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4 Best real estate schools in Maryland (MD) for 2024

Housing Wire

From Bethesda and Towson to Havre de Grace and Silver Spring, it’s now easier than ever to complete the required 60 hours of real estate prelicensing classes from the comfort of your own home in Maryland. The CE Shop Best real estate school in Maryland for a flexible schedule Overall Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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Starwood Capital Group appoints Blackstone exec as new president

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Dishner will then assume the role of vice chairman and head of strategy and business development, the company explained. Pollack joined Blackstone in 2015. The following year, he began serving as the global head of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS), a fund that manages $84 billion in assets.

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Homebuyers have many options; let’s make sure they’re aware of them

Housing Wire

The American Land Title Association, alongside our real estate industry partners, are committed to making transactions easier for everyone through consumer education efforts. Often the buyer asks the real estate agent or lender for a recommendation, but we always encourage buyers to explore their options.

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Fairway Independent Mortgage Promotes Carrie Guarrero to President of Fairway Ignite

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From that point forward, she has been a key player in the mortgage and real estate industries, consistently performing exceptionally well as a top producer, except for 2013 and 2014 when she fully committed herself to coaching. In 2007, she launched her first coaching and training company.

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CoStar’s billion-dollar marketing spend to include four Super Bowl ads

Housing Wire

Dan Levy and Heidi Gardner are two incredible talents, and they are clearly in tune with the way America looks at real estate online,” Florance said. In 2015, CoStar spent $100 million in consumer marketing to promote the revamped Apartments.com site. “I This is the next stage in the development of Homes.com.

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Homebot home education portal acquires mobile app firm Quo Finance 

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Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. million in seed funding, led by SignalFire in December 2021 to develop the mobile app. Quo raised $7.2

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Crowdfunding platform Peer Street files for bankruptcy

Housing Wire

California-based real estate investing platform Peer Street, Inc. Founded in 2013 by Brew Johnson, Brett Crosby and Alex Perelman, Peer Street developed a marketplace connecting lenders and borrowers seeking capital to investors looking for real estate-related debt.

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