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Smart Home Tech: Your smart switch buying guide

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If you’re looking to add updated smart home elements to your home or your latest listing, Realtor Brandon Doyle offers an overview of smart switches. Continue reading →

The present (and future) of MLS regionalization

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MLS regionalization offers a variety of benefits for real estate pros and their clients, whether in urban metroplexes or rural markets. Continue reading →

Overcome your public speaking fears to become a stronger Realtor

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Public speaking is an essential skill in real estate to land a listing, close a deal and present yourself as an authority. Still, it’s also a skill most agents avoid building because they’re terrified of actually getting up to give a presentation. Continue reading →

Circa 1930: What real estate agents need to know about housing styles in the 1930s

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The 1930s saw a blend of influences and trends, driven in large part by the impact of the Great Depression. Broker Gerard Splendore offers insight into the historical and architectural roots of the decade’s home styles as part of his Circa series. Continue reading →

Red flag! 12 things agents should watch out for when being recruited

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Here’s what some agents who have recently made strategic moves have to say about keeping one’s eye on the prize when it comes to negotiating contracts with a new brokerage. Continue reading →

It’s National Homeownership Month. Here’s how you can address un-fair housing

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Un-fair housing is an impediment to homeownership. Without fair access and opportunity to buy a home in this land of the free, homeownership likely feels to those denied like a nightmare, not the American dream. Continue reading →

You told us your exit strategies. A CPA breaks down what works (and what doesn’t)

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In a recent Pulse column, Inman asked its readers for their take on their own personal retirement plan or exit strategy. After reading each response, financial planner Jordan Curnutt could not help but let his financial planning brain start running wit… Continue reading →

KW demands REX turn over audio recordings in commission suit

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The real estate franchisor has subpoenaed the discount brokerage for recordings of all in-bound calls, not just those purporting to show agent steering, in multibillion-dollar class-action case. Continue reading →

The false choices of the commission crunch

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Many real estate professionals look down on discounted brokerages, but it may be because they’re asking themselves the wrong questions. Grant Clayton offers some alternatives for your consideration. Continue reading →

Is flat fee the future of real estate? Here’s what to know

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As home prices have risen, driven by supply shortages and increased demand, many real estate industry experts have started considering whether the existing commission compensation model is still working. Continue reading →