Using your personal credit cards to pay your business expenses? Stop!

About 80 percent of business owners fall into the trap of using personal credit and financial resources to run their business. Trainer Bernice Ross shares expert strategies for getting your finances in order. Continue reading

Hot-app summer: 15 brightest tech tools for real estate agents

Creating leverage through technology has never been easier, Jimmy Burgess writes. Check out his list of hot apps to make this summer sizzle for your business. Continue reading

5 ‘Owning Manhattan’ moments we can’t stop thinking about

The new Netflix show, centering on SERHANT.’s NYC agents, has been out for more than a week. Here are the jaw-dropping moments we keep circling back to mentally. Continue reading

4 ways to find your investment niche in multifamily real estate

By identifying a niche market and connecting with renters there, multifamily investors can build a successful business while providing renters with what they seek most, Michael Zaransky writes. Continue reading

6 steps for cultivating a culture of inclusion that agents want to join

Creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, welcomed and respected is vital to an organization’s success, Keller Williams’ Julia Lashay Israel writes, and it doesn’t just happen overnight. Continue reading

5 easy ways to stay in your lane during a transaction

Stop trying to be all things to your clients, broker Joseph Santini writes. Focus on the things that fall within your purview and direct traffic as needed on your transactions. Continue reading

Here’s why specialization matters for buyer’s agents

Developing areas of specialization enhances service, efficiency, and effectiveness and results in greater professional success for both teams and individual agents, coach Verl Workman writes. Continue reading

Can you hear me now? Why your clients miss 50% of what you say

Less talk, and more listening. Inman contributing writer Rachael Hite shares the real reason your transactions turn topsy turvy — and why it has everything to do with what’s lost in translation. Continue reading

5 losing strategies that will ruin team relationships 

Running a team is like leading a family, team leader Carl Medford writes. It takes concerted efforts to keep relationships intact and functioning in a healthy way. Continue reading