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10 essential skills real estate agents should possess

Housing Wire

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Another hat to place on your head?

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Rocket Mortgage strikes big advertising deal with Realtor.com

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Realtor.com and Rocket Mortgage , two of the biggest companies in the digital real estate space, have formed a key advertising partnership that their competitors are sure to notice. And then pass that along to the Realtor as well so they’re efficient with their time. “They think, ‘I want to buy a home.’

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

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Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. Gone are the days of weekly listing books and print advertisements with grainy black-and-white photos. As more and more people enter the real estate industry – membership at the National Association of Realtors has ballooned to a record 1.6

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DropOffer wants real estate agents to go off-market

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According to the National Association of Realtors’ existing home sales report in August, inventory was down 13.4% Low inventory means fewer choices for homebuyers, but for years enterprising real estate agents have worked around tight market conditions by searching for off-market homes that fit their clients’ specifications.

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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

Generate seller leads using AI Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is changing the way agents work in so many ways, and that includes how we generate seller leads. Data analysis allows real estate agents to focus their marketing efforts (and budget!) Let’s be honest, spending money on lead generation can get expensive.

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Opinion: More can be done to shorten the average time to close

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In fact, if you were to describe the home-buying experience solely upon the things we see in advertisements, the home-buying process would end with the sales contract, and all parties would merrily proceed directly to the handing over of the keys. But there’s also room for improvement. It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle.

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Opinion: More should be done to shorten the average time to close

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In fact, if you were to describe the home buying experience solely upon the things we see in advertisements, the process would end with the sales contract and all parties would merrily proceed directly to the handing over of the keys. The good news is that this trend towards a general adoption of technology seems to be accelerating.

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