A house divided? 2024 election tests the agent-client bond: Intel
Business goes on mostly undisturbed. But a survey of hundreds of agents and brokers suggests the real estate industry is facing more thorny situations amid a contentious 2024 election....
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Are you fiscally fit? The financial checkup your business needs
Maintaining a healthy cash flow, controlling debt, building an emergency fund, planning for taxes and retirement — Keller Williams’ Julia Lashay Israel serves up the financial gut check questions every business needs to ponder. ...
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Secure success by embracing a leadership mindset, not a position
I started my real estate career as an agent 23 years ago. Today, I consider myself fortunate to have my dream job as a director of learning for a global real estate brand. I recently helped launch the CENTURY 21 International Leadership Academy to help real estate professionals increase their...
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Flagstar shedding 1,900 workers, but many could land at Mr. Cooper
A majority of the 1,200 Flagstar employees being let go in $1.4 billion sale of the company's mortgage servicing business will be offered the opportunity to transfer to Dallas-based Mr. Cooper....
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Real estate investors ran $230M Ponzi ploy to recoup shareholders
Executives of investment firm iCap ran the scheme from 2013 to 2022, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled this week. They turned to the scheme when their real estate portfolio failed to yield results....
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A 25-acre ‘tree house’ haven with an airplane guest room hits market
The unique getaway completed in 2010 by late craftsman and entrepreneur Reggie Whibley is on the market for $1.75 million. The hunt is on for a buyer who doesn't care about cell or internet service....
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Majority of sellers know they aren’t on hook for buyer commission: Poll
In a nationwide Inman-Dig Insight poll of active homebuyers, fewer than 5 percent of shoppers now listing their current home said they didn't realize that they could decline to pay buyer-side commissions....
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Breaking bad news: How to have tough client conversations
The energy you bring to client communication, Rachael Hite writes, can be the difference between a peaceful process and buyer or seller meltdown....
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How to defuse explosive real estate situations
Conflict with clients and colleagues is stressful, Bernice Ross writes. Find out how to respond to and deal with that stress so that it doesn't take a toll on you or your transactions....
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Beverly Hills-based The Agency tips hat to latest Dallas recruits
Led by Megan and Damon Williamson, The Agency's rapidly growing Dallas office most recently onboarded luxury agents Courtney Michalek of Compass and Andrea Childress of Monument Realty....
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