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Maurice Giroux Of Metro Brokers Is All About Transparency And Video At Inma
2008-06-05 18:52:00
BrokerIPTV: Maurice Giroux of Metro Brokers caught you here on the forward Inman Connect in New York City 2008. I know I saw you the other day at Brad Inmans opening speech and he was talking about some of the past themes, which is social networking, video transparency in the market. How do those things relate to your role back in Colorado? <read more> Maurice Giroux: Well, there is no down market, video is doubling the way of the future and Metro Brokers, we are going to take a real close look at that, this next few months and that is going to be part of our advertising programs. BrokerIPTV: And what you seen as far as transparency, blogs what is your opinion and take away on blogs here? Maurice Giroux: If you are not blogging now, you better start. I came to my first Inman Conference a year ago and did not even know what a blog was at that time. I started blogging just a few months ago and right now I am number one in my market place. BrokerIPTV: Wow, fantasti...
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Kirby Smith, the general and Google
2008-06-05 18:51:00
Inman Connect NYC 2008 Is Priceless Info For Kirby Smith Of Metro Brokers BrokerIPTV :: We are at Inman Connect New York city 2008. I am with Kirby Smith found and wandering the floor here at Inman. Kirby is the president at Elect For metro brokers located in Denver, Colorado and Kirby I guess you are at Brad Inmans talk the other day and he was going over some of the past faces at the Inman conferences social networking, video, transparency and really his the miss time was he was talking about the market, having been here at Inman and your own personal production so forth in Colorado. What do you see as a real theme for 2008? <read more> Kirby Smith: Well I think at the 2007 San Francisco conference what I found most interesting really was the first day, where they gave us different ideas on how to make yourself present on the web and we took oh gosh, we took several of those and implemented them, and have made its made just a huge change in our business as far as gett...
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Memebership Drive Details with Dick Crook
2008-06-05 18:50:00
Metro Broker Application Fees reduced Dick Crook, co-chair for Metro Brokers Membership commitee has plenty of Details on this years 2008 membership drive for Metro Brokers. Besides waiving the broker associate application fees as well as other fees to join Metro Brokers. Metro Brokers has now reduced the broker shareholder fee to start your own Independent company from $900.00 down to $450.00. For More details go to JoinMetroBrokers.com Each Year Metro brokers does a number of incentives to induce real estate brokers to join. <watch video>
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Brian Richardson Moves From Kentwood City Properties
2008-06-05 18:49:00
Brian Richardson Moves From Kentwood City Properties to Metro Brokers. Brian will be operating under as an independent company under the business name of Buidings & Residences of Denver. Brian has been in the business for two years and had a successful start as Broker Associate at Kentwood City Properties The mission of BR of Denver is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of PRIDE and TEAM spirit. Brian Richardson - Real Estate Consultant. As a Real Estate professional you will always be my number one priority at all times, and I want your home buying or selling experience with BR of Denver to go as smoothly as possible. Our goal is to surpass your expectations in customer service and satisfaction. <read more> BR of Denver offers our clients a professional service as well as extensive knowledge of the Downtown Denver area. We are committed to anticipating our clients needs and offer superb negotiation and communication skills wi...
