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‘Twas the Night Before MREDpalooza
Largest Free Real Estate Tech Expo is Tomorrow
LISLE, ILLINOIS (June 17, 2013) – The planning and preparation are over. The superheroes have arrived, and the sponsors and exhibitors have started setting up. MREDpalooza is taking place tomorrow, and the people at Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), are ready to host the mega-event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
“With the upturn in the real estate market, the timing is perfect for an event of this magnitude,” said Rob Schaid, President of MRED. “I could not be more proud of our exemplary staff for taking on this task and delivering in such a big way. I never dreamed we’d have such a huge response. I can’t wait to get there.”
Judging from the training registrations, it appears almost every one of the 5,000 plus registrants is planning on attending a class or two, but also spending a good chunk of time in the Expo. Opportunities to explore new products and services, as well as chances to win cash and prizes await in the scores of booths at the heart of MREDpalooza.
“We’re fortunate to have a veteran, savvy group of employees that knows what benefits the MRED customer,” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “With their input and execution, we are about to pull off one of the biggest real estate related events ever seen in the Chicagoland area. I also have to give a big shout out to all the exhibitors and sponsors whose participation has allowed us to put on this show at no cost to all attendees.”
MRED would like to give special thanks to POW! Level sponsor Trulia, as well all the other sponsors and exhibitors of MREDpalooza. Their participation allows this event to be put on at no cost to all attendees. Extra special thanks go out to MREDpalooza’s POW! and ZAP! sponsors – Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com, RESAAS, Point2, Cartavi, Real Estate Digital, ShowingTime, and Cloud CMA – for providing all the training class content.
“There will be something for everybody at MREDpalooza,” added Bergeron. “I invite every real estate professional to make their way here tomorrow. It’s free, you’ll acquire skills and knowledge to help your business, and you may win a prize or two while you’re at it. You don’t want to miss MREDpalooza.”
About MREDpalooza
MREDpalooza is the largest free real estate tech expo in the country. Taking place Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, MREDpalooza will be a great opportunity for MRED’s customers to learn, at no cost, about a myriad of real estate products and services to enhance their businesses.
There will be several thousand attendees and scores of vendors. Training sessions and demos will be offered throughout the day, providing more in-depth understanding of many of the products and services. Those wishing to attend MREDpalooza are asked to visit MREDpalooza.com for free registration information.
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
Countdown to MREDpalooza
Real Estate Tech Extravaganza Ready for Launch
LISLE, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2013) – With i’s dotted and t’s crossed, the staff of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is counting down the days leading up to the largest free real estate tech expo in the country. MREDpalooza, taking place Tuesday, June 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, will be filled with attendees and real estate service companies eager to help each other succeed.
“We’ve designed a day that maximizes opportunities. The exhibitors will be able to cement existing relationships and create new ones. Our attendees will have the chance to take their businesses to another level,” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “Our mission with MREDpalooza is to create an event where everyone comes out a winner. I think we’ve done just that.”
Each of MREDpalooza’s nine major sponsors will present a class and/or demo repeating on the hour. This allows attendees the ability to customize their class schedule, learn about what interests them, and still visit the expo arena between classes. All exhibiting sponsors can connect with attendees to promote their products and services that will support the real estate professional on the go. WIN, WIN, and WIN.
All class registration is being handled through MREDpalooza.com, and is free.
“As if all this were not enough, every attendee will have a chance to enter into dozens of prize drawings for cash and high tech gadgets,” added Bergeron. “Where else do you go to learn how to improve your business, have a great chance to win something, and do it all free of charge? MREDpalooza.”
About MREDpalooza
MREDpalooza is the largest free real estate tech expo in the country. Taking place Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, MREDpalooza will be a great opportunity for MRED’s customers to learn, at no cost, about a myriad of real estate products and services to enhance their businesses.
MRED is planning for several thousand attendees and scores of vendors, many of whom have already committed to attending. Training sessions and demos will be offered throughout the day, providing more in-depth understanding of many of the products and services. Those wishing to attend MREDpalooza are asked to visit MREDpalooza.com for free registration information.
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
Thousands Join Last Minute Rush to Register for MREDpalooza
Over 5000 Attendees Already Signed Up for Classes
LISLE, ILLINOIS (June 11, 2013) – With just a week to go, the rush is on to register for MREDpalooza, the real estate tech and training expo event of the year, taking place on June 18th. Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS) and the force behind MREDpalooza, sees the event gaining tremendous momentum as the event draws near.
“I’ve been focused on making this an event that everyone will appreciate in their own way.” said Gayle Ludemann, Executive Assistant to MRED CEO Russ Bergeron and primary Conference Coordinator. “My goal is to have both sponsors and attendees walk away from the event thinking that their time spent at MREDpalooza will have helped them be more successful in their own business.”
“With the lineup of exhibitors, product training/demo options, as well as the sheer size and nature of this event, we expected to have major interest and participation in MREDpalooza,” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “But the response has been tremendous. We are so excited that we are already making mental notes for the next MREDpalooza.”
