Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Podcast: Comparing real estate team and brokerage profitability. Study: It’s true, real estate teams outperform brokerage firms. However, these super-sized teams aren’t the only ones turning a profit — a profit that dwarfs most real estate brokerage’s profit. Real estate team profitability is stunning.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, the tactical approach of regular check-ins and focusing on retention as a cornerstone of fortifying your real estate agent ranks is often underestimated or overlooked. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average tenure of an agent with a brokerage is six years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

For real estate professionals, this option presents an opportunity to capture more sales. But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here’s a financial checklist that real estate agents and mortgage professionals should complete before the end of the year for more success and financial security in 2024. Think carefully about what goals you want to achieve in the coming year, such as prospecting targets, advertising, closings and taking time off.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. It seems a small share of the agent population even knows about this issue, and even fewer can loosely tell you what the potential outcomes are.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you could go back to your first year as a Real Estate Agent, what advice would you give yourself? One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?'

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. Reality television programs portray the real estate agent as a glamorous and easily profitable career.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This advertising strategy, among a handful of others, has helped the LO connect with Russian-speaking Realtors and win the business of borrowers from former Soviet countries. “I Borrowers have called me from seeing my advertising in the stores and a couple of Realtors, too.”. Finding business the traditional way.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

The deal probably ends a lawsuit that the National Fair Housing Alliance and like-minded groups filed 18 months ago accusing the brokerage and popular real estate listings website of offering services in predominantly white neighborhoods at a “substantially greater rate than it does in communities of color.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Real estate marketing isn’t just about posting a few property listings and hoping for the best. The most successful real estate agents aren’t always the ones with the most experience — but rather those who know how to leverage the best real estate marketing companies and digital tools for their success.

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CA Realty Training

JUNE 28, 2021

The real challenge is selling the actual property. Here are the 5 home listing tips that every real estate needs to know to sell a home. Tip #3: Advertise. Generally, you can advertise your listing through four avenues. . Other Real Estate Agents. But, that’s only half of the work.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned real estate agent looking to expand your reach or a newcomer eager to establish your digital footprint, ahead we delve into the best real estate lead generation websites for 2023. Mobile-friendly design: Like many of us, homebuyers are constantly on the go. per month plus $249.95

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As we edge towards 2024, the real estate landscape buzzes with both opportunities and uncertainties. With home prices expected to hold steady and even grow in many markets, real estate agents face a unique market shaped by shifting demographics, evolving buyer expectations and lingering economic uncertainties.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Between leveraging your personal network, filming YouTube videos and even the unpleasant task of cold prospecting, real estate professionals today wear all the hats. In one moment, you may be a content creator, and in the next, a customer service agent, administrative assistant, marketing strategist, copywriter and editor — all in one.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms.

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McKissock

AUGUST 21, 2022

Marketing your real estate business can take a lot of time—especially tasks that might seem repetitive or menial. You don’t have to repeat basic marketing tasks daily anymore but can leverage your time by automating your real estate business marketing. 6 ways to automate real estate marketing. Email Drips.

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McKissock

JULY 28, 2020

The relationship between a builder and a real estate agent can be a complicated one. In fact, there are several myths and misconceptions that builders, real estate agents, and even buyers hold that affect this relationship. Benefits of a Partnership Between Home Builders and Real Estate Agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

If you want to thrive this year, choosing the right real estate apps is crucial. To help, we reviewed hundreds of options to put together this list of the best real estate apps for 2024. Or better yet, do what I just did and ask it how you should pivot your business to stay competitive after the NAR lawsuits!

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CA Realty Training

AUGUST 2, 2021

That’s why agents always want new ways to find more leads. Real estate agents have many tools and methods to find leads and convert them into clients. . One method is called real estate farming. . What is Real Estate Farming? The goal of real estate farming is to be the go-to person.

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Hood Homes Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

When your agent shows you the seller’s estimated net , showing $1000s or even $10,000s in agent fees, it is only natural to wonder where all that money goes. Real estate must be a lucrative business, right? Most Agents Aren’t Rich. None of this isn’t to say there aren’t some very wealthy agents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. Sixty percent of agents surveyed believe that social media provides higher quality leads than the MLS.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

At its core, real estate is the business of working with people. Maybe they don’t want to advertise to the rest of the world that they are selling for personal reasons. As a real estate professional, you would still want to advise your client why this wouldn’t be the best approach in selling their home.

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The Appraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a Mastermind meeting with other (non-appraiser) business owners, I was reminded of how well so many principles that I share with you apply across different areas, whether it’s real estate or office work. There was a man by the name of Jack who was talking about how much he has to do. It took him 10 minutes to fill it out.

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Raleigh Realty

MARCH 23, 2021

We would imagine it's the same in most real estate markets around the country as we have found the same to be true of homes for sale in Charlotte as well. The founder of forsalebyowner.com used a Real Estate Agent to sell his home after trying to sell it himself and failing to do so - imagine that.

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McKissock

JANUARY 6, 2023

At the end of the holiday season, we start hearing the phrase repeatedly used in weight loss industry advertisements, “New Year, New You!” Department of the Interior also offer similar employment opportunities related to real estate collateral, appraisal policy, and appraisals. All that noise got me thinking.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

.” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. The change resulted in Better’s exit from its real estate business.

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The Appraiser Coach

JANUARY 23, 2024

The natural reaction when you find this person is to start training them on everything, because if they’re reliable we can give them more to do, right? Find out what they really want to do, and train them accordingly. Yes and no. Find out what your employee’s strengths are.

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The Appraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When I gave him 3 weeks to hire a virtual assistant, he had hired someone, begun training, and had them working full 40 hour weeks by the time we met again! When I work with clients, I usually send them home with some homework. This guy actually did the homework he got!

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The Appraiser Coach

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And with the cost of finding, hiring, training, and maintaining individuals, this advantage is huge. They found a 13% higher productivity rate in employees working from home and a 50% lower quit rate. You have the potential to give your employees more benefit than another job would offer by enabling them to work from home.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Even before the pandemic, homebuyers and sellers were experimenting with a new, online model of real estate — instant buying, or “iBuying.” This has been especially prevalent over the past year and a half since the global pandemic has affected every industry, including real estate.

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Hank Miller Team

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But how many of these mournful buyers made the cardinal sin of not qualifying their agent? Unqualified Real Estate Agents A worm easily clears the bar to entry and retention for real estate agents, that will never change. Most of them.

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The Robert Weiler Company

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When you think of the terms commercial real estate agent, broker, or realtor, do you use them interchangeably? We often give a name to someone who helps clients buy or sell commercial real estate without considering each unique position, their responsibilities, education, certification or licensing, and expertise.

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is basically what real estate appraisers do. While you don’t have to have the extensive training that an appraiser does to get a rough idea of what price range your home might fall into you can still learn from the concepts appraisers use. 6 Ways to Compare Your Home. This is just something to consider.

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The Appraiser Coach

MAY 31, 2022

Have you ever walked into a house and thought, what room did I just walk into? Identifying and analyzing rooms will make a big difference for your customers and for. Read More.

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McKissock

JUNE 8, 2022

As a real estate agent, your ability to generate and convert leads will play a crucial part in the success of your real estate business. Last year in our Trick of the Trade campaign, we asked real estate agents across the country for some advice on how to generate leads. 3: Help out renters.

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Hood Homes Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Call it “Zillow Derangement Syndrome” If you aren’t plugged into the real estate scene, go find your closest Realtor friend and just say “I love Zillow” Then I recommend running away very quickly. There is an entire “Stop Zillow” movement in the real estate industry.

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