How to show up online without selling out: Visibility with integrity

Showing up with integrity, clarity and authenticity allows you to build a brand that’s in alignment with your own experience, Debra Trappen writes. Continue reading

Finding Financial Freedom: How Courtney Smith empowers women

Courtney Smith’s penchant for operations and love for strategy, finance and design turned into a recipe for success. It’s the latest in Melanie Klein’s Finding Financial Freedom series. Continue reading

UWM brings back 1% down conventional mortgage program

Nation’s largest lender reboots 1 percent down loans that cover up to $7,000 of the homebuyer’s down payment when financing a purchase backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Continue reading

WeWork is profitable again after working through its bankruptcy

The coworking behemoth says it is on a path to profitability after spending a year negotiating with landlords to eliminate $4 billion in debt and begin to turn a profit, according to a new report on Tuesday. Continue reading

Jon Grauman and Adam Rosenfeld launch Resident Group at Side

The duo previously led the Grauman Rosenfeld Group at The Agency and have collectively closed more than $3 billion in career sales. The new firm will be focused on client service, they said. Continue reading

NYC broker fee bill goes into effect despite REBNY lawsuit

New York City’s broker fee bill went into effect on Wednesday, prohibiting property owners from passing broker fees onto renters. REBNY attempted to block the bill’s enforcement but failed. Continue reading

3rd indictment adds new charge against Alexander brothers

The new allegation of aggravated sexual abuse by force, threat or intoxicant against Oren and Alon brings the total number of counts against the brothers collectively up to 10. Continue reading

Most likely to succeed (or disrupt): Class photos from Real Estate High

Compliance expert Summer Goralik shares a fictional yearbook of “Real Estate High,” because sometimes the best way to understand the industry is to take it back to homeroom. Continue reading

7 proven ways to revive a listing without dropping the price

A price drop is not your only option when the market’s slow or the listing’s stale. Darryl Davis offers strategies to reboot and relaunch that property. Continue reading

8 tips for maximizing a listing’s square footage as an agent

Agents can help sellers get the most value for their property by presenting a sleek, appealing home that’s optimized every single square foot of space, Clever’s Luke Babich writes. Continue reading