Today, we announced a great new promotion: attendees at this year’s REX 2013 event will receive 5 months of access to dotloop-PREMIUM, perhaps one of the coolest paperless real estate transaction platforms around (and certainly the fastest-growing software company in real estate right now!). Even awesome-er, you can meet with the great folks from dotloop during REX this year and learn directly from them about what they’re up to.

So what’s dotloop? As they like to say it, dotloop connects people, documents and tasks, all in one place. It’s the easy, hassle-free way to work better, together. As we like to say it, dotloop is all about the paperless, frictionless real estate transaction. They call each transaction a “loop,” and with the dotloop solution, real estate professionals can bring together all parties to a transaction to work together seamlessly in a single, common space.

dotloop already offers a free product called dotloop-NOW — and dotloop-PREMIUM is their paid service with a bunch of extra features. The good folks over there have been amazing to us as we’ve worked with them to prepare a REX experience like no other for our attendees this year.

The bottom line is this: REX is a premium experience for anyone working in real estate, and it just seemed to make a lot of sense for us to work with an industry leader like dotloop to make this happen for our attendees this year. So we did. We went to bat for you — and the awesome folks at dotloop were listening.

So, if you’re already registered for REX 2013 — guess what? You get 5 months of dotloop-PREMIUM! And if you’re not registered for REX 2013? You can get 5 months of dotloop-PREMIUM simply by registering to attend REX!

Click here to register for REX 2013 right now.

And if you don’t already have a dotloop account? You can click here to sign up. (It’s free.)

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We’ve said it before: REX isn’t an event for everyone, and that’s okay. We want the leaders, the visionaries, those who aren’t content with the status quo — real estate professionals that understand that tech and social are fundamentally changing the real estate game, and are committed to mastering the future of their business.

In this video, see a different side of HousingWire CEO (and REX conference chair) Paul Jackson as he goes head-to-head with the status quo, taking on the five most common objections we see out there. Is one of these you? If so — it’s time to stop making excuses. It’s time to embrace change and network with thousands of your peers. It’s time to build your skillset in social, in tech, in marketing at the only event of its kind.

It’s time to register for REX 2013: if you haven’t registered yet, click here.

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Thanks to an innovative partnership with real estate social network RESAAS, the 2013 Real Estate Expo is the first event in the history of the real estate industry to showcase an official social network as part of the live event.

That’s what we like to call “walking the talk,” in industry-speak. And we think it’s what sets REX apart from every other real estate industry event out there.

Our partnership with RESAAS means some pretty incredible things for REX attendees, too. For starters, each attendee receives a FREE profile on RESAAS — which you can use to interact with speakers as well as attendees, live on our private social network during the show!

But RESAAS goes further than that: it’s a social tool that allows real estate professionals to connect directly with consumers, integrating their social presence on Facebook and Twitter — as well as their own listings, too.

With a full suite of mobile apps, engaging with your peers at REX will be a snap through the RESAAS platform (and so will pushing out updates to your preferred social networks!).

So attend and be a part of industry history: be a part of the 1st industry event to intregate a real estate social network directly into the show itself.

Seriously, register now if you haven’t already!

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Wait? Carrington Charitable Foundation? What’s that? Well, it’s a foundation that was founded in 2010 to support charitable initiatives tied to the associates that work at the Carrington family of companies (Carrington is a sponsor of this year’s Real Estate Expo). We’ve chosen to focus our support on the Foundation’s Carrington House initiative.

So what’s Carrington House? It’s a special initiative at the Carrington Charitable Foundation that partners with financial institutions to provide donations of real estate owned properties located near key military hospitals and rehabilitation treatment centers. CCF has worked for years with the Veterans Airlift Command, in particular around the Foundation’s annual charity golf event — and through that work, the need for free transitional housing to wounded veterans and their families during the post-hospitalization phase of rehabilitation became clear.

That’s what Carrington House is all about — and we think it’s a great initiative, so we’re putting our money where our mouths are with this year’s Real Estate Expo. A portion of every single registration dollar this year will go to support this incredible effort to support our nation’s heroes! Awesome!

We believe this is the first time an independent, national real estate event has tied charitable giving directly to the event itself — but for those of us at HousingWire, charitable giving has always been a part of many of our events. When this conference was previously known as REO Expo, we pioneered the concept of pairing a mortgage industry event with third-party charitable giving, partnering with Rebuilding Together to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for their efforts.

You can read the full press statement about this unique partnership here.

And if you haven’t registered, can we just say: REALLY? We’ve set pricing hundreds of dollars less than any other similar event; we’ve got group pricing that takes the event cost below $80/person; and now your registration helps out our nation’s heroes, too.

How many more reasons do you really need? Click here to register right now for the real estate industry event of the year.

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We’ve spent a lot of time here at REX touting all the amazing things technology is doing to reinvent the real estate industry. That said: there is one thing that remains more powerful today than ever. That thing? The human element.

Nicole Nicolay is one of four incredible industry leaders taking the main stage at REX this year — along with Austin Allison, Jeff Lobb, and Chris Smith — to talk about how the human element is what ultimately makes any technology work, and why ultimately it is people that power the real estate industry. Her keynote session will feature each leader in a TED-style keynote address to kick off June 4th at REX 2013. (Full schedule is here.)

Don’t miss this opportunity! If you haven’t registered, now’s the time: CLICK HERE to sign up today. Do something special this June!

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At a conference that will be marked by an incredible set of talks from leaders, this is one talk we can’t hear enough of.

