Expert or celebrity? French real estate TV just called our bluff

“The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties” on Netflix shows the difference between surface-level architectural and market knowledge and expertise, Molly McKinley writes. Continue reading

The perfection trap that’s holding your business back

Transform your storytelling and leverage content marketing to reveal your authentic professional journey and connect with clients, Jimmy Burgess writes. Continue reading

What does NAR’s new settlement mean to real estate professionals?

Darryl Davis explains what the settlement is, why it matters and what, if anything, it actually changes about how you do your job. Continue reading

The housing market isn’t breaking. It’s being rebuilt in real time

While the industry debates exposure, writes contributor Deb Siefkin, the structure of the market and how buyers find homes is being rewritten. Continue reading

Here’s what your 1st meeting with a buyer should look like

Your first meeting with a buyer is not a hurdle to get over, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is the foundation of everything that comes next. Continue reading

No one’s training new agents for this part of real estate

One of the first things new agents need to know is how to help a client step back and think clearly about their real estate goals and challenges, broker-owner Deb Siefkin writes. Continue reading

Your seller needs to sell now. Here’s how to handle the 6 objections that will stop them

Help seller clients position their home where buyers see it as the best value among the properties currently on the market.  Continue reading

Buyers are scared. That’s why they need our insight right now

Our job as professionals is to read between the lines and help our clients make better decisions than they’d make on their own, Greg Hague writes. Continue reading

Oil prices, jobs and mortgage rates: Numbers to know

Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at the factors that are impacting the economy at large and your local market. Continue reading

9 moves that will define the next 5 years for independent brokers

The next real estate cycle will favor operators who treat independence as a strategic asset instead of a personal identity. Continue reading