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‘Real Estate Insiders’ discuss commission sharing risks and alternate practices

Housing Wire

Co-hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson urge agents to stop sharing commissions and discuss ways that listing agents can put their seller’s needs first while avoiding legal trouble and creating an excellent experience for their clients in an uncertain market. We put their interests above our own and we advise them,” Robinson added.

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Real estate Instagram accounts: 21 agents & influencers to follow right now

Housing Wire

From client quirks to open-house mishaps, his posts are so relatable that youll swear hes been shadowing your day-to-day. A post shared by The Agency (@theagencyre) Actionable Insights High-quality visuals can elevate your brand and attract more clients Showcase aspirational properties to capture the attention of luxury buyers 2.

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Loan officers are dramatically cutting their pay to win clients. It’s often illegal. 

Housing Wire

So he did what a lot of retail loan officers in the industry were doing — Mike would reclassify a self-generated lead as a corporate-generated lead, thus slashing his compensation from 125 basis points down to as low as 50 bps, giving him a low enough rate to win the client and eventually close the deal. The lower comp rate stung.

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SmartZip Review: Can data improve your prospecting game?

Housing Wire

As a SmartZip user, you’ll get immediate access to its customer relationship management (CRM) tool, pre-populated with client data from your target market so you can begin marketing to those potential sellers. Reach 150 captures your clients’ positive reviews and showcases them to your contacts across the web.

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Top Producer Review: Features, pricing & alternatives

Housing Wire

One of the biggest challenges for agents is finding new clients and staying top-of-mind until they are ready to buy or sell. Today, It is an all-in-one platform designed to help real estate agents manage many aspects of their business, including building meaningful relationships to grow repeat and referral business with clients.

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Opinion: Navigating buyer agent compensation

Housing Wire

Before any interaction between buyer and seller agents , potential sellers and buyers would sign contracts with their brokers The buyer agreement would state what services would be provided by the buyer broker and what compensation they would receive. The negotiation would continue until the parties agreed to the terms of the sale.

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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

Then, drive traffic to your home valuation page using social media or targeted advertising. They let you pay to “own “ your zip code at their home valuation page, homevalues.com, and do all the advertising work for you. Top tool: Market Leader Tools like Market Leader make driving sellers to home valuation pages easy.