Construction jobs gap is holding back housing starts: NAR study

Construction jobs remain below pre-recession levels — and the employment gap is dragging down housing starts, according to a new study from the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading

EXp Realty loses third top executive in 6 months

Scott Petronis, the former chief technology officer at eXp Realty, has departed the tech-focused real estate brokerage, marking him as the third executive to leave since November 2018. Continue reading

Love for Cats Connects Mother and Daughter

Why is it, no matter how old we are, there’s a part of us which continues to seek our parent’s approval? My mother never was the kind of parent who believed that everything her child did was extraordinary or brilliant. A couple of years ago, I wrote a … Continue reading

How an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult Can Change Everything

Relief. That’s a common reaction among people who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when they are adults. Assessed in her late 40s, graphic artist Barbara Moran, of Topeka, Kansas, says her diagnosis finally explained why her life had a… Continue reading

11 Ways to Outsmart Marketers at Their Pricing Games

Whether you call it dynamic pricing, surge pricing, demand pricing or time-based pricing, marketers’ maddening practice of changing prices according to demand and supply is here to stay. Long practiced in the travel and hospitality industries, this sys… Continue reading

Can’t we all just get along? 3 tips for establishing mutual respect

When thinking about the deals completed with good karma still intact, it seems like one thing is always a factor: mutual respect. Here are three tips for ensuring both sides are making nice, playing fair and still happy to work together in the future. Continue reading

Lesson Learned: Relationships are everything

In this weekly column, real estate agents across the nation share stories of the lessons they’ve learned during their time in the industry. This week, principal and co-founder of REAL New York Robert Rahmanian. Continue reading

5 tips that’ll put your first-time buyers at ease (and get you stellar reviews)

If you’ve got buyers who’ve decided to make the massive leap from renter to owner, and you’re trying to build a business on repeat and referral clients, give all of your first-timers these five tips. You’ll be their agent for life. Continue reading

Go minute-by-minute with a luxury agent

In the luxury real estate profession, nothing is predictable — something Courtney M. Brown, REALTOR© with Island Sotheby’s International Realty, is very familiar with. “My days are never the same — and I think adapting and allowing yourself some flexib… Continue reading