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The latest on the fight over independent contractor status

There are at least three other cases currently pending before the California Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor Standards Enforcement) that offer a simultaneous threat to independent contractor status. Don’t despair yet — there might be sunshine on the horizon. Source: click here

Introverted? 4 tips for marketing without picking up the phone

From one introvert to another, how can you market yourself to your database without resorting to extroverted tactics like cold calling, door-knocking or popping-by? Try these simple strategies. Source: click here

Dear Marketing Mastermind: How can media make you the go-to local expert?

In this monthly advice column, the Marketing Mastermind answers three burning questions. This month’s topic: leveraging the media. Find out how effective media outreach can make you the bonafide real estate aficionado in your area from PR expert Christina Daves. Source: click here

74% of renters would forgo medical care to make rent

An online survey conducted by Wakefield Research — said to be the first to examine the link between high rents and the ability to pay medical bills — found that more than half of all renters delay seeking medical care because they can’t afford it after paying such high rental costs. Source: click here

The average homeowner spends $21,000 just to sell a home: Zillow

Selling a home will set the average homeowner back $20,851 — most of it in taxes and agent commissions. A new analysis by Zillow and Thumbtack, an online home improvement marketplace, reveals that more than two-thirds of those costs, or $14,281, go toward transfer and sales taxes as well as agent commissions, according to the […]

Meet the lawyer suing to change buyer’s agent commissions forever

Benjamin Brown, a co-chair of Cohen Milstein’s antitrust practice group, is a lawyer whose tenacity the real estate industry may come to know well. Source: click here

Zillow hires Glassdoor vet as new corporate relations officer

Zillow Group has hired Dawn Lyon, a former Glassdoor executive and longtime Zillow consultant, to serve as its new chief corporate relations officer. Dawn Lyon | Photo credit: LyonSHARE Lyon will oversee the company’s corporate communications, government and community relations and investor relations, according to an announcement Tuesday. She will report to Zillow Group CEO Rich […]

Remine’s new MLS offering coming to Florida agents first

The largest multiple listing service in the Sunshine State is set to be the first to launch a new MLS offering from property data and analytics firm Remine. Source: click here

Red Oak Realty reveals new website, platform redesign

Red Oak Realty has launched a new website and redeveloped tech platform to streamline its business, epitomizing the way indie brokerages are increasingly beefing up their software capabilities. Source: click here

Nationwide delinquency rates hit 20-year low: CoreLogic

The number of homeowners failing to make mortgage payments hit a 20-year low in January while student and car loan delinquency rates continue to rise, according to new data from property analytics provider CoreLogic, released Tuesday. Across the country, only 4 percent of homeowners fell behind on their mortgage payments in January, down from 4.9 percent during the […]

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