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CREA DDF Outage on August 30th, 2022 On Tuesday, August 30th, CREA experienced an outage to their DDF service that is used to distribute property listings to your website. All boards across Canada starting with the letters L through Z were affected. This outage caused all listings on affected websites that use DDF to be removed the next time they attempted to update. Losing all listings temporarily due to this issue would have a negative impact on leads, SEO, ads that bring users to your website and more. Our monitoring systems picked up this issue shortly after it occurred, and our development team worked after-hours to roll back your website listings to the last full update so you continued to have properties on your website during this outage. Shortly after CREA resolved the problem, we ran an update to get your website listings back up-to-date without having to wait for the next scheduled time to check for new listings. We are committed to ensuring your website continues to work its best for you, and to protecting your…

Google Meet - A Great Tool for REALTORS® to Work Remotely Google Meet is a video conferencing platform designed for business. Google Meet is included with G Suite, Google’s suite of business productivity tools. Google Meet uses Google’s infrastructure to encrypt your meeting and help keep it secure. This tool is a great option for real estate professionals to work remotely with clients, team members and the staff at their brokerage. This article will give you an overview of how to use Google Meet, and the tools and settings available to you there. Getting Started with Google Meet To start using the service: Go to meet.google.com In the centre of the screen, you will see an option to join or start a meeting - click on that to get started. What you will need to enter here will depend on whether you have been invited to a meeting, or are starting the meeting yourself and inviting others to join. Joining a Meeting You’ve Been Invited To If you have been invited to a meeting, fill in the nickname of the meeting or the meeting code you were provided…

Brokerage-Inspired Designs for Your Personalized Real Estate Solution Website When you select a personalized real estate website from Real Estate Solution, we know that in many cases they still want a website that reflects their brokerage and incorporates that brand. With that in mind, we’ve created personalized website designs that reflect a wide range of the biggest brokerages in real estate, including: Royal LePage Binder RE/MAX Keller Williams Century 21 Coldwell Banker Sutton Don’t see your brokerage here? Talk to us about how you can get a personalized real estate website that reflects your brokerage.  No matter what brokerage you’re a part of, we can still get your website online fast and take care of everything you need you get your personalized website online. Plus, all of our brokerage-inspired designs are fully responsive so they look great no matter what device you’re viewing it on. To find out more about our brokerage inspired designs for your personalized real estate website, and about all of our other services including agent branding, real…

Branded Property Brochures on Your Real Estate Solution Website Your custom or personalized Real Estate Solution website comes with a number of great features, and we want to make sure you can make the most of everything your Real Estate Solution website has to offer. That’s why we’ll be highlighting the powerful features you get with either a custom or personalized real estate website. In this article, we’ll be spotlighting the Branded Listing Brochure feature. Automatic Branded Property Brochures on Your Property Listings All the properties on your Real Estate Solution website automatically include the ability to print or save a branded listing brochure. This brochure will include your logo and all the information included in that listings, including price, beds/baths, description, photos, features and more. To access a brochure, just click on the “Get Listings Brochure” button on any listings page of your Real Estate Solution website. This button is usually located at the top of the listing, either just above or just below the photos…

See Real Estate Solution Clients Tina Roy and John Rauti on CTV News Recently, Real Estate Solution clients John Rauti and Tina Roy appeared on CTV News to discuss the Windsor real estate market and where they expect the housing prices to go in the region. Watch the video above to get Tina and John’s insight on the market, the types of homes that are selling and how quickly, where they expect real estate prices to go from here, and the advice they have for buyers looking to enter the market. Tina Roy and John Rauti are established and successful agents who know the Windsor-Essex Real Estate market. To learn more about them, and how Real Estate Solution has helped them to grow their real estate business, view our portfolio pages for each of them by clicking the links below.   John Rauti, Sales Representative Tina Roy, Broker

Introducing Enhanced Search on Map for All Real Estate Solution Websites We’re always working to add to and improve the features of your Real Estate Solution website. With that in mind, we’re excited to announce the improved Search on Map feature that’s coming soon to all Real Estate Solution websites. This enhanced map search feature lets users more easily find properties on your website and narrow down the listings to the homes that match exactly what they’re looking for. With the improved search on map feature, visitors to your website can more easily toggle between residential, multi-family, commercial, farms, condos and waterfront properties so they see exactly the listing type they’re interested in. They can then further narrow down the listings by city or town, building type, price range and more, and the properties shown on the map will instantly update to show users only the ones that match their requirements.  The enhanced sidebar now shows you larger photos of the properties that fit your search criteria and with two on each row, making…

Welcome to the New Real Estate Solution Website! As we continue to  work to bring you the best real estate websites, services for agents and brokerages and lead generation options, we’re excited to announce the launch of the new GetRealEstateSolution.com. Here, you can find all the details about your options for a Real Estate Solution website, great add-ons and services we have available to let you do more, and Lead Generation options to help you bring in more new clients. You can also find out more about how we’ve helped other REALTORS® in our Spotlight and Portfolio sections. Custom and Personalized REALTOR® Websites We’ve made finding out about your options for your Real Estate Solution website even easier. Choose from a Personalized Real Estate Website for a great, economical option to build your online presence, or a Premium Custom Real Estate Website to get a completely customized web presence built around your brand and message. You can easily learn more about the features and pricing for these options, as well as the…

Let Us Set Up Google Maps on Your Real Estate Solution Website for Free! We have been pleased to set up and manage Google Maps integration for your website at no cost to you. With recent changes to the way Google makes maps available to websites, you will now have to have your own Google account, including entering your billing information, to continue having maps on your existing Real Estate Solution website or to have them included on your new real estate website. Google Maps gives your site the following great features: live location details of properties on your maps based on the address, details about places/amenities nearby the “Get Directions” tool that allows users to get turn-by-turn instructions on how to reach the location and more! With Google's changes, they are now charging for maps based on how much they're being used and with what features. However, Google is now providing you with a $200 credit each month towards Google Maps to ensure that you continue to enjoy these great features. With this credit, most agents won't ever be…