You might have heard of Redfin; an online real estate brokerage with a phenomenal website that offers consumers a different commission model than traditional real estate brokerages.
Recently, a settlement between the Department of Justice and the National Association of Realtors enabled Redfin to get access to more information to display on their site.
More significantly, Redfin is adding up to 200 additional data fields thanks to last year’s settlement between the Department of Justice and the National Association of Realtors, which requires multiple listing services to make data available online and share it more broadly. Anything a real estate broker can tell a client can now be put online.
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So I noticed that lint has been getting underneath the glass on my iphone, and I look online for some solutions. I’ve found that past owners simply walked up the Apple store, and they replaced their phone for a defective display. Cool.
So I went ahead and called Apple to verify, and sure enough – we set up an appointment to have my phone replaced at the store the next day.
I go to the store, and learn that they are no longer replacing the phones. He wants to order me a new glass and “repair” my phone – repair a product that was bought defective. I don’t think so.
I call back Apple, and they’re shocked. They’ve never heard of repairing a phone, and the second Apple rep told me that they should just replace it. He proceeds to call the store and get an explanation for this.
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Today, Top Producer 8i had a run in with the Conficker virus, and it seems everyone’s contacts are missing. After speaking with support, it seems as if somehow the virus installed itself on their servers, and immediately started deleting everything.
No reports if you’ll be able to restore your contacts, but let’s hope you’ve been performing daily backups (I do 2 a day) of your contacts, transactions, notes, marketing, published marketing, listings, and emails.
Update: April fools!
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