John M. Peckham III, Executive Director of the Boston based Real Estate
CyberSpace Society has announced that Robert Alvarez (MRA Realtors)
has been elected to the Society's Real Estate CyberGuru Hall of Fame.
Peckham explained that Robert Alvarez was honored because of his
dedication to helping peers in the real estate industry to use the
powerful emerging technologies to more effectively serve their clients.
As part of the peer service cited by Peckham Alvarez will
serve as a Society expert with a service totally unique to the real estate
Internet community. The Society calls this new service the "CyberGuru Hall
of Fame Real Estate HelpLine"
According to Peckham, Robert is one of 24 Society members,
each one a specialist in a particular program, product or service. who
serve as expert contacts for the Society's HelpLine. The Society's
CyberGurus answer other Society members' questions in their area of
expertise. If a member has a question or problem in any one of the 35
categories of Cyber Programs, Issues or Services covered by the Helpline,
they can contact the member specialist in that area directly from the
Member Section of Society's Web site at http://www.recyber.com One click
on the chosen Guru, assigned by categories, brings up the HelpLine
request and the member's question to the Guru is on it's way over the
Internet
Peckham explained that members get their answer back pronto -- from fellow
member experts, such as Alvarez who understand the program
or service as a real estate practitioner. An example of some of the 35
Cyber areas covered are : AOL, Planease, Digital Cameras, ListServers,
Mapping, Act, Excel, Power Point, MS Publisher, Ms Word, Net Mailer, Real
Estate Assistant, Top Producer --and a wide array of categories of
particular interest to real estate professionals.
Peckham claims that The CyberGuru Hall of Fame Real Estate HelpLine is a
unique new Internet concept that is based on the philosophy of community
fostered by the Society. In less than 2 years the Society has grown to a
worldwide organization of over a thousand real estate professionals.
Peckham said that members thrive in real estate cyberspace using the 14
tools and services of the Society. He said that the CyberGuru Real Estate
HelpLine joins an existing array of Society services including the Real
Estate BlackBook CyberDisk, the Real Estate Web Navigator and the
Audio/Print briefing service, "Real Estate CyberSpace Alert".
Peckham concluded by stating that all of the Society's tools and services,
including the Helpline, are included at no extra cost to members and
invited real estate professionals to visit the Society at
or to contact the Society toll free for membership
information at 888-344-0027.
He praised Robert Alvarez president of MRA Realtors (Garland, Texas ) for being a part of the unique real estate community effort and for helping to lead the real estate industry as it
enters the dawning CyberAge.
Published: June 19, 1998
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