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Special Report: How real estate agents can live happily ever after in retirement

Overview Real estate agents want their happily ever after: a post-career life with the stability that a bucket of money or residual income can bring. The road to a secure future isn’t clearly marked in real estate, the paths at agents’ disposal more like winding capillaries — a set of sprawled options realized through careful planning, […]

Listing Bits: ‘Too many crappy agents,’ the biggest issue in real estate

Reposted from Vendor Alley with permission from Greg Robertson. “The No. 1 problem of the industry is that we have too many crappy agents,” Rob Hahn tells Vendor Alley’s Greg Robertson in the fourth episode of Listing Bits. “Bottom line, the problem is we have far too many people helping consumers buy and sell real […]

Daily market update: February 28, 2017

We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for December 2016: The National Home Price Index increased 5.8 percent year-over-year in December 2016. This is the 56th consecutive month of positive gains and the largest since June 2014. December was also the sixth consecutive month […]

Observations on Zillow’s 2016 results and the U.S. market

Hey, Zillow! Thanks for reporting your full year financial results for 2016. It provides a great opportunity to update my international property portal analysis and draw out a few observations on the U.S. market. Let’s start with EBITDA The first thing we need to understand when talking about Zillow is its EBITDA — earnings before […]

Coffee is for closers: 26 takeaways from 3 sophomore real estate agents

I had coffee the other day with three of my favorite sophomore real estate agents. I coached all of them in their first year in the business, and we have stayed connected since.They are all in years two and three of their real estate careers: The ‘About’ section Lisi Buongiorno, Kasha Gamble and Nicholas Landis.Lisi […]

Who’s responsible for shortening the real estate transaction?

Brad Inman says we need to improve the real estate transaction. He’s right. The only question I have is who the “we” is.Here’s what I mean. Inman argues in “Why homesellers demand better than a shaky real estate labyrinth” that the growth of well-funded “we will buy your home for cash in three days” companies […]

You are not the hero: What real estate agents can learn from the hero’s journey

A few years back, I met with a couple looking to sell their home in Seattle. As a newer agent who had found some success with buyers, I was hungry for my first listing.During the listing presentation, I over-confidently stumbled through a CMA (comparative market analysis), pointed out a few things that needed to be painted […]

Can automated lead follow-up make you an Agent Legend?

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. Agent Legend is software that automates lead follow-up. Platforms: Browser-based; mobile-optimized Ideal for: Top-producing agents; agents who spend/market on portals or who want to streamline lead cultivation Top selling pointsCustom, personalized voicemails Easy to create follow-up […]

How do you become a successful real estate agent?

Broker Chris Lazarus discusses what it takes to become a successful real estate agent. Hint: It takes more than a license. Chris Lazarus is the Principal Broker and Chief Operating Officer of Sellect Realty. Source: click here

How to sell a home to the ‘snowflake’ generation

The term “snowflake” has become a pejorative description for young people who cannot handle confrontation or opinions that differ from their own.How interesting that “snowflake” also accurately describes how truly vulnerable first-time buyers of any age can be when it comes to buying their first home. (You can’t search Google for what you don’t know […]

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