7 hard-earned lessons from a firefighter-turned-broker

Entrepreneurship requires fundamental changes, no matter what your previous occupation may have been. Broker Nick Schlekeway outlines the seven lessons you’ll need to learn to be successful. Continue reading

Lesson Learned: Build your business by making connections

Find out how Seattle real estate broker Val Burmester started her business by making exceptional connections from Day 1. Continue reading

Top 20 things Realtors really want for Christmas in 2023

Forget Cross pens and Starbucks gift cards. According to mega-team leader Carl Medford, here’s what’s really on the wishlist of every real estate pro right now. Continue reading

Recapping the resilience of the 2023 housing market

Despite unprecedented challenges, and the predictions of naysayers, the residential real estate market showed surprising strength in 2023, according to industry analyst Michael Gifford. Continue reading

Stop! Before you send that buyer listings, ask these 47 questions

If you don’t ask your buyers the right questions, writes broker associate Cara Ameer, before you travel too far down the road with them, you could end up wasting their time and yours. Continue reading

Is Aalto the alt brokerage consumers want? Tech Review

At its heart, the company is a brokerage, but with twice the number of coders and designers than advisers, it’s more of a “technology company” than Keller Williams and Compass. Continue reading

24 of the best ways to generate real estate leads in 2024

Whether you’re looking to appeal to buyers or sellers, Jimmy Burgess offers a range of paid, low-cost and no-cost lead generation activities that are working now. Continue reading

3 reasons you should be using a buyer agreement now

According to broker Joseph Santini, buyer agreements are good for buyers and good for buyer agents. Find out more about these valuable tools and how to get them signed. Continue reading

5 people you need in your corner when starting out in real estate

Mauricio Umansky helps you build your ideal team to inform, challenge and fuel the growth of your real estate business. Continue reading