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Real estate vets team up to launch virtual brokerage

Housing Wire

There’s a new brokerage on the block. The recently launched Realty of America (ROA) is a fully virtual brokerage co-founded by CEO Eddie Garcia, President Mark Dimas, chief culture officer Erinn Nobel and chief operating officer Peter Nobel.

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Another day, another team joins The Real Brokerage

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The Real Brokerage ’s explosive growth continues. The company has added the Grant Johnson Group , based in the Minneapolis area, bringing 55 agents to Real and pushing the brokerage’s total agent count past 22,000. It’s hard to find a brokerage that’s expanding as quickly as Real.

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Real Brokerage continues to add agents at a rapid pace

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The Real Brokerage isn’t tapping the brakes on its rapid expansion. The ballooning agent count pushed brokerage revenue to $340 million, an 84% year-over-year improvement. The company said the program has attracted 20 independent brokerages and 700 agents so far this year.

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Redfin’s latest layoff round hits brokerage services biz

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Seattle -based real estate brokerage Redfin imposed a new round of layoffs on Thursday, a development first reported by GeekWire. Amid the flurry of commission lawsuits across the country over the past year, brokerages like Redfin have restructured their compensation plans to retain existing agents and attract new ones.

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How to become a real estate broker & launch a brokerage — Advice from a KW mega broker

Housing Wire

When I started my first brokerage in my late twenties, I was full of ambition but had no idea what to expect. If your dream is to own your own brokerage and manage a team of top-performing agents, leading your team to success means much more than hanging a new license on your wall. Now you have to do some tedious stuff.

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The Real Brokerage continues its expansion tear in California, Florida

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The Real Brokerage is a already a top 10 company in terms of transaction volume and sides and it continued its growth this week in two of the nation’s most populous states. Miami -based Real on Tuesday announced the addition of Harvest Realty , an independent brokerage in Southern California with 550 agents. billion.

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Done deal: MLSs, brokerages get preliminary approval of opt-in settlements

Housing Wire

The brokerages and non-Realtor-owned MLSs that decided to opt in to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement can breathe a sigh of relief. Through Bough’s approval, the MLSs and brokerages that opted in to NAR’s settlement have been added to the larger case. As expected, Judge Stephen R.

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