What's happening at American Really & Assoc.

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here for all your winter real estate needs

The arhome brand is here for you all year round, even during the cold winter months. As the holidays approach, we want to take a moment to reflect and appreciate all the opportunities we had to serve you. Below are some highlights of what we do and who we are.

1. a strong support system.

This year we continually grew in ways to support our clients. Every year, our #1 goal is for everyone who walks through our doors to feel cared for, supported, and to receive personalized service uniquely tailored to their needs. We are thankful for all the relationships we built this year! Our transaction staff, showing staff, marketing staff + front desk staff all worked hard to support our agents, so that they…

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how arhome is bringing the personal touch back to a tech-driven industry

2020 has been the year of going virtual, though we've been far from strangers to the digital world for a while now. With technology at the top of our wish lists, and the more cutting-edge the better, we're always looking for ways to streamline and digitize our work. But with that, the real estate industry has seen a side-effect in the streamlining and computerization of something else: personal relationships. 

What do we mean? On the back-end of things, real estate professionals are often impressed with computerized auto-responders to new clients; avoiding making real-life phone calls; believing it's the actual technology that will take them to the next level. But when…

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In the midst of the current world situation and now the extended Illinois' stay-at-home order, we want to share with you how we're continuing to serve our agents and clients. You are not alone - we have your back now more than ever.

1) We qualify as an essential business, so we're open for anthing you need. Our admin staff is present for real-person phone conversations, transaction handling and processing deposits and closing funds. Agents are working remotely unless an essential in-person exchange is required. We're making sure you successfully make it from listing to closing while adjusting to the new normal.

2.) We're fully digital. From home evaluations to showings, documents and meetings, we can take care of it all online. All our weekly…

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Welcome to arhome. We can't wait to show you around.

American Realty & Associates, Inc. is now arhome realty. We are the same, longstanding company that has been your local resource for over 20 years - just with a new, fresh name.

The new name "arhome" has a special place in both our past and our future. The letters "ar" represent our legacy name, "American Realty" - keeping it alive. At the same time, we like to pronounce "arhome" like you'd say "our home" - because truly, we want everyone who works here, walks in here, or does business with us to feel like they are at home. "arhome" is your home, and we want to take care of your home like you're family.

We are ready to move into the future of real estate, with all the technology and…

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And we're training! Remine Pro, our new property tax data portal, is officially launching in full-swing starting 2020. We hosted 2 days of classes to train our agents in all the powerful tools that this new system will provide.

Remine gives our Realtors® access to 200+ public records data to help better service our clients. With data, flood maps and more at our fingertips, we are increasingly valuable in what we bring to the table to help sell your property, or to help you buy the right place.

Each day we had the same session reviewed, to make sure everyone had a chance to come to the training. We discussed each step of the program, how to make the most of each tool and how to find all the data we have been used to seeing in our retiring…

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Our Fall-Themed Listing Power class this weekend gave our agents a STRONG set of skills to master the listing presentation. We make sure that our agents are trained and ready to walk into any home and know the best strategy to make it sell quickly. From listing price to staging, our agents were trained on mastering the full marketing package to give our clients the best selling experience. And yes, Saturday morning brunch was served! 

Hiring a well-informed agent is the only way to have the peace of mind in your property sale. More than that, we encourage our clients to take the advice of our agents seriously. We're trained and experienced, and we will help your property sell for the best price. 

To get in touch with one of our agents,…

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Marketing LIVE

Attention agents! Our weekly social media marketing workshops are now broadcast via Facebook LIVE every Friday. All American Realty & Associates, Inc. agents have access to these tutorials either live as they are broadcast or later for review.

This week's tutorial explained custom social media post creation with all the tools that are available for agents to effectively create their personal brand and market themselves on social media channels. Are you craving more online exposure? Do you want to create custom, personalized, and unique posts that beautifully market your services and also save you time? Then these classes are for you. Every week, in person or online.

Want to join our team? Weekly marketing workshops are free for…

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It's Marketing Friday!

Fridays are always our favorite at American Realty because everyone learns something new. This week's Social Media marketing workshop was "All About links" - bit links, link trees, photo links...all the tools we need to effectively utilize our social media advertising power. Did you know that link trust siginificantly increases click rates? Our agents do!

By the way - we're always looking for awesome people to join our team. If you're searching for noticeable career growth, talk to us today. No monthly fees, no franchise fees, 90% splits and a full career growth package. Don't miss out!

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