Pulse: How could your brokerage be improved? 15 suggestions from agents

Readers sounded off on changes they wish their brokerages would make. Suggestions varied, but they largely boiled down to better treatment, more support and less recruiting. Continue reading

Pulse: How could your brokerage be improved?

As part of Inman’s Agent Appreciation Month, we’re asking agents to sound off on their satisfaction levels. Please take this one-question survey to shed some light on how brokers could better care for their most crucial asset — you.  Continue reading

Pulse: How do you show appreciation to agents? Readers weigh in

Giving out gift cards, throwing holiday parties and offering a free stay in your second home (if you have one) were among the top suggestions from readers. Continue reading

Pulse: 12 responses to ‘I’m happy renting right now’

Readers offered a range of ways to overcome this objection mostly revolving around homeownership as a wealth-building mechanism, including by highlighting tax benefits and the folly of paying “someone else’s mortgage.” Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘I’m happy renting right now’?

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: A potential buyer tells you he’s happy renting for now. How … Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘You don’t hold open houses? Why?’

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: Your sellers are taken aback by the idea of not having an op… Continue reading

Pulse: 14 responses to ‘I can’t afford an agent’

Last week, we asked for your best responses to sellers when they say: “I can’t afford an agent.” Readers shared how they overcome this objection with a range of ways to emphasize that, even though agents charge commission, sellers can still net more by… Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘I can’t afford an agent’?

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: You’re prospecting FSBOs, and one tells you paying an agent … Continue reading