Texas bans some foreign buyers from purchasing real estate

The law that went into effect on Monday prohibits individuals and companies from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying or leasing property for more than one year. Continue reading

NAR fires back at Mauricio Umansky’s PLS in new legal filing

The trade association essentially denied all allegations that The PLS made against it, arguing that Clear Cooperation and NAR policies are “lawful, justified, procompetitive [and] pro-consumer,” and that they were conducted with NAR’s legitimate busine… Continue reading

Your brand isn’t what you say it is (it’s what others see)

Your brand lives in the eye of the beholder, and it’s shaped by the perceptions of countless external stakeholders — not in what you say about it, The Agency President Rainy Hake Austin writes. Continue reading

NAR lost the trust of many agents. Is the trade group winning it back?

When new rules governing buyer’s agent compensation went into effect, the share of real estate agents Intel surveyed who saw the National Association of Realtors as bad for the industry shot up. One year later, some agents are coming back around. Continue reading

Lesson Learned: When it comes to real estate, there’s no final exam

Find out how Connecticut real estate agent Eddie Gutierrez keeps climbing, while learning new things all along the way. Continue reading

ICYMI, all the latest on Trump, the Fed, mortgage rates and more

Last week, Inman staff writers and contributors had governmental and economic shifts on the brain, writing about rates, sales trends and the national debt. Continue reading

The secrets behind RE/MAX’s top team and its billion in sales

On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered — now exclusively on Inman — Gary Ashton and Debra Beagle raise the curtain on The Ashton Real Estate Group’s playbook. Continue reading

The 7 C’s of highly successful agents (and how to apply them)

Implement these characteristics of top agents, Jimmy Burgess writes, to watch your real estate business explode with new momentum. Continue reading

How a Keller Williams broker saved her agents from a drunken gunman

Orlando-based Keller Williams broker Oglah Gatamah shares how she protected her agents from a gunman who walked into her office in February. Gatamah said leaders must balance customer service with safety. Continue reading

Trump vs. Fed, Taylor Swift, your referral blueprint: Inman’s Top 5

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers. Continue reading