As increasing numbers of REALTORS engage social networking sites, articles such as the following one from the CoStar Group (brought to our attention by local marketing expert Denise Gingold) are difficult to ignore:
Commercial real estate brokers and companies are slowly shrugging off their aversions to social media platforms and are engaging more frequently in online marketing, information gathering and client building. 
While late to the social networking scene and still in a fledgling state of using websites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, many in the CRE industry have started trying to harness their reach in hopes that one day it will lead to deals and dollars.
At the same time, many others still refuse to join the fold and flat out state they will resist until they’re the last ones online. Read more …
