Author Archives: Patrick Kearns

Want to level up? Than become a wealth manager, not just an agent

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When catering to wealthy clients, one way to ensure repeat business is to become a wealth manager rather than simply a real estate agent. Continue reading →

Meet the real estate agent who built a career out of his Instagram

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Two schools of marketing thought converged Wednesday morning at Inman’s Luxury Connect event in the main ballroom at the Beverly Hills Wilshire Hotel. Continue reading →

To boost your business, separate the signal from the noise

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On Wednesday, executives from Compass, The Agency, Keller Williams, and Climb Real Estate discussed how agents can cut through the noise. Continue reading →

Kinder, gentler Compass CEO regrets ‘arrogant’ marketing

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Compass CEO Robert Reffkin sat down with Inman to discuss the past six years and the state of both his company and the real estate industry as a whole. Continue reading →

Keller Williams agents fired from local brokerage over Alexa Skill

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Two Keller Williams agents who co-founded a separate startup company that offers an Amazon Alexa lead generation program called “My Home Agent” were abruptly fired by their Southern California franchise last week due to internal conflict surrounding th… Continue reading →

Why real estate tech investment won’t stop anytime soon

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A massive amount of money is flowing into the real estate technology space and Jeffrey Berman, general partner at real estate tech investment firm Camber Creek thinks it’s only going to grow. Continue reading →

How are agents (and their clients) coping with stock market sell-off?

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The stock market’s slump this week likely has many in the real estate industry wondering what the downswing means for their bottom line. Continue reading →

Zillow hires NAR vet Ken Wingert to lead government relations

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Ken Wingert is leaving the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to become Zillow’s head of federal government relations, the Seattle-based real estate tech company announced. Continue reading →

Rise and fall: How much real estate CEOs lost in the stock market slide this week

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On Wednesday, the Dow Jones stock index plummeted 800 points. Here are the publicly traded real estate CEOs who took the biggest hit. Continue reading →