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CFPB, senators pledge to look at house-flipping business practices

Housing Wire

Senators Lummis and Smith were concerned by recently reported allegations that some franchises of HomeVestors of America, commonly recognized by their advertising catchline, ‘We Buy Ugly Houses,’ were targeting elderly and ill homeowners,” the senators said in a joint statement. A duo of bipartisan U.S.

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BHHS CEO Gino Blefari: ‘Doesn’t agree with it one bit’ about commission conspiracy

Housing Wire

Ketchmark also questioned Blefari about the training video in which Blefari said, as an agent, his commissions started at 6% and went up. “I Blefari said that commissions are always negotiable, and the parent company allows the CEOs of its various firms to operate their companies and franchises as they see fit. I was a successful agent.

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Real estate teams beat brokerage firms in profitability

Housing Wire

By then teams were becoming commonplace, and brokerages like Keller Williams were building significant training and organizational resources around teams, while Compass was building a consumer-facing brand partly based on a team typically led by a prominent local agent. In that study, we looked at what team leaders valued in their broker.

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Best real estate continuing education schools for quick and easy license renewal in 2024

Housing Wire

Colibri’s real estate continuing education course offerings vary by state, but a sampling of intriguing topics we researched include Fair Housing, ethics, handling multiple offers, educating buyers, handling trust funds and implicit bias training. Course offerings and bundles vary by states and according to state requirements.

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Includes AZ Legal Updates, AZ Disclosures, Exploring Fair & Affordable Housing, Managing Risk in Real Estate Business CE Sales Package with Ethics: Required 24 hrs of coursework. Includes Agency Law, Contract Law, Commissioner’s Standards, Disclosure, Fair Housing, Legal Issues & General. Deluxe: Required 90 hrs of coursework.

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New Year, New You: Transforming Your Appraisal Career in 2023

McKissock

At the end of the holiday season, we start hearing the phrase repeatedly used in weight loss industry advertisements, “New Year, New You!” Providing you have some supervisory appraiser or training experience and good management skills, you may be able to find appraisal training opportunities. All that noise got me thinking.

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9 Things to Know Before Selling a Home For Sale by Owner

Raleigh Realty

And while that may be enticing, there are many other costs and legal repercussions that are associated with selling a home that will be the full responsibility of the seller if a real estate agent is not involved. Real estate agents have access to various comparative tools and have been trained on how to do this specialized research.