10 reasons agents suffer from call anxiety (and how to cure it)

The ability to make lead-gen phone calls allows real estate agents to pad their bottom line by avoiding the expense of paid leads, Carl Medford writes. Continue reading

215 agents, no recruiting: How Ryan O’Neill built RE/MAX’s No. 1 team in Minnesota

On this episode, The Minnesota Real Estate Team leader unpacks his human-first approach to scaling his team to 215 agents who did 1,600 sides and $621 million in 2024. Continue reading

5 questions to help you decide what you want in your next job

Looking ahead to 2026 and thinking of making a move? Derek Carlson offers five questions to help you think through your options and put your best face forward. Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Compass unveils new Buyer Demand tool

The tool integrates with others on Compass’ platform. It provides agents and homesellers real-time insights into how many buyers are searching for properties like theirs. Continue reading

How to WOW your clients with a simple communication strategy

While you can’t control the market or the latest industry headlines, you can control your timely and clear communication with clients, coach Darryl Davis writes. Continue reading

5 copy-and-paste emails that will wake up your database (and fill your listing pipeline)

These five emails start the right conversations with the right people, Jimmy Burgess writes, and they are cued up and ready to go to work for you right now. Continue reading

Cloze’s MAIA is smart, task-driven and enterprise-ready: Tech Review

Craig Rowe reviews Cloze AI’s latest, a system-wide artificial intelligence business assistant called MAIA, tasked with helping real estate agents manage tasks, people, events and business. Continue reading

Why most real estate agents lose the deal after the 1st meeting

You make a great first impression, but do you get the deal? Coldwell Banker Warburg’s Kevelyn Guzman writes that the art of the follow-up is where trust, loyalty and contracts are won. Continue reading

Compass-Anywhere merger FAQ: How will it change real estate?

What does the Compass-Anywhere deal mean for private listings? For NAR? For agents in the trenches? We’ve got the answers Continue reading

Hack your relationships: 7 underrated tech tools to use now

Steven McCloskey shares the lesser-known tools agents can’t stop raving about and how integrating them properly can automate your repetitive tasks, so you can focus on what matters. Continue reading