From W2 to 1099: How to set up your new real estate business

Rick Guerrero talks to coach Katherine Loucaidou about making the leap from a steady full-time job to running your own real estate business. Continue reading

With focus on mortgage business, Zillow launches ‘BuyAbility’ tool

Zillow releases a new “BuyAbility” tool it says helps consumers find homes they can actually afford to buy after accounting for more variables. Continue reading

After NAR NXT, it’s clear: NAR is leading us into more lawsuits 

This is a moment of transformation in our industry, and you have a choice: adapt or fall behind, coach Darryl Davis writes. Don’t wait for the market to dictate your future. Take control.  Continue reading

7 elements for crafting airtight contracts in a post-Sitzer world

As real estate continues to evolve in a post-Sitzer | Burnett era, contract documents are likely to be refined and modified to reflect current trends, broker Cara Ameer writes. Continue reading

25 contract terms every new agent should master before 2025

Cara Ameer and Nicole Solari share the 25 terms that are crucial for new agents to explain to buyers and sellers without the benefit of crib notes. Continue reading

7 inexpensive ways to say ‘thank you’ this Thanksgiving

It’s gratitude season, Darryl Davis writes, so let’s show how much our colleagues, clients, vendors and friends mean with these affordable and original gift ideas. Continue reading

NAR perks and lavish spending spotlight of New York Times report

Volunteer National Association of Realtors’ leaders received perks and payment that lawyers say could run afoul of US tax laws, according to an investigation by the Times published on Monday. Continue reading

Homie: NAR created a ‘weapon’ that it used to block competition

In the latest filing in its quest for damages, Utah-based discount brokerage Homie asserted NAR, KW, RE/MAX and others created and enforced rules that amounted to an illegal conspiracy. Continue reading

What does true business alignment really mean?

True alignment offers opportunities for growth, innovation and transformation in both your business and the industry at large. Continue reading

Mauricio Umansky: To be great, ‘you have to dare to be bad’

The Agency CEO this week predicted more change ahead for the real estate industry, said agents are angry, and argued in favor of raising the bar for obtaining a real estate license. Continue reading