Following #NARAnnual: Conference Wrap-up

Today marked the final day of NAR Annual in New Orleans. As we write this, Realtors from across the U.S. and Canada are on their way home after 4+ days of educational sessions, events, giveaways, parties, beignets and po' boys (all the food pictures were seriously mouthwatering!).

As usual, we took to Twitter to follow the official conference hashtag, #NARannual, and the ongoing events. After all, the best reporters are often the attendees themselves. Although there were far too many great Tweets to include here, we've done our best to round up the best.

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Valerie Garcia - If you don't want sellers rating, ranking, and reviewing you, it's probably because you are doing a crappy job. Just saying. #NARannual

JenniferArchambeault - Brokers should take control of brand consumer experience & not leave min standard up to individual agents #cryeleike #narannual #RISmedia

Brandon Martens - Verbiage change! "Charge a brokerage fee not a commission" @alexmils. Even @leighbrownremax wrote that one down! #narannual

Brandon Martens - Have sellers help you select comps from what's on the MLS @leighbrownremax #narannual

Valerie Garcia - Ask questions in your listing appointment that you can allow them to say yes to! @leighbrownremax #NARannual

Brandon Martens - Compliment the house "Aren't those nice shutters!" @alexmils #narannual

andrew sims - Brokers MUST be a part of communications strategy. They ARE ESSENTIAL evangelists for how the Association works in their favor. #narannual

Valerie Garcia - Paralysis comes when you don't have a procedure. Get yourself a system. @leighbrownremax #NARannual

Kate Conquest - The mission can't be the commission #narannual #CIPS

NAR Research - "FHA premiums need to come down to be commensurate with the default rate" Lawrence Yun #narannual

NAR Leadership - Mark Kelly has some choice words for "groupthink." Can lead to horrible decisions. #narannual

Chris Nichols - "How good your are at the start of something is not the truest indicator of how good you can become." - Astronaut Mark Kelly #NARannual

David Greenberg - Amazing leadership insights from Capt Mark Kelly. “None of us is as dumb as all of us.” #NARannual

Andrew Crefeld - “The power your profession has in changing lives around the world is unparalleled.” #narannual Pres. Steve Brown

Crystal Henderson - Relationships are built with small interactions over time. Don't be creepy! @katielance #narannual

AllThingsBHGRE - "Legacy is the new luxury. People are buying places so their kids can come. Disney is one example." -@AmyChorew #BHGRE #NARannual

AllThingsBHGRE - It takes 8 follow up attempts to get a potential customer to respond to you-@KarltonUtter Be persistent! #NARannual

AllThingsBHGRE - "Nothing wrong with nosy neighbors. Open houses are places to meet buyers and future sellers." -@KarltonUtter Always plan ahead! #NARannual

Valerie Garcia - Take off the realtor hat, and just be a person. That personal touch is greater than anything else you can do. @AshtonGustafson #NARannual

Chelsea Thomas - "You can make excuses or you can make money. But you can't do both." -Tom Ferry #hustle #narannual #wellsaid

Audie Chamberlain - "Each step of the buying/selling process presents a unique #marketing opportunity for #Realtors" says @jimmymackin #narannual

Quincy Clayton - #RealEstate leads: Information 1st, people 2nd; if you teach better, you'll sell more @jaybaer at #narannual @HomesPro @HomesDotCom

Crystal Henderson - Relationships are created with information first, people second. @jaybaer #narannual

Placester - "You can't pay someone else enough to do excellent content for you." — @sethstuff at his #NARannual session

Valerie Garcia - The average homebuyer performs 11 searches before taking action on a real estate site (NAR) @placester #NARannual

Ginger Downs - Over 55K Realtors purchased 85K .realtor domain names in just the first 2 weeks of availability. Now the 4th largest domain #narannual