Pocket listings reshape access as agent commissions remain largely unchanged: Watchdog

A new report suggests that the industry’s push toward pocket listings is emerging as a pressure point for first-time buyers. 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

New data shows the colossal scale of Compass the megabrokerage

New data released last week gives a clearer picture of the effect of consolidation on the real estate industry. Continue reading

The 3-step framework that helps agents break out of a slump

The actions that will help you break through a plateau align with a framework that has stood the test of time: ask, seek, knock, Jimmy Burgess writes. Continue reading

Fiduciary duty doesn’t mean what you think it means

Find out how the real estate industry’s most powerful legal term is being weaponized and why consumers are paying the price. Continue reading

The marketplace is fracturing. Here’s how to compete anyway

The fundamentals of why sellers and buyers need a skilled, informed, honest real estate agent have not changed. Continue reading

5 years. $50M in sales. Here’s the blueprint behind it all

Jimmy Burgess shows how this Florida real estate agent remade his business by leaning in to social media and new niches. Continue reading

These real estate social media posts actually generate leads

Use these social media post ideas from Listing Leads’ Jimmy Mackin to generate more leads — not likes. Continue reading

Buyers agents are more valuable in today’s listing landscape

The era of the single, unified real estate marketplace — where every available home was findable in one place — is behind us, coach Darryl Davis writes. Here’s what’s next. Continue reading

HomeServices CEO: Hiding days on market, price history is a disservice to buyers and sellers

Chris Kelly weighs in on the myth of “harmful transparency” in real estate today and why the industry should focus less on data displays and more on fundamentals. Continue reading