Stay on the Cutting Edge

levy imageRob Levy is an active REALTOR® today with his "Rob Levy Team" of five at Prudential Northwest Properties in Portland, Oregon. A 19-year agent with the same 900+ large firm, Rob has consistently been the #1 agent or in the top 5-10 for many years. Rob was voted "2002 REALTOR® of the Year" in Portland by the top 500 of the 8,000 agents in the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors. Rob closed $40,000,000 worth of properties in 2007 with about $18,000,000 of that from the Internet alone.

Rob was one of the first agents in the country to use a website for real estate marketing. He was also the first eCertified Prudential real estate agent in the world. He has adapted and changed along the way to turn his web marketing ideas into an active (vs. passive) marketing systems. He is not a "nerd"—he just knows where to point and click to make money selling homes.

Rob is the co-founder of Real Pro Systems, a software company that provides web-based productivity software for real estate agents. Rob is also a sought after technology speaker. He has addressed REALTOR groups including the NAR National Convention, the CRS trade show, many Prudential Real Estate Affiliates shows and several private company education events.

In his real estate interview at Real Estate CyberSpace Radio he discusses the following real estate information:

How to Stay on the Cutting Edge

  1. Levy depends on good conferences—such as the NAR show, the Society’s Cyber Convention, Prudential franchise gatherings and Inman Connect—for exposure to the newest tools and for the networking opportunity.
  2. He visits every vendor booth to see what he can use; the expo at the Society’s cyber convention presents an easy way to visit a multitude of booths and speak directly with vendors without leaving home.
  3. Adopting technology now while the market is slow will allow agents to leapfrog to the next level when the market turns around; start looking out there to find what works for you and start using it!

In this briefing he also covers the following useful real estate topics:

  • Changing Technology
  • Stealth Marketing
  • Converting Leads
  • Attracting Sellers
  • Reaping Rewards from Past Clients
  • Live Phone Contact from Web Sites
  • Changes on the Horizon
  • Favorite Resources

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