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Agent/broker perspective: Who decides what buyers can afford?

In this monthly column, Anthony Askowitz will explore a hypothetical Miami real estate situation from both sides of the broker/agent dynamic. A Miami real estate agent wants to close her sales, but she is worried about the trend of local buyers who are purchasing homes beyond their means. Agent perspective The numbers don’t lie, and […]

7 inside tips for working with millennial buyers

When people talk about millennials, it’s easy to picture older teenagers or young college students. Millennials have a reputation for being unsure about their place in the world and needing constant guidance, but as time goes on, this stereotype is becoming less and less true. Millennials were born between 1982 and 2000, which means while […]

Trulia launches ‘What Locals Say’ feature to tell it like it is

Listing descriptions can only reveal so much about a home — the number of beds and baths, the special features in a kitchen or whether the backyard has enough room to entertain. But listings don’t always tell you about the best restaurants to roam into after a night of fun, if your future neighbors are […]

In a data driven world, how well do you know your recruits?

We live in a world driven by data: you can use facial recognition to open your phone, fingerprints to make payments, and numerous apps track what you do, where you go and what you buy. Top performing companies are using this valuable data to track our lifestyles, buying habits, and much more with the intent […]

What your lead follow-up is missing

Be honest. Do you treat every lead the same way you do your best client? If you said yes, you’re either incredibly rich or a great liar. The incredibly rich know they need to love on every lead. I want to give you the Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 29 tactics our […]

Real estate daily market update: March 19, 2018

 We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news Monday, March 19 Bankrate mortgage rates The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 4.30 percent. The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 3.72 percent. Source: Bankrate Email Inman Source: click here

Realtor.com’s new college scholarship is all about ‘Local Pride’

Realtor.com is striving to help the next generation of homebuyers with the debut of its Local Pride Scholarship, which gives college-bound students the opportunity to win a first-place $2,500 prize, second-place $1,000 prize or third-place $500 prize for their 300- to 500-word essays on what they love about their hometown and neighborhood. Realtor.com chief marketing […]

Austin’s ‘serial bomber’ has real estate agents on guard

Austin residents, including many local real estate agents, are grappling with the news that another bombing occurred in their city on the night of Sunday, March 18 — the fourth such explosion in less than a month. This latest explosive was a “sophisticated” device placed outside and detonated by a tripwire, according to Austin police […]

Need help grasping cryptocurrency? John Oliver breaks it down

If you still can’t quite wrap your head around cryptocurrency (or what it has to do with real estate), perhaps John Oliver can help break it all down. The late-night comedian recently led his HBO show by putting key vocab — bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency and ICOs — in layman’s terms, and the clip has now […]

Third Blissville homeless shelter since 2017 to open in Queens, NY

An industrial enclave of a hip neighborhood in Queens, New York, will serve as the latest site for a homeless shelter in an area already festooned with temporary housing. A Fairfield Inn hotel at 52-34 Van Dam Street in the Blissville section of Long Island City will be converted into temporary housing for 154 homeless […]

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