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Homes with this color bathroom sell for $5,400 more: Zillow

A $50 gallon of blue paint can result in a huge return on investment for homeowners, according to Zillow‘s 2017 Paint Color Analysis study. Homes with bathrooms painted in a powder blue or periwinkle shade sold for an average of $5,400 more — the highest sales premium of all colors analyzed. When it comes to […]

Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate: You never know what you’re walking into

Reposted with permission — show notes and credits here. In this episode, Leigh interviews Sean Moore, a former police officer who made a career switch to full time real estate 12 years ago. Even though crazy stuff happens in real estate all the time, this police officer’s buyer’s experience is one of the most unbelievable […]

3 lessons I learned when I broke up with my apartment

Moving is hard, even when you’re a real estate professional. As the president of my own real estate company, I watch people buy and sell homes every day. I understand that any real estate transaction can be an emotional process; it can signify a new beginning, a drastic change or an ending to an important […]

Open houses vs. private showings: What’s better for the client?

As real estate agents, we need to focus on what’s best for the client without losing focus of the ultimate goal — selling the listing. We can do this by holding open houses every weekend until it’s sold. Private showings are still effective, but they were much more popular before the internet became such a dominant source […]

Listing Bits: The Upstream ‘pivot’ that should be called a ‘180’

I had a chance to sit down with Mike Wurzer again at National Association of Realtors (NAR) Midyear to discuss the recent announcement about UpstreamRE not being, well, upstream anymore. //www.inman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Listing-Bits-EP017.mp3 This was recorded before NAR announced the details of additional funding. The first step of problem-solving is to assign blame, right? That seems to […]

Why you should think twice before handing clients off to your assistant

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. “Am I working with you or not?” That’s what I asked our previous mortgage broker when she finally called us back after missing an important phone call about locking rates. Her poor assistant took the brunt […]

10 things you didn’t know about real estate

When you hang around the industry long enough, you acquire brain candy well-suited for real estate trivia night or the lobbycon lull. These 10 morsels come from 1862 all the way through the 21st century. While unrelated, they knit together a story of power, influence and big and small scandals leading up to today, a unique moment […]

Big data: How can you use it to find new clients to help build your business?

Save My Spot In one of the most competitive industries in the world, real estate professionals can adapt to the times to find the right clients and reach them in the right way. It’s no longer just a matter of “trusting your gut.” If you’re looking for trends to push your business to the next […]

What to do with your Inman Connect San Francisco ticket savings

Now that you’ve beaten the rush to purchase a Connect ticket before the #ICSF countdown, take a minute and breathe. Guess what? You have some cash to spare. We came up with some creative ways to spend it. Register now 1. Buy a ticket to the Innovator Bash You don’t want to miss the Innovator Bash […]

Tommie ‘Traffic’ Powers shares the secret to quality leads

Tommie Powers (aka “Tommie Traffic”) is a tech entrepreneur, investor and paid acquisition expert. It’s his expertise at successfully using channels like Google Adwords, YouTube and Facebook to drive traffic that earned him his nickname. And, it doesn’t hurt that he’s spent multiple seven figures in just the last three years, launching him into an elite class […]

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