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MetroBrokersTV: Hey, real curious. I have seen a lot of play. We have gotten a lot of play on the... some of the posts we have put out with the fact that Terabitz now has the Metro Brokers' iPhone® interface. 
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Amy Chase of Metro Brokers Cherry Tree Properties Amy Chase: My name is Amy Chase and I am with Cherry Tree Properties at the Arapahoe and Quebec office. One of the advantages of being a Metro Broker is the fact that I have a phenomenal website and I did not have to meet with a web designer or web developer to get this website done. That's something that Metro Brokers provides to me and once the website is developed, I then have the ability to customize it however I like. I add in links that are helpful to my clients that I know are important to them such as schools, hospitals, restaurants, libraries, I can customize my website however I like. I also have the ability to enhance my listings with virtual tours and a phenomenal number of pictures. As we all know, pictures sell homes and my listings look amazing on my website. So, see for yourself. Come check out my website at homesbyamychase.com.
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MetroBrokersTV: We are at Inman Connect San Francisco 2008. I have Mike Bradley and Mike is the chair person for Metro Brokers Technology Committee and Mike, what are you seeing out here at this forward thinking conference? Mike Bradley: I always find it real interesting to see what new technology is coming on the horizon. Today's topic was heavily on the cell phones, iPhone platform, and Metro Brokers is really pushing that already with our Terabitz interface with the iPhone, something that nobody in Colorado has right now. MetroBrokersTV: So, Terabitz does have a place here at... down at the vendor floor? Mike Bradley: Yeah, Terabitz has a booth and Ash Munshi is speaking tomorrow at Leaders in Real Estate. So, that will be exciting to hear what he has to say. MetroBrokersTV: Yeah, I think... yeah, I want to meet the leaders, I think there is like a dozen of them that are coming in to speak. Mike Bradley: Yeah and it is great. We are already a partner and have been for several months with one of those leaders. MetroBrokersTV: Oh, excellent. Well, it is good to see Metro Brokers kind of really starting to step out in the technology world. What about some of the other social media and video and have you been to any other seminars? Mike Bradley: Well, there is lots of talk on Facebook, Linkedin, and all those other social media sites. Now, that has been going on for years and Metro Brokers, you know, we've been leading the pack. So, it is not news. It is just interesting to see where they are going with all that stuff. MetroBrokersTV: Yeah, I think we are just maybe seeing a little more integration into everyone's lives including consumers. Mike Bradley: Yeah, definitely. It is not unusual to get leads through those sites now in the X generation, in the Y generation, and the millennium generation, that's where they will be getting business. It is not who you know in the real world, it is who you know in the online world and that's the future of referrals. MetroBrokersTV: Yeah, the digital footprint. Well, hey, we appreciate your interview and giving us and sharing your thoughts and time today. Mike Bradley: Thank
you very much.
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MetroBrokersTV: We are in the lobby of the Palace Hotel here in San Francisco at the Inman Real Estate Connect 2008 and I have Christy Martin here and Christy, welcome. Christy Martin: Thank you. MetroBrokersTV: I understand you are with Metro Brokers and which office do you work out of? Christy Martin: I am in the Marina Square office. I have been there for over 20 years. MetroBrokersTV: Twenty years. Wow. So, you would be considered old timer here for Inman. Christy Martin: Oh, probably. [laughs]. Unfortunately. MetroBrokersTV: So, how many times have you been to Inman? Christy Martin: Three times. MetroBrokersTV: Great. Well, you are the chair of our marketing committee. Is that correct? Christy Martin: Yeah, it is correct. MetroBrokersTV: And what was Brad's (Brad Inman) real take on kind of the future of not just really real estate, but life in general due to these new devices? Christy Martin: Basically, the devices are going to overtake the real estate community and... I mean he specifically kept referencing the iPhone, which he kept having to step back and go okay[Phonetic] the cell phone, but the iPhone really is revolutionary and as far as making my life easier with our new website, it is a one touch basically function. I mean I can go... you know run that showing[phonetic] properties and stuff like that that the... you know, if someone comes in and is like, "Oh, what about that house?" and it is like, it's suddenly you know two touches on my iPhone and I am there. MetroBrokersTV: You are kind of experiencing some of the things Brad is really talking about where each person becomes their own knowledge base of information without having to go anywhere. Christy Martin: Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean without having to go back to your office, go back online, you know, going to MLS or whatever, I mean basically within seconds I can pull up an address, pull up a price range, and find the information I need to have for my buyers right away. MetroBrokersTV: Well, I think Metro Brokers did a great job from the marketing committee and so forth actually introducing this iPhone interface. Christy Martin: Absolutely. MetroBrokersTV: Well, thanks for interviewing and sharing your thoughts and opinions. Christy Martin: Thank you.
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MetroBrokersTV: We are at The Palace Hotel at Inman Real Estate Connect in San Francisco 2008 and I am here with Darrell Evangelista and Darrell, welcome. Darrell Evangelista: Thank you. MetroBrokersTV: Just curious, which office are you operating out of? Darrell Evangelista: Metro Brokers office in Cherry Creek. MetroBrokersTV: And that is Denver, Colorado? Darrell Evangelista: In Denver, yeah. MetroBrokersTV: And what areas do you specialize out back there? Darrell Evangelista: Central Denver mostly, right around our office within about a 5 mile radius of our location down in Central Denver. MetroBrokersTV: Any interesting tit bits today? Darrell Evangelista: Well, I learned something about how buyers are now verifying their referral choice from their friends and families. So, somebody gives them a name and they go and with you know Internet, go and verify this person's experience and relevance in their market and past sales and recommendations and all this information is available on the Internet, where in the past they probably took their friends and families recommendation and called that person up and met them and that was the person they chose to sell their or buy and sell their house. MetroBrokersTV: So, what you are saying is, people are going to the Internet Yahoo or Google and actually like searching the person... Darrell Evangelista: Yeah, they are doing research on their agent, even if it was a personal recommendation from a friend or family. MetroBrokersTV: What about Brad... Brad Inman's opening today. Any comments on the speakers or his thoughts? Darrell Evangelista: No, I think Brad is right on and in this case he definitely looks ahead. He is not standing here today going this is what is happening and that is what I am doing. He is really looking ahead at here is what could happen, here is what we could be doing, here is where technology may take us, and it seems like from past conferences that he has been pretty right on about looking forward into the future about where technology might take real estate. MetroBrokersTV: Yeah, there is no question. Everything here is two years, three years, two years, even one year again. Well, we appreciate your thoughts and opinions Darrell. Thanks for being with us. Darrell Evangelista: Thanks.
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