Monthly Archives: January 2019

Here’s how Compass, Realogy and NextHome test new technology

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Industry technology leaders from Compass, NextHome and Realogy laid out their companies’ different approaches when it comes to building technology on a panel at Inman Connect in New York City on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Last Year’s Research on Aging Hints at What Lies Ahead

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(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the American Federation for Aging Research, a national nonprofit with a mission to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.) The year 2018 ma… Continue reading →

Should You Get One of the New Reverse Mortgages?

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The reverse mortgage market has been in a state of flux ever since the U.S. government in 2017 reduced the amount borrowers age 62 and older can draw from their home equity for its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and raised that loan’s premiums…. Continue reading →

Want to Age Gracefully? Think Carefully

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The three things that adults age 55+ need to face are: 1) death is inevitable, 2) decline is (somewhat) preventable and 3) aging is generally manageable. These three things are not exactly the inverse of the good, the bad and the ugly. Two are rather g… Continue reading →

This team of engineers beat the Zillow Zestimate by 13%

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Team ChaNJestimate was announced Wednesday as the winner of the $1 million Zillow Zestimate challenge, with an algorithm that beat the company’s own baseline by 13 percent. With the algorithm, Zillow expects its Zestimate error rate to fall from 4.5 pe… Continue reading →

What Lady Gaga taught me about real estate clients

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Everyone has their quirks — for Lady Gaga it’s wearing meat dresses, and for your clients, it’s something else. Either way, everyone deserves a chance to be heard before they’re judged. Sometimes, it’s best to forego preconceived notions and approach p… Continue reading →

3 best tools for building a real estate farm

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Are you sick of spending thousands on listing leads? If so, you should consider building a real estate farm because it could effectively cut your lead spend down to zero. Agent Scott Himelstein gets dozens of listing leads for free because of his farm,… Continue reading →

Be a samurai: 6 ways to defend your commission rate

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Many agents who entertain the idea of cutting commission think, “Well, half a loaf is better than no loaf.” Husband-and-wife duo Carolyn and Paul Zweben completely disagree. Here are six pointers that’ll help you nix that thinking and win the full comm… Continue reading →

New tech means fewer showings, more serious buyers

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Mark Tepper, vice president of sales and business development at 3D imaging company Matterport, said Tuesday afternoon at the Inman Connect New York 2019 conference that today consumers want a more transparency and efficiency than they might have in th… Continue reading →