How to explain home equity lines of credit to buyers

Agents have to be prepared to answer complicated questions about home equity lines of credit. In this post, we’ll simplify the subject so you can provide a clear, concise explanation that buyers will understand. Continue reading

Consumers want an Amazon-like experience when closing

Consumers who are used to being able to buy things with a single click want a similar experience when purchasing real estate — and they’re pushing the industry to innovate in complex areas that have long resisted disruption. Continue reading

Bain Capital execs: iBuyers are foes of brokers and homebuyers

Merritt Hummer, a principal at Bain who spoke with Harris and during a second Inman Connect session Friday, also painted iBuyers as antagonists to consumers themselves. Continue reading

What you need to know about platforms — and why they matter

Keller Williams Director of Innovation Adi Pavlovic spoke Thursday at Inman Connect, explaining what a platform is and why it matters for real estate pros. Continue reading

Agents need to consider their vendors’ data protections

As agents move their work online and market themselves as digital service providers, they need to consider what happens to the data they share. Continue reading

4 lessons I learned as a plumber’s apprentice

Sometimes, we experience chapters in our early years that turn out to be extremely transformative and beneficial for getting us through situations later in life. Horizon Realty Group COO Jeffrey Michael can attest to this as his time as a plumber’s app… Continue reading

3 tips for winning real estate listings as a newbie agent

Want to know how you can win real estate listings when competing with agents who have years of experience over you? John Newman, team leader of The Newman Group, shares three specific strategies used by his millennial-only team time and again to win li… Continue reading

How to foster and benefit from diversity in real estate

A quarter of those rookie Realtors identify as minorities. And given the increasingly diverse makeup of the home buying public, it’s more timely than ever for real estate agents to consider how to foster diversity in their ranks as well as how best to … Continue reading

Virtual brokerages ‘will pull us all down’

Long & Foster CEO Jeff Detwiler is unhappy with the state of agent professionalism, training and supervision in the real estate industry. He put virtual brokerages in the crosshairs in conversation with David Charron, the president of MRIS Investo… Continue reading