Pulse: What qualities should a real estate leader have?

What’s your take? Whether you’re a solo agent, part of a team, a broker or otherwise involved in real estate, we want to hear your thoughts on what real estate leadership should be. Please weigh in on this short survey. Continue reading

Want to be an exceptional real estate leader? Adopt these 10 traits

In the ever-changing, convoluted business of real estate, it takes a lot to be a standout leader. Whether you run a large brokerage or manage a small team of two, these 10 traits will help you lead with compassion and competence. Continue reading

Thinking about refinancing your 30-year mortgage? Think again!

All those deals soliciting homeowners to refinance their mortgages at today’s low interest rates might sound great, but when you really dig into the numbers, that’s often not the case. Here’s why. Continue reading

Dollars and Sense: What costs should new real estate agents expect?

Too often new agents come away from the onboarding process excited about all the potential money they could make in their new careers, but they are unprepared for the investments they’ll have to make to function as a plugged-in businessperson. Continue reading

Tales from the field: What’s in your dead files?

Sourced from various real estate pros all over the country, this recurring column features stories of what agents are seeing on the front lines and what others can draw from those experiences. This week, Teresa Boardman laments her dead files, filled w… Continue reading

Lead-gen game changer: How to use the blue ocean strategy to dominate your local market

What’s the best way to look for new lead-generation strategies? Discovering what others are doing that’s working well. In this recurring column, agents and brokers share what they’re doing to change up their lead-gen strategies. Find out how a book tha… Continue reading

The Real Word: What does iBuyer growth mean for agents?

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, Mike DelPrete and Inman released the State of the Industry Report. In it, DelPrete mentions that the iBuyer segment has doubled every year… Continue reading

Keeping It Real: How to master the art of execution

On this edition of “Keeping It Real,” a recurring podcast series on Inman, Peter Lorimer goes through the vital steps of following through.  Continue reading

From 30 to 100 agents in 2 years: Kris Lindahl on team growth

Kris Lindahl started his company, Kris Lindahl Real Estate, in 2018 with 30 agents, and now, fewer than two years later, he has grown to more than 100 agents with massive market share in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. I recently sat down with Lindahl t… Continue reading