Fresh design ideas for staging a home in spring

Interior Marketing Group Founder and CEO Cheryl Eisen and Co-Staging Director Christina Slater offer some simple-to-implement tips for staging contemporary, yet warm environments. Continue reading

Why it’s actually the seller who pays our commission

For years, our industry has fervently debated who really pays the commission — the buyer or the seller. This debate turned up at the final session of Inman Disconnect, where one attendee argued that it’s the buyers who actually pay the commission becau… Continue reading

Would you like to work at a brokerage where you own a piece of the pie?

Counselor Realty isn’t a true cooperative, but it operates a lot like one. Almost 100 of the company’s agents are shareholder-partners, and they love it. Here, Andy Barns and Nick Dreher, the company’s CEO and director of growth, respectively, share mo… Continue reading

Maroon 5’s Adam Levine wants to sell Beverly Hills mansion

Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine has just put his extravagant Beverly Hills estate on the market for a whopping $47.5 million. Continue reading

Why did Zillow sue Compass? It’s more complicated than you think

Zillow is suing Compass because it worries about anybody who is focused on using technology to reduce the time, stress and uncertainty it takes to buy and sell properties. Continue reading

Existing-home sales declined in March after rebound in February

Existing-home sales fell 4.9 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.21 million, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading

How to Volunteer Abroad Without Breaking the Bank

It’s noon on Monday, and I have just completed my first “organizational leadership, teambuilding and recordkeeping” session volunteering with the Sissala Area Tractor Owners Association in Tumu, northern Ghana. The session went well but, as usual, ther… Continue reading