Keller Williams agents fired from local brokerage over Alexa Skill

Two Keller Williams agents who co-founded a separate startup company that offers an Amazon Alexa lead generation program called “My Home Agent” were abruptly fired by their Southern California franchise last week due to internal conflict surrounding th… Continue reading

Agent/broker perspective: When is a real estate office too ‘top heavy’?

A top Miami brokerage is hiring new staff and executives to manage a transition, but some agents feel that the firm has become too “top heavy,” with little insight being sought from successful agents. How can the broker balance these concerns? Continue reading

Want more business? Send these 10 thank-you notes

Well-timed, thoughtful, hand-written notes can lead directly to referrals and new business — take it from a wide range of agents who are making this strategy their own. Continue reading

Opendoor, Compass and their big investor are silent on Saudi Arabia controversy

Nearly half of the Softbank Vision Fund’s $93 billion in total value is financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the money controlled by the country’s ruling family — $45 billion. It recently committed the same sum to another mega tech fund th… Continue reading

More Canadian listings on deck as Zillow partners with Arizona firm

As part of the new partnership, Realty Executives International will publish listings from its Canadian franchise on Zillow. Continue reading

Keller Williams updates Kelle Snaps with team and agent sales numbers

Now Kelle Snaps will also include information related to an agent and their team, showing how many homes the agent or team has sold in a specific neighborhood over the past year.  Continue reading

Haus taps new CEO in pivot to For-Sale-By-Owner market

With an eye to capture the millennial-heavy for sale by owner (FSBO) market, San Francisco-based Haus announced its new CEO and a relaunched, no cost “end-to-end” real estate for-sale listing platform in California, in a release on Thursday. Continue reading