Imagine it: a fish asking another fish, “what’s water?” The point here is that there are things around us every day, the mundane aspects of life — and business — that simply go unnoticed, and as a result go unchallenged, too.

We formed REX to challenge the common, because we see so much fundamental and incredible change taking place in real estate. Every day. Yet so much of this change can feel like water to fish: many in real estate don’t know it’s there to begin with. Or many don’t realize how bound they really are by those things in their businesses that remain unchallenged.

Real estate is changing. Some of you might not notice it just yet; others of you might see it as plain as day vs. night — like a fish in water, who can’t help but notice it’s in water ALL THE TIME. But make no mistake that HOW we go about the business of transacting in real estate is fundamentally — and critically — changing, even if WHAT the transaction ultimately is remains much the same as it always has.

So learning HOW to think differently, HOW to see the world differently, HOW to challenge common perception, HOW to break through the noise, HOW to build meaning for you and your business — these are critical skills, not just in real estate, but in business today. No matter what your endeavor is.

That’s what REX is about. We’re honored so many of you are joining us this year, and it’s going to be an incredible experience. For those of you that haven’t registered — our hotel rooms are filling up quick. There’s still time, but you need to REGISTER NOW!

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Who’s coming to REX? A new breed of real estate professional, for one. They’ll be joined by an amazing group: the next generation of real estate technology drivers, solutions experts, visionary leaders and many, many more!

Here are just some — ONLY SOME — of the companies participating at this year’s event. (Take a deep breath!)

• Auction.com
• Asset Management Specialists
• AssetVentures LLC
• Bank of America
• BC Connect
• Broker Brain
• Carrington
• Chase Bank
• Certified New Home Specialist
• Contactually
• Corcoran Consulting & Coaching
• Curaytor.com
• Dalworth Restoration
• Doorsteps.com
• dotloop
• ERA Real Estate
• FilesAnywhere.com
• Freddie Mac/HomeSteps
• Green River Capital
• Happy Grasshopper
• Homes.com
• Homes for Heroes
• HomeZada
• Hudson & Marshall
• Liberty Title & Escrow
• Market Leader
• Matt Martin Real Estate Management
• MCM Capital
• MFS Supply
• M&M Mortgage Services
• Mobile Real Estate ID
• Mortgage Contracting Services
• National Assn of Mortgage Field Services
• NewPoint Media Group
• OutboundEngine
• PEMCO
• Quicken Loans
• Realtor.com
• RealtyTrac
• REO Network
• RESAAS
• RES.NET
• Safeguard Properties
• SecureView
• Tribus
• Trulia
• US Best Repair Service
• VRM Mortgage Services
• Wells Fargo Home Mortgage/Premiere Asset Services
• Wyndham
• Women in Default Services
• Zillow

Seriously, miss this and you’re missing the single best opportunity of the year to expand your brain and grow your real estate business. Period.

We’re closing in on three weeks to go to the real estate event everyone is talking about. If you haven’t registered yet — REGISTER NOW before our hotel sells out.

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I mean, it’s hard to get all of the messages out there about all of the incredible stuff going on at this year’s Real Estate Expo. Where to start?

• We’re the first real estate conference with an official social network for real estate, built right in to the live event itself!
• Gary freaking Vee. (Almost ’nuff said by itself right there, right?)
• Scott Stratten. Jay Baer. Sally Hogshead. Andrew Davis, too. In other words, keynotes that will rock your socks off.
• A TED-style keynote with visionaries Austin Allison, Chris Smith, Nicole Nicolay and Jeff Lobb giving the most incredible 12-minute talk of their lives (or, at least, this year)
• Oh, and watch this video: Chris Smith is going to be making a huge announcement live at REX!
• We’re giving away a car! A brand freaking new car!
• 20+ breakout sessions that will change how you see your business, featuring speakers you simply can’t see anywhere else.
• Incredible content and options for REO and short sale pros — with short sale education from Bank of America, Chase Bank, Wells Fargo & Freddie Mac
• Awesome inclusive training options from Corcoran Consulting & Coaching that simply aren’t available anywhere else
• Incredible pricing at just $399! Or get a bunch of friends together and network, party and learn REX-style for less than $80/person! Eighty freaking dollars, people…I mean, what else can you possibly want from us?
• Oh, wow, you don’t even want to pay $80? We shouldn’t do this, but even there — we’ve got you covered. How about COMPLETELY FREE conference registration, 16 elective credits towards the CRS designation AND 22 MCE credits in the state of Texas, too?
• Psst, if you’re in Texas — every single registration has access to free online education worth 3 free MCE credits in Texas via our partnership with The CE Shop, too.

Look, we’re going to say it right here, right now. This is the next generation of industry events in real estate — and we’re just getting started, even with everything you just read above. This year is going to be crazy, fun, engaging, educational, memorable: in a word, absolutely epic.

Just register already. You’ll be glad you did.

With that, we’ll leave you feeling like Dave Matthews, too. Enjoy!

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Thinking about which panel discussions you might want to put on your itinerary for this year’s REX? Debra Trappen at d11 consulting has some advice for you…

Debra’s leading one of our amazing breakout discussions this year, called “Elevating the Customer Experience,” and it’s going to be a great discussion. Not just because of the amazing speakers participating, but because of the format here: which is almost as un-panel as you can get at a conference of this size.

What does it take to create truly memorable experiences — the kind of experiences that customers want to share with others? How can the process of actually buying a home be something engaging and perhaps even beautiful in its own right? Engage with a group of leading experts that are setting out to do just that in various ways.

Haven’t registered yet? Really? Go here and sign up for REX Annual today!

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