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Smart homes can offer a wealth of conveniences and customized experiences for your clients. However, smart home devices also can serve as an entry point for cyber criminals to access your clients’ sensitive data. Host Tracey Hawkins discusses with two real estate pros in the smart home market how to highlight the conveniences while mitigating the potential risks.
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Meet the Guests
Brandon Doyle is an agent with RE/MAX Results in the Minneapolis area who authors the REALTOR® Magazine series “The Ultimate Smart Home.” He served several years as an appointee to the Board of Directors for the Minnesota REALTORS® organization, and as an alumnus of St. Cloud State University, he served as president of the St. Cloud State Real Estate Alumni Association.
Lindsay Hall is cofounder of Ink Properties in Greenville, S.C., and has earned NAR’s Smart Home Certification. Before her career in real estate, Hall spent 15 years in corporate marketing and sales, where she was praised for her acumen in sales, management and public speaking, as well as her commitment to relationship-building and mentoring.
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About the Host
Tracey Hawkins, also known as “Tracey, the Safety Lady,” is a former real estate agent who founded her own safety education program, Safety and Security Source, in 1995. Hawkins is a content creator who teaches 12 interactive safety classes that she wrote herself. She teaches agents to stay safe and build their businesses by protecting the consumer. She teaches brokerages how to reduce liability. Hawkins has written expert safety content for REALTOR® Magazine and other national real estate publications, including RISMedia, Inman and The Close.