The Official ActiveRain Blog

Pricing a home is more art than science.  Get beyond the standard information you can search online like square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms, year built, etc. Homebuyers should be on the lookout for some of these hidden gems that may undervalued (or not even included) in the listing price. We ask...

ActiveRain and Trulia have come together to give ActiveRain members a chance to have their content published on Trulia.com as well as potentially be published on some of the most highly trafficked news, finance and real estate information sites on the internet. The Trulia Contributor Program is a...

Real Estate Agents Rank Biggest Home Seller Mistakes A recent survey of real estate agents by ActiveRain has confirmed that there are certain things a seller should avoid if they are trying to get their home sold for the best price in the least amount of time.  The results of this survey are no s...

Congratulations to our very own Bob Stewart for making the Swanepoel Top 20 Most Influential People in Real Estate Social Media!    If you've ever had the opportunity to take one of Bob's webinars or hear him speak at RainCamp or another real estate convention, you know he's the kind of guy that ...

Profile Page Lead Capture Tools ActiveRain's new profile pages have a new look.  And with that we've rolled out a couple of extra ways for you to capture those leads that come across your new profile page.   1. Contact Me Button: Yes, we've always had a way for people checking out your profile to...

 Whatever is beautiful,Whatever is meaningful,Whatever brings you happinessMay it be yours this Holiday Seasonand throughout the coming year!   

The holidays are here! It’s time time to turn off the cell phone, put the business aside, and forget about all things real estate until January 1st, right? Wrong! Here at ActiveRain we are huge fans of spending time with family and enjoying the holidays, but this quiet period is a great time for ...

  Over the last year, we have been working with a professional design firm (along with the amazing help of a large group of our Ambassadors) to create a new design for ActiveRain. We have already overhauled the navigation header and the profile pages on the site as well as made numerous SEO enha...

TODAY ONLY - 500 Bonus Points for Inviting New Members to ActiveRain   What you need to do:Invite a real estate professional to join the ActiveRain Real Estate Network Receive 500 bonus points for each real estate professional you invite to the Rain today! Plus, you still receive the 10% of the p...

Your IDX web site is the center of your marketing universe.  A good IDX web site is a lead generation machine.  A bad IDX web site can be an embarrassment. When we asked the ActiveRain community, "What service is most valuable to your success?" the IDX web site was the overwhelming number one res...