A step-by-step guide to reaching your 2019 business goals

This guide to business planning will walk you through setting SMART goals and creating action plans to achieve them. You’ll make 2019 your best year yet. Continue reading

How eXp Realty’s new stock equity program for agents works

EXp World Holdings, the parent company of virtual real estate brokerage eXp Realty, is making major changes to its agent stock program. Continue reading

Portland real estate offices targeted with violent graffiti

Vandals spray-painted words like “die,” “gentrification” and “get out” on the windows of two Portland real estate brokerage offices over the holiday weekend. Continue reading

Fighting Back: Make service and emotional engagement a priority

How are real estate broker-owners responding, adapting or changing? Here’s what Kendall Caputo, broker-owner of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Synergy in the Great Daytona Beach, Florida area, is doing. Continue reading

Biggest brokerage news of 2018

Brokerages saw a lot of movement this year, be it highly-producing teams and franchises striking out on their own or legacy companies launching new brands. Continue reading

Why brokerages need to offer marketing concierge services

In today’s industry, it’s impossible for agents to go it alone — they can’t market, negotiate, write up contracts, show buyers houses and list properties by themselves all while maintaining a high level of service. This is where brokerages have a chan… Continue reading

Why this $120M indie sold to Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty

Led by husband and wife Realtors, Evelyn and Steve Rosling, the 14-year-old Park Place Real Estate covers the Portland metropolitan area and southwestern Washington state and recorded $120 million in sales volume for 2018 with 25 agents.  Continue reading

The biggest mergers and acquisitions of 2018

The year in real estate was marked by big-name brokerages and franchises using their capital to gobble up market share and boost their value propositions with enhanced agent technology. Continue reading