MDLLA’s James Harris and David Parnes announce business split after 13 years together

The “Million Dollar Listing LA” alums knew each other from their days working in London real estate and proceeded to build a business together as Bond Street Partners while at The Agency. Continue reading

How single women are reshaping today’s real estate conversation

From navigating life transitions to investing for long-term wealth, single women are taking the lead in real estate markets, luxury agent Lauren Endsley writes. Here’s how to serve them more effectively. Continue reading

Miami-based Elliman luxury agent Darin Tansey dies at 50

Tansey was a luxury agent in Miami for over 17 years and a Douglas Elliman fixture in the South Florida market. Tributes came in among the agent community upon news of his death. Continue reading

How 1 agent pivoted when his social media leads peaked

Ian Grossman hit a high point of gaining leads through social media that coincided with the Austin market hitting its pandemic peak. Once the market cooled and those leads started to fall off, he pivoted by adjusting his social strategy and nurturing h… Continue reading

Texas bans some foreign buyers from purchasing real estate

The law that went into effect on Monday prohibits individuals and companies from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying or leasing property for more than one year. Continue reading

NAR fires back at Mauricio Umansky’s PLS in new legal filing

The trade association essentially denied all allegations that The PLS made against it, arguing that Clear Cooperation and NAR policies are “lawful, justified, procompetitive [and] pro-consumer,” and that they were conducted with NAR’s legitimate busine… Continue reading

Your brand isn’t what you say it is (it’s what others see)

Your brand lives in the eye of the beholder, and it’s shaped by the perceptions of countless external stakeholders — not in what you say about it, The Agency President Rainy Hake Austin writes. Continue reading

How an agent’s networking landed him Roseanne Barr’s Hawaii listing

After decades in LA, Paul Stukin moved his family and his business to Hawaii. Keeping up those SoCal relationships recently helped him win comedian Roseanne Barr’s macadamia nut farm listing. Continue reading

8 ways to create Taylor Swift-level client loyalty in real estate

Trainer Rachael Hite reflects on the core strategies that the most successful agents she knows use to drive their businesses. Continue reading

Umansky: How traveling the world helped me build a massive global referral network

The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky writes that his passport has been one of the most valuable tools for opening doors to opportunities in every corner of the world. Continue reading