Ready or not? 5 recruiting secrets to find the best candidate for your team

Recruiting and retention are essential to controlling costs and ensuring that you onboard the best possible team for your business. Consultant Chris Pollinger offers simple strategies to end your staffing woes. Continue reading

Recruiting at the heart of Chime’s latest enterprise platform add-on

The innovative sales and marketing technology platform Chime has rolled out a recruiting product as part of its recent evolution as large-scale enterprise player. Continue reading

9 characteristics of resilient real estate agents

If you’re looking for a new rockstar to join your team, you will do yourself a huge favor by looking for candidates who already exhibit the characteristics of high-performing agents. Keep in mind, however, that some things can be taught or perfected ov… Continue reading

Why company culture makes or breaks a brokerage acquisition

Inman events are the best way to connect, learn and grow. Don’t miss the next one, August 3-5 at Inman Connect Las Vegas! Get your ticket now for the best price. The top factor that those seeking to acquire brokerages should consider is culture, accord… Continue reading

M. Ryan Gorman: Agents, be ready for an ‘endurance race’

The Coldwell Banker CEO told the Inman Connect crowd that external lead sources like Zillow change, but organic lead growth puts agents in control. Continue reading

To master recruiting, Kris Lindahl says educate — and collect data

Team-owned brokerage CEO Kris Lindahl spoke about his brokerage’s scholarship program at Inman Connect Las Vegas on Tuesday. Continue reading

Echovate’s latest iteration helps build better teams

Part of what’s new is a mentorship adviser, a tool that juxtaposes new agents’ profiles with existing performers to determine who in-house could best help them assimilate and succeed. Continue reading

RE/MAX sues its own broker for allegedly recruiting 41 agents to eXp

The real estate franchisor alleges half of the agents under Jimmy Dulin jumped ship to eXp at his prodding even though he was under contract with RE/MAX. The complaint alleges breach of contract, federal trademark infringement and unfair competition. Continue reading

You’re a successful agent … so what’s next?

You’ve built a successful career as an agent. You’ve mastered writing offers, crushed open houses, and done more showings than you can count. So, what now? What is your next step? Opening your own brokerage and taking the leap into ownership is a great… Continue reading

New Compass agents can compete with Howard Hanna: Court

Howard Hanna had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent its former agents from violating non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements. The court denied the request. Continue reading