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Metro Brokers Signs Deal For New Website
2008-06-05 18:47:00
January 9, 2008 Englewood, Colorado and Palo Alto, Calif. The New Metro Brokers Website Will Integrate all 22 Colorado MLS IDX Listings to Give Consumers the Industrys Most Up-to-Date Inventory of Homes in Colorado. Metro Brokers today announced a partnership to deliver the real estate industrys most advanced website targeted at real estate buyers and sellers, as well as anyone looking for local and national information on any property address. Based on technology from Terabitz, the new Metro Brokers website will be a complete local information search
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Metro Brokers To Be Prominent Player At 2008 Realtor Rally
2008-06-05 18:47:00
Once again, Metro Brokers will be a prominat player this years Realtor Rally to be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver Colorado. Metro Brokers will be sporting a new enlarged and enhanced booth complete with multiple LCD montors and PCs for promoting their newset corperate asset, MetroBrokersOnline.com. Also at this years booth Metro Brokers will be handing out Flash Drives as a Free Give A Way. in addition, Metro Brokers is Pleased to be sporting a Nintendo Wii game at the booth complete with a large play screen. For more detailed information on Metro Brokers and what they can do for your business visit us on line at our IPTV portal, www.MetroBrokersTV.com. Metro Brokers will be at Booth Numbers 093, 120 at this years 2008 Realtor Rally <read more>
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Sunny Banka Instrumental In Defeat Of Escrow Bill
2008-06-05 18:45:00
CAR CAPITOL CONNECTION:This Week in the Legislature - March 15, 2008 Escrow Bill Dies in CommitteeSB 162 died in the Senate Human Health and Services Committee on Wednesday, March 5 - a bill CAR strongly opposed. The legislation would have created a state program aimed at affordable housing by collecting the voluntary interest earned off escrow accounts - a model currently used by the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Foundation (CARHOF), and others. Launching a state funding mechanism for this purpose would have surely been detrimental to the efforts of previously-established programs like CARHOF. Many thanks to Sunny Banka, Aurora Board of REALTORS®, who testified in opposition of the bill. Speaking on behalf of CAR, Sunny maintained that "Colorado REALTORS® are in strong support affordable housing," and further expressed that "the CARHOF program has donated over $5.8 million to affordable housing since its inception, while providing over $...
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Metro Brokers first in the nation to use IPTV blog portal
2008-06-05 18:44:00
Colorado based Metro Brokers Real Estate, Inc. announces another leading edge tecnolgyh first by utilizing an inovative WEB 2.0 video and blogging solution powered by IPTVBoyz's turn key Internet Protocal Television (IPTV) studio system which allows www.metrobrokersTV.com to run a full fledged video portal June 02, 2008 - Denver, CO. - Apple is likely to sell 45 million iPhones by 2009, according to analysts from research firm Piper Jaffray. Metro Brokers Real Estate today announced that it would be the first real estate brokerage of any large brand in the country to use the iPhone home search application created by Terabitz. This application enables consumers to access property listings, photos, local neighborhood information, recent sales and mapped driving directions anywhere and anyplace. The application is available for all of Colorado, with well over 80,000 Colorado homes and land listings to search. Metro Brokers is seeking additional MLS markets in Colorado, which will be...
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Jerry Boyd sees Metro Brokers as "Grown Up Real Estate"
2008-06-05 18:43:00
MetroBrokers TV: I am MetroBrokersTV and you are here today with Metro Brokers TV, and today we are interviewing Jerry Boyd of Metro Brokers, and Jerry, I just wonder how long you have been in the real estate business? Jerry Boyd: Got in to the real estate business in 1974, so about 34 years. MetroBrokersTV: So, when you got into the business, who did you work for originally back then? Jerry Boyd: Originally, I worked for Venture Properties, selling land in the mountains. MetroBrokersTV: Wow! Venture Properties - any big blue chip company names that you were with? <read more> Jerry Boyd: Well, later on I went to Century 21 American United at Cherry Creek. There were a 100 agents there. I was sales manager and I was there for five years. Later, I bought my own Century 21 franchise and I held it for 17 years, but in 1992, I came to Metro Brokers and that was a great move; a really good move. MetroBrokersTV: So, what was it then that made you take the shift over fr...
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Metro Brokers Kay Watson - NAR Protects Realtor Privileges
2008-06-05 18:42:00
MetroBrokers TV : We are talking with Kay Watson today from Metro Brokers and Kay we love always talking with you. You have got so much going on in your involved with so many communities and boards and particularly you work with National Association of Realtor s, so that where I would like the start. How does what happens politically with the National Association of Realtors benefit me on this tree? <read more> Kay Watson: I think there are two things that first come to my mind. I am an independent contractor and thats one of the privileges as a realtor. We can work as an independent contractor that seems to be threatened on the hill over and over and if it was not for work the National Association of Realtors and their political activity in Washington DC, we stand a chance that, that could go away any day and I think that would the way we work and if we could not be independent contractors the whole structure would have to change, and I dont want that ever have to chang...
