How are the schools? Three alternative rating sites to help your clients research their options

There’s more than one online resource to help your clients research local school systems. Taking a broader view of school ratings and the methodologies they use to arrive at their conclusions can elevate thousands of schools nationwide that are unfairl… Continue reading

What’s the craziest way you’ve kept a transaction together? Pulse

This week, we’re wondering: What’s the wackiest thing you’ve had to do to get a deal done? Let us know in this week’s Pulse. Continue reading

It’s National Homeownership Month. Here’s how you can address un-fair housing

Un-fair housing is an impediment to homeownership. Without fair access and opportunity to buy a home in this land of the free, homeownership likely feels to those denied like a nightmare, not the American dream. Continue reading

How are your clients funding their purchases? Pulse

This week, we’re wondering: How are your clients funding their purchases, especially in the face of higher home prices and interest rates? Continue reading

Circa 1920: What real estate agents need to know about roaring ’20s homes

Housing styles took a sharp turn away from traditional styles with the introduction of Art Deco design, and a new age in home architecture came on the scene. Gerard Splendore spells out what you should know about homes from this period. Continue reading

Time to get creative: 3 strategies for finding buyers homes

Buying a home is hard, but it’s not impossible. As a knowledgeable expert with a fiduciary duty to your clients, it’s your role to help buyers weigh and evaluate their options. Continue reading

Celebrate your agents! Enhance recognition by looking beyond the transaction

Rather than focusing on output, as measured by transactions completed, focus on what your agents have put into their businesses and the communities they serve. Celebrate your agents for their contributions to local charities and organizations. Continue reading

6 tips for giving out-of-town buyers next-level service

If you’re helping buyers look for homes from a distance, with only a short trip to make their final decision in person, here’s how to create systems and processes to make working with out-of-town buyers more effective, efficient and rewarding. Continue reading

Millennials want to buy. Here’s how you get them to the closing table

By taking the proper steps and doing the required research, you have the opportunity to help your millennial buyers overcome the many barriers that have continued to shut them out of homeownership. Continue reading