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Agents fight misconceptions to win deals for military veteran clients

Housing Wire

First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. Next, he has his buyers write a letter to the seller, a practice that has come under scrutiny lately for creating potential biases. Next, he has his buyers write a letter to the seller, a practice that has come under scrutiny lately for creating potential biases.

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The art of gift-giving in real estate: A personal touch

Housing Wire

John Ruhlin’s book Giftology sheds light on creating a strategic and thoughtful approach to gift-giving, offering real estate professionals a unique perspective on how to create positive impressions that last beyond the closing table and set you up for return and referral business. Add the clients’ names and the date of their closing.

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Gary Keller, Bob Goldberg, Gino Blefari depositions on commissions shared with the jury

Housing Wire

Ketchmark said the plaintiffs want the defendants, which include the National Association of Realtors , HomeServices of America and Keller Williams , to “return the money” they believe was unlawfully taken via commissions as a result of an alleged conspiracy between the defendants. billion in damages. And I say average.”

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CoStar CEO: ‘We had zero involvement’ with commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

We learned about it from NAR long after it started,” Florance said in an interview with HousingWire at the National Association of Realtors NXT convention in Anaheim on Wednesday. We have 189,000 real estate clients who work with us. As a public company, we’re a pretty open book.” “We had zero involvement with that lawsuit.

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Real Estate Risk Management: Putting Clients’ Interests First

McKissock

Real estate agents are commonly sued for breaching their duty to act in the best interests of their client. To protect your clients’ interests, and reduce your own risk exposure, check out our highly-rated course, Know the Code: Your Guide to the Code of Ethics. Overview of NAR Code of Ethics: Articles 1–13.

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How rookie agents are faring during the pandemic

Housing Wire

When they said they were starting exams again, I hopped on it and managed to book a slot for two weeks after they opened up,” Hunt said. “I At the close of 2019, the National Association of Realtors had 1.4 Buying a house is not just another transaction, the relationship with the client is so important. million members.

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The 7% mortgage is back with a vengeance

Housing Wire

The LO in the Portland, Oregon area said she’s trying to get creative to help clients, pursuing 3/2/1 and 2/1 mortgage rate buydowns. But with all of the volatility it’s been a struggle to get sellers to give the kind of credits we need for those programs. That’s tough to compete against.”

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