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Cardboard staging furniture: Can faux furnishings lead to real sales?

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If you don’t have a library of staging items when charged with selling a vacant home or showroom unit, there’s always cardboard. Yes, cardboard. Continue reading →

Did Realogy just create a new industry standard for closing gifts?

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The final 15 minutes of ICLV’s CEO Connect was supposed to be a broad discussion about the country’s biggest companies — Facebook, Amazon and Google — and whether they would ever substantially enter the real estate business. That was, until this mornin… Continue reading →

Zillow’s president: Still room for brokerages in ‘more joyful’ vision

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What does it take for a nearly $10 billion company to pivot its business model? Onstage in front of about 300 executives at ICLV’s CEO Connect, Zillow President Greg Schwartz said it takes courage, but spent more time explaining his company’s new busin… Continue reading →

C-suite to real estate agents: We aren’t doing enough to help you

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CEO Connect panelists agreed Tuesday that brokerages and industry associations can do more to help agents learn the financial skills that aren’t routinely taught in the workplace. Continue reading →

HouseCanary CEO: ‘70% of all transactions will be automated’

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Douglas Elliman CEO Scott Durkin, however, slammed HouseCanary for ‘wanting a piece of our commission’ during an Inman Connect panel. Continue reading →

Realogy’s new tech game plan? Chatbots, AI and next-gen search

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Glenn Fitzgerald, vice president of Realogy’s tech division, discussed tools and technologies the real estate giant is investing in during an Inman Connect panel Monday. Continue reading →

Are iBuyers a rip-off? Agents hold divergent views

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Speakers at 2019 Inman Connect Las Vegas sparred on stage about iBuyers’ impact on and role in the real estate business. They shared their personal business practices and views, and it was clear that they all hold sharply contrasting views about the me… Continue reading →

Agents, don’t fear the big franchises

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Being part of an indie brokerage has its upsides, but several agents Tuesday said that going with franchises ultimately benefited their bottom lines. Continue reading →

How do I launch my real estate career without any connections?

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When Kimberly Sethavanish and James Colucci moved from Orange County to northern California, they knew that building a real estate network would be tough. Continue reading →

‘Departmentalizing’ a brokerage can boost everyone’s productivity

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‘We build a foundation, a structure, that agents build their business on top of,’ one real estate executive explained Tuesday during an Inman Connect Las Vegas panel. Continue reading →