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The evolution of the more productive real estate agentĀ 

Housing Wire

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. 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. Real estate agents are busier than ever. Record Breaking Years.

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RedfinNow launches in San Francisco and Seattle

Housing Wire

Redfin said its real estate agents have helped clients in Seattle and the Bay Area buy and sell homes since 2006, with a listing fee as low as 1%. “Even for customers who start by requesting a cash offer, many end up selling their home with a real estate agent. .

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. 193 CertifID 2,807% 2017 A company dedicated to fighting wire fraud for the real estate industry. Other established names to make the Inc.

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eXp Olympian Chad Hedrick on the power of a real estate team

Housing Wire

gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. And, one of the biggest real estate brokers in our town at that point gave me an opportunity. Serving clients, showing up to the closing table and getting paid were all great, but it was a lonely business for me. That journey started in 2003. CH: Iā€™m wired to win.

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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

If a brokerage enjoys a good reputation, its agents will speak highly of it and draw new agents to the brokerage. If agents donā€™t bring in new recruits directly, a third-party source such as an existing client or a business partner might inspire an agent to join a brokerage.

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Inside Redfinā€™s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

But what makes Redfin different ā€“ what makes it radically, transformatively different ā€“ is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent. million real estate agents. A profitable division.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORSĀ® for March 2024

Lamacchia Realty

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !