HomeTelos

25February

A Captive Audience

Greetings to all!

Here I am, waiting to board another plane for another adventure! I could not ask for a better job; traveling to interesting places, meeting new foks and greeting familiar acquaintances!

Speaking of which… I was coming back from the NAREB Mid-Winter Conference in Fort Lauderdale (by the way, my invitation was much appreciated, and I had a great experience interacting with well-versed and experienced brokers!), on my way to Orlando for a couple of days of R&R, and the shuttle from the airport to hotel had us all packed in – sardine style! To my delight, I found myself surrounded by several Keller Williams brokers from five different states! They were discussing their upcoming National Convention and how real estate was changing in their areas. I just could not contain myself! I introduced myself and began the inquiry of where are you from, how large is your office, what is the primary real estate service that you provide and so on… (My mother is a therapist and has taught me well on the “This Is Your Life survey”!) I had a captive and captivated audience, so I proceeded to ask if they’ve used BidSelect, are they aware of a cooperative sale, are they active in REO listings and who with and how are the technology products they use working for them? After giving a brief synopsis of BidSelect, HomeTelos, HomeTracker and First Preston HT’s services for REOs, I received quite a lot of positive inquiries about them all and handed out quite a lot of cards! Naturally, I collected as many cards as were available.  What an exciting and impromptu class I had! I could do this for a lifetime!!!!

Well, I am in another airport, leaving from my mini getaway and recharged for my adventures in Tennessee! I have two upcoming HUD seminars — Nashville on the 26th and Memphis on the 27th.

Until next time, I’m back on the road.

29December

HomeTelos’ holiday spirit and Jonathan’s Place

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On December 23rd, HomeTelos delivered over $300 in super-store gift cards, a truck-load of kids’ clothing and other great stuff from the Needs List posted by Jonathan’s Place. The donations were generously given by HomeTelos team members and their children.

Why, you ask? As the holidays were approaching, we at HomeTelos wanted engage our families in helping to give back to the community. After receiving some great suggestions from the team, we landed upon Jonathan’s Place and were deeply moved by the extraordinary service this non-profit organization provides to our North Texas community.

What is Jonathan’s Place? A few snippets from their amazing website…

We are an emergency shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected children, age newborn to 17 years. We are the only licensed emergency shelter in the area that serves children under the age of ten (10).

The main program of Jonathan’s Place is serving the abused, abandoned and neglected children of North Texas as an emergency shelter, providing temporary residential and treatment services. This has been the main focus of Jonathan’s Place since the fall of 1999.

Jonathan’s Place is also a Foster & Adoptive Family Program – recruiting, training and verifying foster, foster-to-adopt and adoptive families. We then place children from Child Protective Services and our emergency shelter into their care.”

Many thanks to the HomeTelos team and their families who participated in this grass-roots program to lend a hand to some of our local community’s most vulnerable children this holiday season. We hope that you continue to keep Jonathan’s Place in your thoughts throughout the year.

15December

HomeTracker, LP Changes Name to HomeTelos

Dallas, TX, December 15, 2008 – Texas-based HomeTracker, LP today announced its company’s name change to HomeTelosTM, LP, reflective of the Company’s expanded technology offering.  The new name is based upon the Greek word “telos” which means goal.  With a full suite of services to support the marketing and management of real estate asset portfolios, HomeTelos includes web-based solutions for the real estate industry allowing clients to achieve their goals of selling properties rapidly for excellent returns.

Founded in 2001, the company’s flagship application HomeTracker®, provides an end-to-end asset management solution for managing large real estate owned portfolios.  Since its release, over 1.6 million work orders for property management and marketing have been completed; over 1.8 million property inspections ordered and received; and over 210,000 appraisals ordered and managed.

In 2004, the suite of solutions was expanded to include BidSelect®, an online marketplace for real estate that has revolutionized the way real estate transactions are conducted.  While Hometracker is the powerful workflow management tool that drives hugely successful asset management operations, BidSelect is the innovative public face for the real estate industry.  Since its release, over 550,000 offers have been managed and over 90,000 properties have been listed and sold.   With up to 10 million page views monthly and over 250,000 registered users, BidSelect on average facilitates selling properties within 34 days for 96 percent of the list price.

HomeTrackerOne® is a solution for individual real estate professionals and smaller-sized brokerages, launched in 2007. Combining some of the best features from the HomeTracker and BidSelect products, HomeTrackerOne meets the need for end-to-end management and marketing of smaller real estate asset portfolios.

Most recently, a Loan Exit Option Program was launched to provide homeowners with a foreclosure alternative similar to the short sale, but with accelerated turnaround times and a much greater likelihood of success.  This program is unique in that it aligns the interests of Homeowners, Lenders, Real Estate Sales Professionals and Investors to enable the sale of homes in concert with the final settlement of a mortgage.

For more information on HomeTelos and its expanding technology offerings, visit www.hometelos.com or call (888) 676-9200.