Finish 2025 strong by checking these 10 to-dos off your list

Lori Muller provides 10 steps you can take right now to close out Q4 with momentum and enter 2026 prepared, positioned and powerful. Continue reading

What Tom Ferry’s latest poll reveals about the future-focused agent

Troy Palmquist looks at Tom Ferry’s recent Instagram survey of his followers’ 2026 predictions and what they might mean for your business. Continue reading

Yes, the current market is brutal, but ‘boomsday’ is on the way

Boomsday isn’t a fantasy, Oliver Graf writes. It’s what happens when years of pent-up demand hit a turning point. And that point is coming soon. Continue reading

5 magic phrases that help real estate agents close more deals

These five simple phrases from Jimmy Burgess have helped countless agents win more listings, close more buyers and lead to more cooperative transactions with other agents. Continue reading

How to audit your brand like a marketing pro

Alyssa Stalker offers a simple step-by-step process to help agents evaluate their brand, find what’s out of sync and realign their message with who they are now. Continue reading

What Starbucks, TikTok and Taco Bell can teach us about marketing

From Grammarly’s rebrand to TikTok’s red carpet and Starbucks’ merch meltdown, everyone’s fighting for attention. Tech keeps getting smarter and marketing flashier, but the real win still comes from intention. Continue reading

Why Fannie and Freddie still won’t accept more inclusive credit score

FHFA Director Bill Pulte ordered the mortgage giants to start using more inclusive VantageScore 4.0 in July. But adoption is a “complex, technical and arcane” process that could drag into next year. Continue reading

Real partners with MAXA Designs on agent marketing platform

The co-branded marketing platform directly integrates with MLS property data and automatically delivers print and digital listing campaigns to agents via the firm’s AI-powered concierge, Leo CoPilot. Continue reading

New LGBTQ+ Alliance president talks about ‘opportunity in the chaos’

LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance President Tommie Wehrle shares her advocacy history, plans for the organization and the key to navigating political divides. Continue reading

Sign, show and sell: The open house playbook that actually works

In-person events build trust faster than any online ad, coach Darryl Davis writes. When your systems, signage and service are dialed in, that trust becomes traction. Continue reading