Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Access to a hyper-local agent is more important now than ever. Check out Wise Pelican Typically, you’d mail the just sold letter to homeowners who live around a property you just helped your client to sell. Better yet, get permission from the listing agent to do a mailer around their sold listing, if possible.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

This piece will explore some of the key domains where AI is having the greatest impact for real estate agents, brokers and the innovative companies leading the charge. Their all-in-one platform allows agents to send out mailers to leads at scale, with personalized copy developed by AI and hand-written notes produced by robots.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Shawneequa Badger, leads an agent team at Corcoran Living in Oakland. Sudi Hernandez of Cloud 9 Real Estate Group loses leads when a client hears her Cuban accent. James Dunn of eXp Realty surprised a client with his answer to their question, “You’re white, right?”. Just 6% of all of the National Association of Realtors’ 1.4

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. 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. Looking for more listing leads?

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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. Hunt is just one among thousands of agents who has ventured into the field of real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The real estate industry as agents and brokers know it has been turned upside down. It remains to be seen exactly what the guilty verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit means for agents and brokers, as the industry waits for Judge Stephen Bough’s injunction. billion in damages. (It It would swell to $5.36

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

Secret: Many of our coaching clients can set one expired appointment per day, take two listings per week, and are grossing over $1 million per year. You can sell that listing, generate buyers from your marketing, open houses, and prospecting around that listing, then lather, rinse, and repeat.

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McKissock

JUNE 26, 2022

Part of knowing your audience as a real estate agent is anticipating what they need and expect from your services. Without accounting for your real estate clients’ common needs and expectations , you might be underperforming and risk losing their business. So, take the appropriate steps to ensure your clients don’t feel ignored.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Whether new to the industry or a seasoned vet, it’s important to keep an open mind and innovate your strategies. By embracing different opportunities, agents can expand their chances of securing more listings and growing their business. By consistently delivering exceptional service, you build trust and loyalty with clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

With prices reaching unprecedented heights and interest rates soaring, the discerning nature of today’s buyers requires all agents to employ every possible advantage. As a listing agent , I pay for both a staging consultation and staging items as needed. I pay for the first month of staging for my clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

What constitutes a “lowball” offer, when is it appropriate or not appropriate and how can you encourage your buyer clients to stop insisting on offering a price that’s unlikely to result in an offer? Send your explanation video along with your offer to the listing agent. Has the seller recently rejected offers?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents and brokers , are you relying solely on that buyer drip you set up for your motivated and qualified clients? If you’ve ever been “ghosted” by clients you showed homes to, this may have been the reason. Finding the right house for your buyers in today’s market is a bit like a safari.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Add the clients’ names and the date of their closing. During the transaction process, be on the lookout for little hints from your clients about things they like or things they enjoy, then think about how you can take them to the next level. However, you don’t have to break the bank to gift well.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This system uses virtual reality technology which allows clients to be put in a virtual representation of a property that hasn’t been built yet. “If you don’t like it, the real estate agent can handle the controls to switch out the floorplan and literally all the client has to do is put on a headset and be in this world.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Baby boomers and millennials have dominated the home-buying conversation in recent decades, but a new generation of homeowners is browsing online listings, heading to open houses and planning their home-buying budget. Gen Z is so comfortable and versed in the digital landscape that these buyers are some of the most educated clients.

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McKissock

JULY 6, 2022

One of the main responsibilities of a real estate agent is to effectively organize all the competing interests of a transaction (or pieces of the jigsaw puzzle). Most agents quickly realize that “coordinating the chaos” is a major part of their role in a given transaction. As agents, we know better.

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Inman

MAY 12, 2023

If someone with a disability wanted to attend your next open house, would they be able to tour the property? If your client has hearing or low vision issues, how will you pivot quickly to change your communication in the transaction?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Additionally, Zurple’s automated pipeline management helps identify the most promising leads, notifying agents when they become hot leads.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Listings remain the name of the game, and agents who have the systems and skills in place to list properties and create client relationships will win, author and coach Darryl Davis writes.

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McKissock

MARCH 10, 2021

When a real estate client defects, it might not be something you are doing to drive away real estate clients. Others feel they can find a better match with another agent. There could be any number of reasons why the client decides to look elsewhere. Sending clients to open houses—without you.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The relationship between a loan officer and a real estate agent is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle, as the two must combine forces to help borrowers achieve their goal of buying a home. By strengthening your relationships with agents you’ve worked with in the past, you can be their first choice for a referral.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Saghafi has clients who recently decided to pull the trigger and move to a bigger house by selling their home that had a 2.375% mortgage rate. Our philosophy is, ‘Go help agents that are sending you buyers.’ Market their listings; go to their listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

In 2024, agents have two choices; learn how to run your entire business from the apps on your phone or tablet, or find a new career. The days of running back to the office to write a tricky email to a client, follow up with a lead, or post on social media are long gone — and they’re never coming back.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From client screening to cybersecurity and more, it's essential for you to take care of yourself and stay safe in today's world. Security expert Tracey Hawkins offers a range of strategies to improve your odds.

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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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McKissock

APRIL 5, 2022

As a real estate agent, safety isn’t something that’s discussed nearly enough. However, from every open house showing to every meeting you have, safety should be an important factor. Although this is one of the easiest precautions to take as an agent, it’s also one of the most commonly overlooked.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest innovation to come out of Lamacchia Realty is the Agent Field Service program which started earlier this year and until now has remained unannounced. This new service has changed the game for its agents who, despite their best efforts, cannot be in more than one place at a time. It’s a win-win for everyone!”. Dawn Kelley.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

LOs interviewed by HousingWire say that they have actively ramped up their attempts to connect with prospective borrowers and real estate agents. Some LOs are making inroads with potential clients through use of social media, leaning on their multilingual skills and doing old fashioned cold calling.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

Since COVID-19 has enforced more restrictions on open houses, Redfin allows buyers to unlock the door of most RedfinNow listings via the Redfin app and self-tour seven days a week from 8 a.m. with no appointment needed. RedfinNow listings also offer 3D walkthroughs online. Presented by: Fannie Mae.

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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. These notions about the real estate agent-builder relationship are actually far from the truth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Don’t look at the names in your past client and sphere list and assume they would not do something. Commit to two open houses per week Maximize the return on those open houses. Call other agents that you have a relationship with that may not want to or can’t hold their own open houses.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The CEO stressed to agents during a keynote address at Compass RETREAT on Tuesday that getting back to basics and forging sincere connections with clients would be the key to surviving and thriving in the current market.

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McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. This trend has been on the rise since 2001 when only 69% of buyers used a real estate agent. . One big reason clients choose to work with you is that they know you can help guide them through the buying process.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s important to know how to set up and maintain a good foundation with your clients. Listening is fundamental in creating a good working client relationship. Many agents are not in the habit of really listening to their client. Practicing this skill of active listening will give you insight to your client’s needs.

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Inman

JULY 8, 2023

Everyone, including agents, seem to be making up for lost summers of COVID past. Those agents who are still consistently working the fundamentals are the ones seeing success, and they'll have clients to work with as we hit the fourth quarter of 2023, writes team leader Carl Medford.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Between the complexities of the real estate market and the changeable landscape of financing and property value, your clients likely have an abundance of questions regarding the sale of their home. A: Perhaps the most complex moment in the sales process comes when your client receives an offer on their home. An open house.

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