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Metro Brokers President Maurice Giroux and MetroBrokersTV.com
2008-06-05 18:40:00
Welcome to Metro Brokers TV.com ... I am Maurice (Moe) Giroux, President of Metro Brokers where Experienced-Caring-Professionals have been succeeding at Real Estate their way for 32 years. Our mission is to provide a framework for independent brokers to work professionally, efficiently and profitably. Metro Brokers agents enjoy the Freedom of Independent Companies Working Together. We currently have 80 office locations throughout the beautiful state of Colorado and close to 2,000 professional REALTORS. Many of our agents are leaders in the industry and have a long standing commitment to the communities in which we work and live. I invite you to explore Metro Brokers TV.com and get a first hand look at why Metro Brokers is the best value in Colorado Real Estate and attracts the movers and shakers in our industry. In fact, Metro Brokers has the 2nd largest Market Share, 97% Brand Recognition, Extensive Educational Offerings, Group Purchasing Power, Far Reaching TV, Electronic and...

Metro Brokers offers total Real Estate Brand Recognition
2008-06-05 18:39:00
Welcome to Metro Brokers TV.com, Hi, I'm Kirby Smith president elect of Metro Brokers. Inviting you to join Metro Brokers and start receiving 97% real estate Brand Recognition - Metro Brokers has Stopping Power! We have found that one of the top reasons that Real Estate Agents statewide are choosing Metro Brokers is for the instant credibility our respected and well recognized logo brings. The other major brands in the market - REMAX, COLDWELL BANKER, KELLER WILLIAMS, EXIT all come at a much higher price. At Metro Brokers you can enjoy the Freedom of being your own boss while receiving group benefits,extensive marketing, free education and much more while putting the majority of your hard earned commissions in your pocket. Metro Brokers is truly the greatest value in real estate today, you too can be more visible, bigger, and more profitable. Go to MetroBrokersOnline.com and learn more about our 80 office locations and all of the advantages that come with the best real estate brand a...
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Metro Brokers Exclusive Collection sign offers a showcase sign and web port
2008-06-05 18:37:00
The Metro Brokers Exclusive Collection sign offers a show case sign and web portal for sellers. signHi my name is Kirby Smith, I'm the president elect of Metro Brokers, I also chair the trademark and image enhancement committee. The red octagon on the yellow sign has been Metro Brokers signature sign for 32 years in Colorado. Recently we have introduced the Exclusive Collection sign which is reserved for home priced at $500,000 or more. The Exclusive Collection sign can be used for all properties priced $500,000 or more throughout the state of Colorado. Exclusive Collection properties are showcased in a special section of the MetroBrokersOnline.com website. The Metro Brokers Exclusive Collection sign represents another tool and benefit for our membership. <view video>
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BNI-Old school tip, new school results with Metro Broker's Brian Macmillan
2008-06-05 18:35:00
Brian Macmillan from Metro Brokers is a great young example of a proactive busines generation lifestyle. Are you still waiting around at home for someone to call you about buying or selling a house? You've all heard about "joining a leads group". This story will get a couple things straight. #1, you have to go out and get business. #2 They are not called leads Groups #3 Business is out there for the taking. #4 You need to take the bull by the horns and start your own club. MetroBrokersTV: Welcome to Broker IPTV and today we are talking with Brian Macmillan and this is part of our Gen X Gen Y section in Broker IPTV where we talk to some of the younger producers and I mean people that are actually producing in the business. Brian is with Metro Brokers and Brian, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, like how long you have been in the business? Brian MacMillan: This is actually the beginning of my fourth year in the business. MetroBrokersTV :Great. So, te...
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Metro Brokers has plenty of new GENX brokers like Andy Schiff
2008-06-05 18:34:00
metrobrokersTV : Today we are talking with Andy Schiff from Metro Brokers Dayn Fox and Associates Andy, thanks for being with us. Andy Schiff: Thanks for having me. metrobrokersTV : Tell me a little about your business. Where do you specialize? Are you kind of a farm Geographic guy, investor, what is it? Andy Schiff: I do a little bit every thing Dan. I focus on primarily my personal sphere. So it takes me all around and all sorts of different deals, investors, first time buyers, little bit of every thing. metrobrokersTV : Terrific. What led you in to this business? Andy Schiff: Lets see here in 2001 when I finished my under graduate in metro, I had a couple firms recruiting me and because my past sales experience, they wanted meet to come in and do onsite sales and I joined, I ended up waiting till 20O2, finishing my under graduate degree and getting in to it and at the time it was that, I was getting recruited in to the business so I, it was appealing...
