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Agent training, objection scripts on trial as Sitzer | Burnett ends Day 3

Inman

On Day 2 of witness testimony Wednesday, attorney Michael Ketchmark narrowed in on training materials and presentation slides he alleged violated antitrust policies held by the defendants.

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Adjusting to the New Real Estate Market

Appraisal Buzz

In this week’s episode, host Hal Humphreys talks with Kevin Hecht, Appraisal Training and Development Manager and Real Estate Economist for McKissock. Kevin Hecht is teaching the 7-Hour USPAP Update course at Valuation Expo on Monday, August 19th, and will be presenting on the Supporting Adjustments panel on Wednesday, August 21st.

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Tom Ferry launches AI coaching chatbot TomAI

Housing Wire

The firm describes TomAI as a “version of ChatGPT trained on 20+ years proven-effective real estate strategy from hundreds of the industry’s leading coaches and thousands of market-dominating agents.” It can help you discover what sets you apart from the competition and then work that into your scripts, presentations, and marketing material.

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Sitzer plaintiffs expected to rest their case today

Housing Wire

Through the first week of the trial, the plaintiffs’ central argument has been that despite the defendants having antitrust rules and regulations in place, documents from the firms presented during the trial, including agent training scripts discussing commissions, suggest that the firms are knowingly violating their own rules.

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Here’s how a mortgage coaching platform wants to carve out a niche in a competitive market

Housing Wire

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members. “Our

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Compass misses free cash-flow goal but remains optimistic

Housing Wire

He noted that the company has implemented its “largest training program” ever, which saw 20,000 agents go through training on buyer representation agreements. Despite this assertion, Reffkin was happy to field questions about the firm’s use of buyer agency agreements during the question and answer portion of the call.

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Opinion: How real estate brokers can overcome the profitability problem

Housing Wire

However, the real estate industry is renowned for its resilience, and this problem presents an opportunity for innovation. For many brokers, the ideal solution would be a platform that seamlessly integrates everything an individual agent needs: transaction management, marketing assistance, lead generation , and training.