With class content ranging from online marketing tools, to social networking, to mobile applications and more, those professionals interested in putting more tools in their real estate utility belt will have the ultimate opportunity to do so. With drawings for over $10,000 in cash and prizes capping off the day, MREDpalooza will be the perfect day to join with your peers, visit with the creators of real estate products and services, and to get more in depth insight into how they work. The rush is expected to last all the way until the doors open at 8:30 AM on Tuesday the 18th at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
“Our customers are very busy during this long overdue hot real estate market,” added Bergeron. “We’re not going to ask for any of their valuable time unless we are prepared not only to meet, but to exceed their expectations. We hope all of our customers will make time to attend – it WILL be worth it.”
About MREDpalooza
MREDpalooza is the largest free real estate tech expo in the country. Taking place Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, MREDpalooza will be a great opportunity for MRED’s customers to learn, at no cost, about a myriad of real estate products and services to enhance their businesses.
MRED is planning for several thousand attendees and scores of vendors, many of whom have already committed to attending. Training sessions and demos will be offered throughout the day, providing more in-depth understanding of many of the products and services. Those wishing to attend MREDpalooza are asked to visit MREDpalooza.com for free registration information.
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
MREDpalooza – Not Your Typical Real Estate Tech Fair
Eclectic Mix of Exhibitors Offers Unique Experience
LISLE, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2013) – Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), had no idea such a wide range of vendors that would be attracted to its upcoming real estate tech expo, MREDpalooza.
“We expected to get interest from major real estate players like Trulia, Zillow and realtor.com – and we did” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “We are also pleased by the strong support we are getting from many different sizes and types of companies, and not just from within the real estate industry.”
One of MRED’s service partners is 10K Research & Marketing, architects of The Thing, one of the most popular products MRED delivers. The Thing, an interactive online market analytics tool integrated into MRED’s MLS system, uses MRED data to deliver easy to understand charts, graphs and housing trends for specific market areas. Through the power of its interactive mapping tool, The Thing allows the user to define specific market areas and neighborhoods with which a Realtor® can demonstrate their detailed knowledge of their market. 10K came on board early as a ZOINK! level sponsor of MREDpalooza.
Workforce Resource, providers of Down Payment Resource (DPR), another popular service at MRED, is also on board as a ZOINK! sponsor. DPR matches listings in MRED’s MLS database against thousands of down payment assistance programs, assisting buyers in determining their eligibility for those programs. DPR helps MRED customers sell listings that might otherwise have gone unsold due to a buyer’s lack of funding – identifying one or more programs for which their listings qualify.
The Chicago Real Estate Forum is dedicated to promoting Chicago real estate news and trends. Their blog promotes news of interest to consumers and industry insiders – from community grand openings, model homes, amenities and more – including news from MRED and MREDpalooza. Chicago Real Estate Forum is a ZOINK! Sponsor.
Another ZOINK! exhibitor is Goomzee®, delivering to MRED customers a mobile text messaging and QR code marketing tool that delivers property information to buyers’ mobile devices and instantly informs the listing agent about who is making the request. This technology takes you to the cutting edge and makes “paper flyers” obsolete.
Appla.bz, yet another ZOINK! exhibitor, have created the MRED Social IDX (MSI) application for Facebook. With most of the world on Facebook, Appla.bz provides an essential service to MRED customers, combining the power of Facebook with MRED’s Internet Data Exchange (IDX) program – bringing MRED’s MLS property search to an agent’s Facebook business page. At MREDpalooza, Appla.bz is offering attendees a free month of MSI plus an Appla.bz agent website.
“The variety and numbers of participants has proven to us that MREDpalooza is the right event at the right time,” said Bergeron. “With thousands already registered and signed up for training sessions, MREDpalooza is going to exceed every expectation for attendees and exhibitors alike.”
About MREDpalooza
MREDpalooza is the largest free real estate tech expo in the country. Taking place Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, MREDpalooza will be a great opportunity for MRED’s customers to learn, at no cost, about a myriad of real estate products and services to enhance their businesses.
MRED is planning for several thousand attendees and scores of vendors, many of whom have already committed to attending. Training sessions and demos will be offered throughout the day, providing more in-depth understanding of many of the products and services. Those wishing to attend or exhibit at MREDpalooza are asked to visit MREDpalooza.com for free registration and sponsorship information.
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
When To Buy a House? RIGHT NOW!
After witnessing the housing bubble ‘pop’ just a few years ago, many would be buyers may be hesitant to pull the trigger. Today, we want to explain that the greatest risk a buyer can take right now is actually waiting to buy a home.
We realize that every purchaser wants to be able to get the best deal. They want a great price and the lowest mortgage interest rate possible because those to items together will determine the monthly cost their family will pay.
To look at each one, read the full article from the KCM Blog
Home Sales Power Optimism
Prices Rise at Fastest Pace Since 2006, Calming Investor Fears of a Spring Swoon
Home prices in March rose by 10.9% from a year earlier, the largest such gain in nearly seven years, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller an index tracking home prices in 20 U.S. cities. Nick Timiraos has details. Photo: AP.
The housing-market revival—and an accompanying report on consumer confidence—adds new grist for a debate inside the Federal Reserve about how far to push its easy-money policies, including an $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program which has helped to keep mortgage rates near historic lows, boosted asset prices and begun to stimulate hiring and spending.
Read the full article from the Wall Street Journal
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