In hot real estate markets like San Francisco, buyers need to know that their offer won’t be alone. And that’s where a good real estate agent comes in — to help make that offer standout and educate that buyer on what they need to do to be competitive. Continue reading
There used to be some pretty clear differences between the two leading iBuyers — Zillow and Opendoor. Now things are blurrier. Continue reading
The Laurie Finkelstein Reader Real Estate Team announced at Inman Connect Las Vegas that last year about nine agents sold 608 homes, meaning, on average, each agent closed more than 60 transactions in 2018. Continue reading
In an industry focused on creating a more streamlined transaction, the power of the agent needs to be realized after the transaction too, leaders say. Continue reading
Molly Bloom on Tuesday told the Inman Connect Las Vegas audience the story of how she fostered the growth of the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in the world. The FBI took the game down, and the entire saga became fodder for a memoir and a major … Continue reading
Real estate analyst Mike DelPrete argued during an Inman Connect panel on Wednesday that ‘red is the new black.’ Continue reading
One of the things that often gets lost when discussing major acquisitions by big companies is the individual agent, who goes from utilizing a startup’s service to potentially running a crucial part of a business on a competitor’s platform. It happened … Continue reading
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