Your bread and butter: 3 ways to build and retain a dream team

Searching for talent in a shift might feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. CEO Anthony Hitt shares his secrets to discovering new agents and keeping them happy and engaged. Continue reading

Circa: What agents should know about architecture throughout the decades

The American dream has been homeownership for a long time, but boy have the facades and layouts changed over the years. Thankfully, Inman contributor Gerard Splendore is here to walk us through it all. Continue reading

How to nurture pessimistic buyers to the closing table

The last couple of years have taken an emotional toll on hopeful homebuyers, and current interest rate and inflation increases aren’t helping. The Agency’s Santiago Arana offers strategies to help your potential homebuyers manage their expectations and… Continue reading

Circa 1970: What agents need to know about housing styles in the disco age

Housing stock from the 1970s blends holdover aesthetics from the 1960s with a new emphasis on organic and global elements. Gerard Splendore offers a guided tour through homes from “the decade that taste forgot.” Continue reading

Are things feeling off? How to reset expectations with a client mid-relationship

Some of your clients may have started their transaction in a market that’s different from the one we’re in now. Stan Ponte offers advice for having important conversations and providing timely information to successfully reset client expectations. Continue reading

Has your pipeline caught a cold? Best cures for reviving your CRM

When you realize your pipeline is ill, much like the doctor with a stethoscope, you will need to get to the heart of the matter. Trainer Rachael Hite has a roundup of Inman’s best CRM prescriptions to get you back on track. Continue reading

These new MLS rules could kill future bombshell commission lawsuits

A new policy by Northwest MLS offers a glimpse at changes that could make commissions easier to negotiate and more transparent. Trainer Bernice Ross outlines how widespread adoption of this policy change could help to circumvent current and future comm… Continue reading

Do luxury agents deserve VIP treatment from brokers?

The problem for this broker? How do you balance winning recruitment perks with the optics of favoritism when wooing a rock-star luxury agent? Anthony Askowitz lays out the dilemma in this agent-broker perspective. Continue reading

Seeing fewer leads? Time to re-engage your direct mail marketing

It looks like we need to get back to doing what we used to do to sell homes and find buyers, like staging, in-person tours, and yes, even direct mail. Continue reading