Opendoor’s buyer agent commission advantage: DelPrete

Opendoor is deftly turning its super-skimpy buyer commissions into a competitive advantage to optimize its business model. Mike DelPrete looks at the data and explains what it means for the industry. Continue reading

Build a database from scratch through professional networking

The strength of your database begins with you, according to Jeff Roth. If you are working on yourself and your business and showing up in the world trying to add value, others will respond in kind. Continue reading

Goldman Sachs predicts 2024 recovery: The Real Word

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss the Goldman Sachs prediction on falling home sales, the return of the 40-year fixed mortgage, California blackout risks, and Apple’s iPhone 14 event. Find out what they have to say about these hot topics, and watch… Continue reading

6 questions millionaire real estate leaders ask themselves each day

These six questions should take six minutes or less to review and answer, Livian CEO Adam Hergenrother says. Decide to start the habit today of asking yourself these questions. Repeat every day — and watch your leadership, relationships, business and l… Continue reading

What’s the biggest marketing mistake agents make? Pulse

This week, we want to know: What’s the biggest marketing mistake agents make? Is it failure to launch, failure to follow-up or something else? Continue reading

The truth about Zillow’s ShowingTime acquisition: The Real Word

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss the real reason Zillow acquired ShowingTime, the hype behind the housing recession, and how “shrinkflation” could potentially change the game for consumers in 2023. Watch this week’s TRW to stay on top of this week… Continue reading

ShowingTeam helps brokers, agents share work in emerging app category

ShowingTeam’s intent is ideal for new agents needing to learn a market, and can be used by brokers to tell top talent there’s a system in place for handling the tasks that become mundane as you experience success. Continue reading

Zillow: Colorado ‘commingling’ ruling a win for agents, consumers

In a new Op-ed, Zillow Senior Director of Broker Operations Matt Hendricks says that Zillow strongly supports updating policies like the one announced by REcolorado because they empower consumers and provide a more accessible, transparent picture of wh… Continue reading

Your prediction about the housing market is probably wrong

Forget the memes. According to broker Teresa Boardman, if you’ve been around real estate for any length of time, you know that the only thing you can expect is the unexpected. Continue reading