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Timeline: How to build your new real estate career from day 1

Congratulations! You have made the wonderful decision to pursue a career in real estate as a licensed real estate agent. A career as an agent can be one of the most rewarding jobs you ever have — both personally and financially. On the flip side, there are certainly many challenges and obstacles for anyone who […]

3 Major League Baseball wives hit ‘home runs’ using realtor.com

In the same way it takes teamwork to hit a home run in baseball, it takes an equal amount of help and coordination to find the perfect place to call home base. Just ahead of the Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, realtor.com launched “Home Run Home,” a series of videos that feature Julianna Zobrist, Leslee Holliday […]

What real estate agents should know about trended credit

A snapshot tells you what someone looked like at a particular moment in time. A long-running video of the same person may reveal patterns of behavior that tell you much more about a person. That’s the difference between the traditional way lenders have evaluated credit scores in the past and newer methods that use trended […]

5 ways to ensure your income-producing activities get done

Let’s face it, there’s a lot to do — especially in real estate. There are 180-plus activities that a real estate agent does on a consistent basis. However, there are only a few things that are actually revenue-generating activities. Here are five tips to increase productivity and sales. 1. Concentrate on discipline and essentialism It’s easy […]

8 things homesellers risk when they sell without a real estate agent

Selling a home without a real estate agent is like handling your own legal matter. You may only know enough to be dangerous, and worse yet, you don’t know what you don’t know. In that situation, one risks costing themselves time, money, and most importantly, an outcome potentially to his or her disadvantage. The same […]

What real estate agents can learn from two tech disruptors

You’ve probably seen the meme and perhaps even shared it on social media: an earnest woman in a 1980s Glamour Shot with her frosted blue eyeshadow shining above her peach taffeta blouse. “Can you send me some MLS listings? Sure, let me fire up my printer,” reads the caption. It’s funny because, for many of us, it’s true. […]

Why the largest Re/Max franchise launched a completely custom website

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. Eden Prairie, Minnesota, sits a few miles outside of Minneapolis. It’s home to the largest Re/Max franchise in the country — Re/Max Results, which just unveiled a full custom web platform. A good part of this franchise’s growth […]

The Inman Files: When the real estate vs. tech clash hit rock bottom

I’m working on a new weekly email featuring my thoughts on the industry and more. Check out last week’s here (“Pocket listing + dual agency = home sale horror story”). Send me feedback at brad@inman.com. And if you would like this in your inbox every Friday, sign up here: (function() { var qs,js,q,s,d=document, gi=d.getElementById, ce=d.createElement, […]

Low inventory squeezes June existing-home sales

In May, “consumer resilience” was enough to keep existing-home sales afloat, but sheer willpower failed to offset the effect of low inventory on the market in June. The National Association of Realtors’ existing-home sales dipped 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.52 million in June — down from 5.62 million in May. […]

Meet the 15 startups selected for the 2017 Realogy FWD Summit

So many real estate tech startups are popping up that it can be difficult to figure out which ones are worth paying attention to. Since 2013, Realogy — the operator of real estate brands including Century 21, Coldwell Banker and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate — has helped by hosting an annual contest that […]

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