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Terabitz- Ashfaq Munshi says real estate brokers have to take the relations
2008-06-05 18:32:00
Ashfaq Munshi: Thank you, my name is Ashfaq Munshi. I am the CEO and one of the founders of Real Estate Company called Terabitz. I thought I would take a few moments of just share some thoughts about what is going on in the internet, how it affects real estate, how it affects brokers and real estate agents and what I think might be coming up in the next few years. So, I guess the first thing that everybody tells you and I tell you is 80% of the leads are coming up form the net. That may be true, may not be true, depending on how effectively you use internet, how effectively your organization uses it, but the reality of it is that most people who are looking, do actually go to the internet to research. So, why do they do that? They do that, because the net has taught people that I do not have to wait. If I want to ask a question I want an answer now. It is not about the generation Y or Z or whatever they call these days, it is about everybody now. Everybody tells you "hey, ask...
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If I had to do it again, I'd be Blogging Says Karen Easton
2008-06-05 18:29:00
MetrobrokersTV : Karen Easton Metro brokers, past President, from Denver Colorado, Karen if you are starting over again today, based on what you have learned, what would you do differently? Karen Easton: Well today with the technology available I would pick a geographic area or several, I would be the blogger or the expert for that area, localism. I would have a video on myself personally as well as the community and the neighborhood and I will go in to the schools and may have all that information available, and I would blog as much as I could and that way the customer would come to me instead of me having to go out and find the customer.
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What is RSS - Real Simple Syndication
2008-06-05 18:28:00
MetroBrokersTV RSS offers RSS feeds for content of our site for your convenience. What is RSS? RSS stands for Real ly Simple Syndication , and is an easy way to get the news you want whenever it is updated. MetroBrkersTV provides a continually updated feeds from many different subjects and delivers them directly to your desktop news reader. WHY USE RSS? RSS feeds allow custom "content" to be posted in a online collection box until you are ready to read. This keeps your inbox free of cluter and you do not have to use your email adress to recieve RSS Feeds. This keeps your privacy protected and is not tied into what email address you are using. This is an automitc process once you set it up in your reader. How can I use RSS? There are several ways to access RSS feeds. Generally you will need to install a news reader program which will display your RSS feeds much like your email program displays email or your browser displays a webpage. The news reader serves a...

Terabitz Announces Partnership With Metro Brokers At Inman Connect 2008
2008-06-05 18:27:00
MetroBrokers TV: Hi with Ash (Ashfaq)Munshi. Ash is the TeraBitz. TearBitz is a new progressive, Internet surf portal reusing bits of information provided all the information for consumer out there and we are here happy to announce that Metro Brokers is one of the new oblique forward [Inaudible] companies that is associated with TearBitz and I just like to have Ash talk a little bit about their site, where it is going in working with the brokers that are within the system? Ash Munshi: Thank you very much. First of all we are honored to a have partnered with the Metro Brokers. I think it is going to be a great partnership. We are fortunate that we are performing great partnerships across the country, we have converge now across many parts of the United States, Maine, New Jersey and all of Colorado now with yourselves, all of California, Hawaii and in Arizona and that with continuous develop. We are excited about what we are doing. We think that the consumer wants a site that is not o...
