WATCH: Referrals vs. lead gen — which is best?

What’s better — buying leads or focusing on your sphere? Kendyl Young of Diggs Real Estate, Barbara Betts of The Betts Realty Group and Dan Sundberg of Kendrick Realty tackle this topic onstage at Inman Connect San Francisco. Continue reading

KW Labs, BoxBrownie win NAR hackathon, pitch battle

KW Labs and BoxBrownie each took home $15,000 checks and accolades Thursday at the National Association of Realtors’ iOi Summit in San Francisco. Continue reading

Home values continued to rise in July, but at slower rate: Zillow

Median home values increased 8 percent year-over-year, to $218,000 in July, but in 20 of the 35 largest markets growth slowed modestly, according to Zillow. Continue reading

Miami agent avoids prison for extortion of high-profile rivals, ‘The Jills’

South Beach Realtor Kevin Tomlinson avoided jail time after being found guilty on extortion charges in June for allegedly demanding $800,000 from rivals Jill Hertzberg and Jill Eber, a high-profile luxury real estate duo known as “The Jills.” Continue reading

HEAR IT: Reali releases threatening call from Compass agent

Compass confirmed the call did come from one of its agents but declined to provide the agent’s name. The company said it was spurred by an incident were a Reali employee set up a sign advertising its flat-fee services outside a Compass open house Continue reading