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Free Webinar: Components of AMC Training by Josh Walitt

Appraisal Buzz

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Our free webinar, “ Components of AMC Training ” will be held on June 10th at 2 pm with Josh Walitt as the host. Buzz : Why do AMCs need the training?

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Opinion: NAR has finally met its match

Housing Wire

As the Sitzer/Burnett case may well show, most listing agents are trained to steer their clients to offers that support this dynamic. Realtors are able to modify select provisions in the contract form as they negotiate on behalf of their clients. Talk about a conflict of interest.

Realtors 383
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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

After the 2008 mortgage meltdown, JVM let go of all its loan originators and trained its employees to target the jumbo loan market in the San Francisco Bay area instead. Under the revamped mode, business development officers build relationships with real estate agents to get leads and client advisors take incoming leads from borrowers.

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Opinion: Prepare for a future without guaranteed shared compensation

Housing Wire

This means the lazy real estate agents who provide very little value to their client can no longer just show up and know they will automatically get paid a percentage of the sales price just for writing a contract. Sadly, the understanding of the difference between a client and a customer is pitifully poor in our industry.

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How to get a real estate license in Texas

Housing Wire

1] 180 Classroom hours are required before you become licensed in Texas Texas real estate license: Requirements checklist According to the Texas Real Estate Commision (TREC), a sales agent is a person who is licensed by the Real Estate Commission to act as an agent on behalf of a real estate broker and their clients.

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

Housing Wire

The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. Just how we do contracts now is so much faster. The back end systems, when we are listing something or putting something under contract, it is all just very seamless.

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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

This can also be tied to the fact that managers typically have to juggle many other tasks at the same time, such as coaching or contract signing, which poses a challenge to their organization. Launched in 2006, the Zillow Zestimate leverages public documents to provide estimates of value for every house in a given neighborhood.

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