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Opendoor launches… a brokerage?

Housing Wire

A spokesperson for Opendoor told HousingWire that the company is looking to staff its Home Reserve platform with independent contract agents, not salaried agents. Home Reserve , launched in May, enables Opendoor to list sellers’ homes while purchasing and reserving their next home with all-cash offers.

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Homepie CEO Brad Rice on making FSBO easier

Housing Wire

When I originated loans, there were a certain number of people that just didn’t need an agent — because the buyers and sellers knew each other in some fashion. I started thinking about it in 2018, it was kind of a transitionary year for me, in business. BR: This really came out of decades of being in the mortgage business.

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Don't Believe These 5 Myths About Real Estate Agents

Zillow

Buyers and sellers often enter the market with misconceptions about real estate agents - how they work, how the process works and what the agency relationship is all about. Here are five myths (and five truths) about working with both buyer's and seller's agents. That contract includes a term - typically six months to a year.

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11 real estate social media marketing strategies that actually work

Housing Wire

This is why creating an avatar of your ideal client and creating content for them (and only them) should be your primary goal on social media. To generate leads from your social media posts, you need to know your ideal client’s fears, desires, and understand the problems you can solve for them. Visit Coffee & Contracts 3.

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

According to an analysis by S&P Global , between 2018 and 2023, homeowners insurance rates in Florida have jumped by 43.2%. We are seeing contracts fall through during the due-diligence period because of the sticker shock on insurance costs, so that is definitely a problem.” From 2022 to 2023 alone, rates rose 15%.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants about listing and offering prices, and market rent. Which is MOST important for building strong appraisal-client relationships? George had a Ph.D.

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Investing in Commercial Property for Sale in Columbus, Ohio? The Complete Beginner’s Guide!

The Robert Weiler Company

Ohio has much to offer prospective investors, ranking in the top 10 on Chief Executive magazine’s “2018 Best & Worst States For Business.” And, Columbus leads other Midwest cities by having excellent job creation and momentum, according to Forbes’ “2018 Best Cities for Jobs.”.

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