Want to make your career last? Heed these 3 tips

The real estate business is often a treacherous one with a high failure rate. What does it take to last in this industry? Here are three tips on how to thrive. Continue reading

A downturn convinced Bobby Downey to leave the mortgage industry to become an agent

Charlotte-based loan officer-turned-real estate agent Bobby Downey shares how he keeps his clients top of mind by offering service worthy of Chick-fil-A. Continue reading

WATCH: Startups that use big data

How can we use big data to make actionable decisions? Big data can bring a company big financial gains, if you know how to use it. Continue reading

7 facts about FHA loans you should know

Knowing more about how FHA works — and how to work with FHA — helps agents identify opportunities for their first-time buyer clients, who make up one in three buyers today. FHA is not for everyone, but for millions of young families, it is the piece th… Continue reading

WATCH: Data cap is more important than market cap

Media and real estate have more in common than you might think, argued Chris Finnegan, chief marketing and communications officer at Bright MLS onstage at Inman Connect New York. If you use data to target consumers in a personalized way, it can be more… Continue reading

Gary Keller, Josh Team on why they copied the portals: ‘All this chaos’

Keller Williams new consumer app tries to give homebuyers and sellers exactly what they want — and strip away everything they don’t. Continue reading

WATCH: Digital marketing trends from top agents

Top luxe agents plan to spend four to five times more on digital marketing in 2020 than their less productive peers, according to an internal study of more than 1,000 real estate agents, said the Luxury Presence CEO Malte Kramer at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading

WATCH: Pocket listing ban will have ‘huge impact on consumers’

A pair of industry leaders argued at Inman Connect New York that NAR’s recently approved Clear Cooperation Policy will ultimately be good for everyone. Continue reading