The final 15 minutes of ICLV’s CEO Connect was supposed to be a broad discussion about the country’s biggest companies — Facebook, Amazon and Google — and whether they would ever substantially enter the real estate business. That was, until this mornin… Continue reading
What does it take for a nearly $10 billion company to pivot its business model? Onstage in front of about 300 executives at ICLV’s CEO Connect, Zillow President Greg Schwartz said it takes courage, but spent more time explaining his company’s new busin… Continue reading
CEO Connect panelists agreed Tuesday that brokerages and industry associations can do more to help agents learn the financial skills that aren’t routinely taught in the workplace. Continue reading
Douglas Elliman CEO Scott Durkin, however, slammed HouseCanary for ‘wanting a piece of our commission’ during an Inman Connect panel. Continue reading
Tim Heyl, a mega agent with Keller Williams and a budding tech entrepreneur, argues that the residential real estate industry’s business model is going in two directions, and that successful firms don’t want to be caught in the middle. Continue reading
Being part of an indie brokerage has its upsides, but several agents Tuesday said that going with franchises ultimately benefited their bottom lines. Continue reading
Top producers or not, agents need to fit the culture of a brokerage, or they’ll end up costing the firm money, according to panelists at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading
When Kimberly Sethavanish and James Colucci moved from Orange County to northern California, they knew that building a real estate network would be tough. Continue reading
‘We build a foundation, a structure, that agents build their business on top of,’ one real estate executive explained Tuesday during an Inman Connect Las Vegas panel. Continue reading
Christine Lee, CEO of Seize the Market, and Imran Poladi, a vice president at NextHome, Inc., share tips on finding the right brokerage. Continue reading