Monthly Archives: October 2019

Developer gets 25 years for ponzi scheme that preyed on elderly

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Robert Shapiro’s Woodbridge Group reportedly promised low-risk investments with high-risk returns, but instead, the money was shuffled into shell companies. Continue reading →

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘You haven’t sold any houses in our area’?

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Real estate agents handle countless objections from clients and prospects in their daily course of business. We want to hear yours. Take this one-question survey to share your top objection handler for sellers who are concerned about experience. Continue reading →

The Distressing Growth of Wealth Inequality of Boomers

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In her piercing new book Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It, economist Heather Boushey writes: “The trend toward greater economic inequality continues its seemingly inexorable march.” Four recent studies — includ… Continue reading →

Some Say a Nonprofit Research Group Unfairly Influences Drug Prices

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Have you ever wondered how pharmaceutical companies decide whether that pill you take costs $3 or $3,000? Or why some new drug, or a potentially life-enhancing procedure, may not be covered under your insurance plan? In the U.S., the Food and Drug Admi… Continue reading →

How Technology Has Changed Divorce

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Thanks to technology, we can buy groceries online. We can search online for a job, a pet, even a spouse. And if for whatever reason that spouse doesn’t work out, we can go through the divorce process online, too. But when you’re divorcing, can a websit… Continue reading →

Bright MLS debuts new pocket listing rule

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Major East Coast multiple listing service Bright MLS announced Wednesday that it has rolled out a new policy on so-called “pocket listings,” requiring agents to add any properties they are publicly advertising to the system or, eventually, they’ll face… Continue reading →

10 rules for hosting an open house for another agent

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Hosting an open house is a critically important event in a new agent’s career, especially if it’s for another agent. It’s often the first public appearance for agents to showcase themselves to the community and beyond. Here are 10 things new agents mus… Continue reading →

Jumping ship for a startup brokerage? Do your homework first!

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Startups look promising on the outside, but they can’t always live up to the hype, says Tammy Britt. The longtime D.C.-area agent shares her experience with a startup after 16 years as a top performer with some of the biggest names in the real estate b… Continue reading →