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Sell more homes: 17 home staging tips for real estate agents

Housing Wire

As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. Its important to communicate to your sellers the value of home staging for real estate by taking out the personalization of the home while keeping the home’s personality and what makes it unique. Pro Tip Dont leave the cleared-out spaces blank.

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9 savvy strategies to get more real estate referrals

Housing Wire

This is evident when you ask any highly successful agent where they find their clients. That’s wonderful and something to be admired, yet I’ve had many agents who are earlier in their careers ask me HOW these agents built this referral machine. Asking for referrals can be intimidating for some agents and it can feel sales-y.

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The best real estate closing gifts for 2025

Housing Wire

We curated some standout closing gift ideas for buyers and sellers and assembled this guide to help you navigate the closing gift process. You might opt for a more upscale gift for your luxury home seller and choose something lasting for the first-time home buyer (Note: they may become a luxury client later in life!).

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Selling your home? Make sure you’re aware of hidden costs

Housing Wire

While a real estate agent’s commission is one of the most expensive costs, it definitely isn’t the only one. From staging fees, home improvements, repairs and seller concessions, there are several hidden costs involved in the selling process. To attract potential buyers, sellers have to make sure their home is aesthetically pleasing.

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30 real estate social media post ideas (+ popular agents to follow)

Housing Wire

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. Sixty percent of agents surveyed believe that social media provides higher quality leads than the MLS.

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Real estate postcards: The best ideas, examples and producers for 2025

Housing Wire

Even though most agents focus their marketing efforts online, people start thinking about finding a real estate agent well before they hit ENTER on their first Google search. Knowing this, real estate agents should always find friendly, conversational ways to stay on their potential clients minds year-round.

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2024 is not the year to cut corners on staging — here’s why

Housing Wire

With prices reaching unprecedented heights and interest rates soaring, the discerning nature of today’s buyers requires all agents to employ every possible advantage. As a listing agent , I pay for both a staging consultation and staging items as needed. In fact, this year I’d argue we need to take it a step further.

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