NRT CEO compares Compass’ agent recruitment to ‘shoplifting’

NRT CEO Ryan Gorman compared Compass’ recruitment of agents and efforts to gain market share in competing marketplaces to “shoplifting” at Inman Connect in Las Vegas Thursday morning.  Continue reading

Back At You birthed from merger with Realistiq

Back At You Media and Realistiq combine to offer automated social media and digital marketing with back-office oversight under the banner Back At You. Continue reading

Strong operations staff is key to a successful team

This story is featured in Teams Beat, Inman’s new free weekly newsletter. Every Thursday, we’ll explore the ins and outs of the fast-growing world of real estate teams. Sign up to receive Teams Beat here. When Daniel Beer’s eXp Realty team … Continue reading

Here’s how this 9-person team closed 600 transactions

The Laurie Finkelstein Reader Real Estate Team announced at Inman Connect Las Vegas that last year about nine agents sold 608 homes, meaning, on average, each agent closed more than 60 transactions in 2018. Continue reading

Millennials are the worst clients, according to agent poll

A recent survey from Redfin also shows that agent attrition is going up, and that many agents have to supplement their income with other work. Continue reading

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on Zillow: ‘I’m scared of them’

Describing Zillow as ‘Godzilla,’ Kelman also conceded that Redfin’s iBuying program will never grow to 50% of the market. Continue reading

Zillow CEO Rich Barton: ‘Real estate agents are not going away’

Rich Barton discusses Zillow’s ‘expansion’ into Zillow homes, his goal for the Zestimate and why he wants his company to be a home marketplace. Continue reading

Brad Inman: A consumer manifesto for real estate

“An industry that used to manage the consumer will be managed by the consumer — and that’s good,” Brad Inman said during an Inman Connect interview with Warburg Realty’s Clelia Peters. Continue reading

BoomTown launches new lead generation and marketing tools

The company promises to nurture leads for up to a year and says its concierge will field leads 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Continue reading