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How to become a luxury real estate agent

Housing Wire

Use this tool: Coffee & Contracts Thoughtfully designed by former real estate agent Haley Ingram, Coffee & Contracts offers a suite of upscale social media templates for every social platform. Visit Coffee & Contracts 2. Don’t try to do everything or be everything to everyone!

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8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2023

Housing Wire

They don’t just cater to new agents: lead generation companies can also complement traditional lead generation methods — open houses, home buying seminars and referrals, to name a few — thereby helping to build your pipeline of leads. However, Market Leader may not be ideal for larger teams or those looking for more customization.

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

Housing Wire

Top tool: Coffee & Contracts Although Coffee & Contracts has no automated marketing tools or ad capability, it is still our go-to for creating consistent and attractive marketing content that can be used across platforms, including Instagram (posts, reels, and stories), Facebook, and even LinkedIn.

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Opinion: Applying lessons learned to adapt to a competitive market

Housing Wire

But in combination with uncertainty about interest rates and the overall economy, the fact is that there will be industry contraction into 2023. That collapse was historic, and the contraction so severe that I remember checking, daily, a news source specifically designed to track lenders who had closed or gone insolvent.

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How to Create Your Dream Home Office Without Breaking the Bank

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

This week I will be traveling to Columbus for the annual Ohio Coalition of Appraisal Professionals summer seminar. USPAP and the Contract – Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate Podcast. Hidy Ho friend! I hope you’re enjoying a little bit of the great outdoors!

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How To Appraise Rural Properties

Appraisal Today

There may be seminars available. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.84 The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $766,550) decreased to 7.04 percent from 7.02

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5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

Waiving the appraisal means the buyer will purchase the property regardless of the outcome of the appraisal, said Lynn Madison, trainer and CEO of Lynn Madison Seminars who currently serves on NAR’s Professional Standards and Real Property Valuation committees. “Be What Happens When the Appraisal and Purchase Price Don’t Match?

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