SAN FRANCISCO — Your company’s valuation is arguably the most important number in your business. Calculating the economic value of your company — the thing you’ve worked so long and hard to perfect — can be very personal. Steve Murray presented at the Indie Broker Summit today in San Francisco. As the owner, you obviously […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes adding one plus one equals more than two — a lot more. Chicago-based independent brokerage @properties, founded in 2000, is a success story by multiple measures, not least by its 2,300 agents and $8 billion in sales volume last year. But that doesn’t mean that its co-founder, Thaddeus Wong, believes the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Imagine unlocking the front door of a listing with a single tap. As you enter, music begins to play and the lights turn on. On the wall is a touch-screen display: If you trade in your old home for this one, you learn, you will only have pay $10,000. Opendoor, an “iBuyer” […]
It took “some house” to create the story of “some pig” most of us fell in love with while reading and watching E.B. White’s classic children’s story, Charlotte’s Web. Photo credit: Mark Fleming / Yankee Magazine The 44-acre Brooklin, Maine saltwater farm that White and his wife, Katharine, lived in while he penned the story […]
Mobile is still ultra-hot and marketing automation is still on the rise — but real estate leaders aren’t as bullish on the future of virtual reality (VR) or artificial intelligence (AI) emerging technology in the industry. Those are a few of the findings from Imprev’s annual Thought Leader Survey, a biannual survey that the marketing […]
Steve Garrity SAN FRANCISCO — “The best engineers can always get jobs — it’s not hard,” noted Steve Garrity of Hearsay Social. So how are you supposed to find the very best people to build your real estate software? On stage at Hacker Connect, part of the programming at Inman Connect San Francisco, Garrity explained […]
Eugene Pak, director of business development, Climb Real Estate SAN FRANCISCO — “If you have 30 agents, you have 30 out-of-control agents,” said Climb Real Estate’s Eugene Pak at today’s Indie Broker Summit, part of the Inman Connect programming. The lighthearted comment generated chuckles from the audience of independent brokers and set the tone for […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Most real estate agents know that a lead is nothing without follow-up. That holds true even when that lead is coming from a shiny new — if controversial — tech product. When Realtor Veronica Figueroa receives a homeseller lead from Zillow Group’s Instant Offers program, that’s when the work begins. She doesn’t […]
SAN FRANCISCO — “Keller Williams isn’t taking any of our market share,” Jerry Holden told attendees at today’s Inman Connect San Francisco Indie Broker Summit. Holden, broker-owner of Ohio-based The Holden Agency, credited his firm’s success against the industry giant to three simple rules: No assholes. Have fun. The grandmother rule: “Treat every customer with […]
When dealing with an estate or an executor, you need to take on a special, more sensitive approach. How do you make sure to avoid awkward situations? What part does empathy play in securing that sale? Estates and generating business Successful lead generation in any market requires persistence and patience. Estates and executors can turn […]
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