August 22, 2007

Mal Duanes Real Estate Interview

"Powering Real Estate Success With Today's Tools!"

Mal Duane is the broker/owner of MalDuane.Com Real Estate in Framingham, Massachusetts. Mal came on the real estate scene in 1986, and as a RE/MAX agent, quickly became the top producer of her office. Upon founding her own firm, she developed a vision of how she would like to do business utilizing a team of agents and the latest technology. To accomplish her goal, Mal traveled all over the country to collect new technology and marketing concepts.

Before most other agents had developed personal web sites, Mal created an Internet marketing program for listings with visual tours backed by email marketing. At MalDuane.Com Real Estate, she has combined the concept of a traditional office with the presence of a powerful cyber-marketing program to create a highly successful company. In 2001, her firm closed 104 units for $23,741,000 in sales. At present, Mal's company is on track for her 2002 goal of $40,000,000.

Mal holds several designations including the ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), E-Pro, SRES (Seniors Residential Specialist), and RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist).

Mal chairs the Framingham Massachusetts Chapter of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society.

In her real estate Interview at Real Estate CyberSpace Radio she discusses the following real estate advice:

Tech Assessment of the Real Estate Industry

Fabulous tech tools available are easy to use, affordable and make agents shine with professionalism; there is no excuse not to work with them.
In the next three years, technology will continue to enhance the position of agents; instead of being threatened by technology and the access it gives the consumer to information, Duane finds that it makes her life and the quality of work she does better.

In this briefing she also covers the following real estate tips: