Midlife Startup Tips From 3 Successful Women Entrepreneurs

If you’re a woman over 50 thinking about starting a business, a great way to learn how to do it is by speaking with women entrepreneurs who’ve done so successfully. I just had an opportunity to do just that, talking with three I saw  at the What’s Next… Continue reading

Peggy Rowe Tells Stories About Her Mother

Mother. Grandmother. Realtor. Baltimore Orioles groupie. These are just four of the roles that the late Thelma Knobel played in the Rowe family of Baltimore. Her daughter, Peggy, recently published a memoir— About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Cra… Continue reading

Pain and Gain: Why Some People Choose CrossFit

At a recent wedding, 68-year-old Ellen Bonk showed a group of millennials how to “get down” to the Isley Brothers’ Shout. “When they sing ‘a little bit softer now,’ there was only one other person who got down lower to the floor than me and still got b… Continue reading

3 critical areas to organize in your flexible career

Some of the most successful agents in the world are meticulously organized and have a set schedule that they live by. Here are a few organizational tips and tricks you can use to make the most of your not-so-strictly defined job. Continue reading

5 online tools for keeping tabs on your reputation

Every individual and business should be aware of what is being said about them online — but the internet is so vast, you might need a little help knowing how or where to begin. Here are five online tools every real estate agent can use to monitor their… Continue reading

Recycle this post! 8 ways to get the most bang for your ideas

Blogging has many steps — writing, rewriting, editing and writing again. The key to working smarter — and not harder — is to make sure that one of those steps includes recycling your best insights so that you get the most ROI from your efforts. Here ar… Continue reading

10 proven ways to boost your real estate business’ profitability

What’s the one thing agents can do to dramatically increase their profits? Take it from 10 pros who know, and tap into their ideas for keeping more of your hard-earned commission moving forward. Continue reading

For agents looking to leave Contactually, the best alternative CRM is …

A thread on Inman’s Coast to Coast Facebook group ignited volumes of debate about which CRM software is the best and what agents should do if they no longer want to work with Contactually. Here are the top contenders according to our readers. Continue reading

Home profit margins soften nationwide

Homeowners who sold their home in Q1 2019 experienced an average price gain of $57,500 since purchase — a $2,500 quarter-over-quarter decline from Q4 2018 and a $767 year-over-year increase from Q1 2018. Continue reading

How Vancouver college kids live in mansions on the cheap

As a result, owners of luxury homes, many of which happen to be close to the university, have been renting out bedrooms to avoid being hit with extra taxes. Since most students are already expecting to have roommates rather than a whole apartment, they… Continue reading