How to incentivize your team (without carving into your split)

Here’s how Nicole Lopez, founder of True Houston Real Estate, motivates her team by giving them what matters most and has a little fun in the process. Continue reading

Growing beyond a team: 10 things you should know as you scale

Take the journey with this team leader, and find out how he went from single agent to leading a team to breaking off into his own brokerage and what he learned along the way. Continue reading

Off track on your sales goals? Start using the ‘midway mayday’ system

Keep yourself on track with your sales goals by kicking up your prospecting activity if you haven’t reached your halfway point by mid-month. Here’s how. Continue reading

The Kaizen way: Reach your goals and improve, step by step

As a broker or team leader, you might have goals for your agents, but you need to train them to focus on the process of achieving those goals to successfully reach them. Continue reading

Dollars and Sense: How to get more out of your career

If you’re looking to tap into the potential that your real estate career holds — whether it’s money, satisfaction or enjoyment — we’ve got 10 suggestions for helping you make your job more gratifying this year. Continue reading

When is enough, enough? Don’t overextend for baseless goals

Don’t just pull a random number out of the air. Take time to look at how you want to live, analyze your sales data and develop some real goals. Continue reading

Dollars and sense: 10 things financially smart agents already know

In this recurring column on all things agent and broker finance, Jack Gross explains why establishing financially savvy habits starts with self-awareness and how he learned that the hard way. Continue reading

New year, new you: 8 ways to practice self-care

With the changing landscape of our field, the changing business models and the speed at which we have to respond to survive, it’s strategic and smart to practice self-care. Continue reading

Pick a focus word for 2020 and keep it in your mind

In the past few years, there’s been a move of sorts to replace the traditional resolution with a “focus word” or “word of the year.” Choose a focus word (or short phrase) to help keep you centered on your goals. Continue reading