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Kinder, gentler Compass CEO regrets ‘arrogant’ marketing

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Compass CEO Robert Reffkin sat down with Inman to discuss the past six years and the state of both his company and the real estate industry as a whole. Continue reading →

Keller Williams agents fired from local brokerage over Alexa Skill

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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’?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 →