Need help increasing your real estate sales? Try exercising

Have you recently started slipping, dropping deals or becoming more irritable with your colleagues and clients. Are you unable to concentrate or cope with stress at work? The cause of your malaise might be something quite simple — lack of exercise. Continue reading

How to be on point with your luxury client experience

The key to giving luxury clientele what they want is knowing what they are looking for in a real estate agent as well as getting ahead of their expectations. Here’s what you should know. Continue reading

Agent faces up to 5 years in prison for bankruptcy fraud

A real estate agent based in the Tampa, Florida, area faces up to five years in federal prison for attempting to stop Fannie Mae from foreclosing on a property so that he could sell it himself, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Continue reading

Should Realtor ethics violations be posted? Agents sound off

The Realtor community is split about whether or not to publicize the names of Realtors who violate the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Realtor Code of Ethics. Continue reading

Identity theft is rising, but Realtors feel safer than ever

Despite the illusion of more safety, the reality is, that slightly more Realtors – six percent in 2018, compared to five percent in 2017 – were victims of a crime last year. Continue reading

San Francisco Bay Area MLS to offer up platform alternative

In January, the Oakland/Berkeley Association of Realtor-owned bridgeMLS will launch connectMLS, an MLS system from the software firm dynaConnections. Continue reading

Need to make more cash in real estate? Try these tips

What should you do when you can’t pay your bills on your real estate income alone? How do you keep your businesses afloat? Think about these options. Continue reading

5 soul-searching questions all aspiring team leaders should ask themselves

Before you begin assembling a real estate team, there are several critical, soul-searching questions to ask yourself. Here are five things to consider (and answer) before you start the process. Continue reading

Dear Marketing Mastermind: How do you maximize online marketing?

In this monthly advice column, Marketing Mastermind Christy Murdock Edgar answers three burning questions from the real estate industry at large. This month’s topic: getting the max ROI from your online marketing. Continue reading