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Unlike Re/Max, Metro Brokers is still true to the original 100% concept
2008-06-05 18:25:00
MetroBrokers TV : I am Mark Eibner and welcome to metrobrokerstv.com. Today, we are with Bruce Mitchell and Bruce has just recently opened an office up in the Breckenridge area and Bruce welcome to the show. Bruce Mitchell: Thank you. MetroBrokersTV : Just a quick question. With Metro Brokers having good brand recognition down here in Denver, what possessed you to perhaps pick the Metro Brokers brand name up in the mountain community? Bruce Mitchell: Actually, the Front Range is very important to us. Over 60% of our business comes from the Front Range and Metro Brokers has such a strong presence in the Front Range of Colorado that I feel like it is going to be a great asset. MetroBrokersTV : So, a lot of your clients, customers up there are actually familiar with the name Metro Brokers. Bruce Mitchell: I would say two out of three buyers in the mountains are very familiar with Metro Brokers. MetroBrokersTV : Wow. Excellent. Why don't you tell us a little bit about your of...
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Traditional real estate office and web 2.0 can coexist
2008-06-04 23:31:00
Bloodhound Blog Unchained Vance Shutes and Web 2.0 BrokerIPTV: Good morning everyone. We are at BloodhoundBlog Unchained here at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona and Greg Swann just got done giving the opening speech for his event here and...
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Steve Hundley of 1parkplace has killer Web 2.0 IDX app for blogs
2008-06-04 23:29:00
Bloodhound Blog Unchained Steve Hundley and how 1parkplace focuses on Web 2.0. BrokerIPTV: Greeting viewers and welcome to BloodhoundBlog's Unchained sponsored by Zillow.com. We are here at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona - the fabulous social media real estate...
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Russell Shaw-some listings that will never sell
2008-06-04 23:27:00
BrokerIPTV: Hello everyone. I am Mark and we are at BloodHoundBlogs Unchained with Zillow being our sponsor and I am with... Russell Shaw : Russell Shaw . BrokerIPTV: I love it. This is the way all interview should be conducted. Russell Shaw:...
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Russell Shaw says market conditions favor full fee, full service experience
2008-06-04 23:24:00
Russell Shaw says market conditions favor full fee, full service experienced brokers BrokerIPTV: I am delighted to be with Russell Shaw at the BloodhoundBlog Unchained event sponsored by Zillow here in Phoenix, Arizona and Russell just gave a great talk...
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Rudy Bachraty of Trulia at Bloodhound Blog Unchained on widgets, voices, bl
2008-06-04 23:19:00
BrokerIPTV: Greeting viewers and welcome to BloodHoundBlog 's Unchained sponsored by Zillow.com. We are at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona at the social media real estate event of the year. I am here with Rudy from Trulia. Welcome Rudy. Rudy:...
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Constant Contact 57 to 1 ROI with email marketing
2008-06-04 23:14:00
Bloodhound Blog Unchained Ron Cates with Constant Contact on Email Marketing BrokerIPTV: Welcome to Bloodhound Blog Unchained events sponsored by Zillow and today we are with Ron Cates and Ron is with Constant Contact. I know Ron, I know of...
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Bloodhound Blog Unchained Peter Eastman on how web presence is critical
2008-06-04 23:10:00
BrokerIPTV: Hi everybody. This is Brian Brady for BrokerIPTV.com. I am here at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona on the last and final day of the BloodHoundBlog Unchained social media marketing conference sponsored by zillow.com and I have with...
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Nick Bastian's Raillife.com born at Bloodhoundblog Unchained
2008-06-04 23:04:00
BrokerIPTV: Greetings viewers and welcome to BloodhoundBlog Unchained, sponsored by Zillow.com. We are the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona at the social media real estate event of the year and I am here with Nick Bastian and Nick, why don't...
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BloodHoundblog unchained- ActiveRain is just the tip of the Blog, social me
2008-06-04 23:00:00
BloodHoundblog unchained- ActiveRain is just the tip of the Blog , social media iceberg Brian Brady: Hello everybody. This is Brian Brady for BrokerIPTV.com here at the BloodHoundBlog Unchained social media marketing conference sponsored by zillow.com here in Phoenix, Arizona and...
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Software Guru Matthew Hardy exaults Greg Swann as true industry icon
2008-06-04 22:56:00
Software Guru Matthew Hardy exalts Greg Swann as true real estate industry icon Interviewee: Hello. BrokerIPTV : And welcome Matthew Hardy. of Real Estaete Success Tools Matthew Hardy: It is good to be here. BrokerIPTV : Great to have you...
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