Rising prices scaring clients? Here’s what the stats really mean

Are rising housing prices a bad thing? Consumers think so. It’s critical real estate agents agents understand and can explain what that means for clients, the industry and the economy. Continue reading

Commission rebates: ‘Oh, hell no’

Agents flock to Facebook groups in search of answers in overcoming commission objections only to find a lot of useless chatter. Jay Thompson breaks down why some of the most common objection handlers are ineffective and shares the best response ever.
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SparkOffer’s open-bid model helps listing agents market homes: Review

SparkOffer is an open-offer model for buying homes, run by the listing agent to help market sellers’ homes. It can especially benefit agents with unique luxury listings, investment properties, land and other real estate that doesn’t earn a lot of atten… Continue reading

Inman Review: Plotify helps people invest in single-family rentals

The app can help investors find and quickly secure single-family-rental investments in cities around the country — or world — and provides management, leasing and no-recourse, interest-free financing. Continue reading

The Real Word: Why Evergrande’s $300B debt matters

In this edition of The Real Word, Bryon Lazine and Nicole White discuss Evergrande’s financial crisis, a Florida agent who’s being sued in $4.8 million transaction, and the paint color that can cool a home better than air-conditioning. Continue reading

The listing launch plan that gets higher prices, faster sales, more listings

To help you continue to grow your business as the market normalizes and flex those listing marketing muscles, here’s a step-by-step plan to launch your listing’s marketing — and sell quickly, for more — plus how to keep your sellers in the loop and ado… Continue reading

The iPhone 13 just launched. Do you need it?

The iPhone 13 has some major camera upgrades while most everything else stayed similar to the iPhone 12. Is it worth spending those hard-earned commission dollars to buy it? Continue reading

A competitor is recruiting me: Should I jump ship to another brokerage?

Is the grass really greener at another brokerage? That is the question a mid-level agent with top-producer dreams is pondering. Her broker thinks she’s not quite ready to make the move but doesn’t want to come off as bitter. Anthony Askowitz explores t… Continue reading

6 things agents wish sellers understood about marketing

First impressions are everything when putting a home on the market. That’s just one of several things Carl Medford wishes sellers understood about marketing homes to sell.
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