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Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate: Oops … I just held an open house in the wrong neighborhood

Reposted with permission — show notes and credits here. In this episode, Leigh Brown interviews Mark Allen, vice president of industry relations at Move Inc. Real estate was in Allen’s blood, but he found himself wanting to take a different path than his parents. In the end, his roots won him over, and he found […]

How do you know when to hire a buyer’s agent?

Should I hire a buyer’s agent? Peter Lorimer of PLG Estates shares the questions you should ask yourself before hiring a buyer’s agent and tips for doing so. You’ve got a bunch of clients, you’ve closed a bunch of deals, you’re working from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and you’re constantly pleading with the universe for […]

You can gain much more when you give back

Caroline Pinal, co-founder of Giveback Homes, works with real estate agents all over the country to provide safe homes for families throughout the world. Caroline’s non-traditional business model of making “doing good” part of a company or personal brand is inspiring, and it reminds us there is no blueprint for success: it comes in infinite […]

6 tips for managing sellers if the deal goes south

Have you experienced the ever-dreaded, Chicken Little, “The sky is falling,” phone call from a buyer’s agent days before closing on your listing? Yeah. Me too. That gut wrenching feeling when you know that you have to be the bearer of the inevitable bad news slowly creeps through your veins. Here are six tips to manage the […]

Why I die a little inside when hack agents get hired

Reposted with permission from Valerie Crowell. It is becoming my life’s work to eliminate hacks from the real estate industry. Every day, thousands of internet geeks wake up and try to figure out how to make Realtors the travel agents of that year. Expedia killed travel agents. Why? Because they provided minimal value and couldn’t articulate their value […]

6 most (and least) affordable mountain resort towns in the US

Your real estate clients dream of skiing across snow-covered peaks in the morning and mountain biking down rocky slopes at night; and now they’ve made up their mind to search for the perfect mountain home. As you are about to find out, not all mountain homes are created equal and not all can be purchased […]

Real Trends: Meet 2017’s 1,000 top-producing real estate agents and teams

There’s a lot of talk and braggadocio in the real estate industry, but the numbers don’t lie. And the top 1,000 agents and teams were ranked today based on the data alone. Real Trends, in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, just released he 12th annual The Thousand list, which is divided into four categories: […]

‘Consumer resilience’ boosts May existing-home sales

After a “notable decline” in April, existing-home sales are back on track with a record high in median home prices and a record low for the median days on market. In May, the National Association of Realtors existing-home sales rose 1.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.62 million — up from a downwardly […]

CEO of HomeServices of America’s brokerage division announces retirement

Robert Moline Robert (Bob) Moline, who’s been running the HomeServices of America affiliate for Berkshire Hathaway, today announced that he’ll be retiring. Moline is also on the board of managers for both the Broker Public Portal and Upstream. “With Moline’s retirement, HomeServices is expanding its executive leadership team to include five regional presidents from within […]

Fast and furious: 10 attributes of a winning indie broker

Over the years, Inman has published a series of stories on indie brokers, including surveys and reports on their DNA, their operations and their strategies. We have profiled a variety of companies and their founders and put the best ones on stage to share their successes. The characteristics below represent the ideal makeup of a […]

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