Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this article, we will dive into why hiring a 1099 contactor in place of property staff can put your company at risk, ways to prevent potential staffing problems and appropriate alternatives. When classifying someone as a contractor, there are specific legal guidelines that need to be followed carefully.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Joining and engaging with groups of fellow Realtors on Facebook should be a key tool in every agent’s toolbox. Glover U Inner Circle Run by top agent and national coach Jeff Glover, this Facebook group is a great way to get a taste of the training GloverU offers for free. Join Real Estate Mastermind 5.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This article originally appeared in the February 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. This includes upgrading technology to serve tech-savvy young buyers better, hiring additional staff, and developing a robust training program to prepare new employees for the increased volume of customers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

ZPA is a great tool to gain exposure for your listings and show your expertise on one of the most popular listing platforms in the country. Again, dont copy anything, but you can certainly start to craft your own voice. Visit Zillow Premier Agent 4. Example: If the yard is small, great! Thats less lawn for the buyer to mow all summer long.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

In my last article, I touched on three of the challenges we had to overcome to achieve our growth goals. The first thing I focused on was agent management and training. Action Item: Take an honest look at your current tools, technology , and how you train agents. Do you have the right combination that works?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In this article, you’ll find nine tried-and-true ways to start and grow your real estate referral business. Related article Real estate referral fees: The ultimate guide for 2024 9 savvy strategies to get more real estate referrals A note on mindset. Related article Peer-to-peer networking for real estate professionals 5.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

Most broker-owners we know are feeling the pressure to find tools that can move the needle for their businesses — quickly. The right real estate brokerage software will help you gain market share, train, recruit, and retain more (and better) agents, and make more profits. That difference is everything.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In this article, weve compiled 49 compelling real estate newsletter ideas and subject lines. We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Market Leaders advanced newsletter automation tool can help.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Paperback Audiobook Related article 8 effective mindset hacks from a top real estate coach Best motivational books for real estate agents All It Takes is a Goal by Jon Acuff Recommended by several agents, this book showed Leah Haunani Awapuhi McCann how to turn potential into a goal and then how to achieve that goal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Related articles 8 effective mindset hacks from a top real estate coach 3. Silence can be a powerful tool. I have trained myself to keep a pen in my hand and stare at the page as if I am waiting to write down their answer. Related articles How to compete and win with your listing presentation (+ scripts) 5.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

Hladik, Chair, Legal League This article originally appeared in the March 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. Her experience has landed her several speaking engagements at training seminars, conferences, and continuing legal education courses on real property issues.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Offrs is a predictive analytics tool that generates listing leads for real estate agents. In this article, we’ll review Offrs’ suite of products designed to help agents laser-focus their marketing efforts on leads with the most potential and automate processes. Want more listings this year? Want to learn more?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Newly licensed agents: 25% Newly licensed agents will require extensive training and coaching to start generating revenue for your brokerage. That said, recruiting newly licensed agents as junior agents for your top producers is an excellent way to keep them happy and train new agents at the same time.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Today, getting your Colorado real estate license is a streamlined process with all the tools and resources you need to succeed right at your fingertips. Related articles Real estate exam prep: The ultimate guide to acing your state’s real estate exam Free real estate practice exam + 7 study hacks to ace the real estate exam 3.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

It provides industry information such as market data trends and news articles, while enhancing interactivity for user convenience. It’s an incredibly beneficial tool that’s easy-to-learn and more powerful than previous dashboards.” Art Carter, CEO of CRMLS, expressed confidence in the transition to the new dashboard.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

Market Leader is an all-in-one solution for generating real estate leads, nurturing them with automated tools, and converting them into long-term clients. Its suite of tools includes a robust CRM, a real estate website, predictive analytics, marketing automation, and much more. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this article, we zero in on the best real estate software for 2024, helping agents stay ahead in a market brimming with potential, yet fraught with unique challenges. In this article Overview: Best Real Estate Software for 2024 PropertyBase Market Leader Wise Agent Zurple BoomTown! Additional fee for IDX integration.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

SoftPro’s business exchange tool, SoftPro360, is compatible with DataTrace, per Jim Portner, DataTrace vice president of product and strategy. Tools now exist that connect data sources, enabling title reports to be quickly delivered.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As with any challenge, it’s essential to prepare well and have the correct tools to have the best chance of success. What we would like to focus on for the purposes of this article are the top 10-20% premium properties in your market. How do you convince the sellers of $15 million homes to work with you?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Because professional real estate photographers are trained to take beautiful, enticing photos. The full picture Listing photos are some of the most impactful marketing tools you have, so it only makes sense to invest a little money to make sure they are as spectacular as possible.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Share insightful articles, market analyses, and success stories to position your brokerage as an industry thought leader. Showcase Technology : If your brokerage uses advanced tools and technologies that can simplify their workflow, highlight them without overwhelming them. Content marketing : Establish yourself as a thought leader.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

In fact, many financial researchers and scholars have identified it as a strategic tool that should be considered part of a holistic financial strategy for retirement. The article quotes multiple financial scholars who cite the numerous ways homeowners can use a reverse mortgage proactively.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

These tools can help you cut your speed to lead time in half, market your business, generate and nurture leads, and even leverage bleeding-edge AI tools to 10x your productivity. It’s also an ideal tool for working with clients requiring the personal touch only video can provide.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is not a suggestion where you drop what you’re doing, push your production team into training and staff up the compliance department. You don’t have to look too far through the pages and articles of HousingWire to find a few examples of that. It just matters that your team is given the tools it needs to stay compliant.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s a high-functioning customer relationship management (CRM) tool with robust features, integrations and automation. We looked for features like task automation, pipeline management and integration with other commonly used tools. What’s the secret to nurturing leads and turning them into loyal clients?

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

We also are continuing to evolve our learning programs to make sure that we are helping them have the real time training that is needed to navigate the changes that are happening. We are making sure that our affiliated agents have the tools and resources to win more listings — so that is coaching program, marketing materials, tools.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 12, 2024

This is the final article in Ernie Durbin’s three-part series on the new UAD. The first article on April 15, 2024, was “ From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul. ” The second article on July 15, 2024, was “ The New UAD: Don’t Borrow Trouble. How will lenders order appraisals without standard form numbers?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Below, Hill answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? HousingWire: What is your most useful tech tool? I wish I could offer something more exciting, but it is just the most versatile, handy tool in my arsenal! Amanda Hill: My cell phone!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Success depends on how well (and how quickly) you can combine your own marketing skills with the right tools and support systems out there to help you convert leads into clients. While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, plenty of customizable real estate lead generation tools exist to make your life easier.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 24, 2025

But our training must govern here and force us to ask the question, Does this adjustment protocol reflect current market verities? One of the hallmarks of a competent professional appraiser is the ability to use the proper tool(s) to get the job done correctly and on-budget the first time, without any do-overs. times 42-days or $5,523.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This article explores different strategic integrations of AI while showcasing customized AI agents that can streamline operations and help appraisers gain a competitive edge. This AI Agent is trained on and powered by the current “FHA 4001.1

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This article was originally published in the Fall 2021 Appraisal Buzz Magazine here. My frustration centered on the mundane tasks such as setting up files, data entry and getting the data into the analytical tools used to develop and support adjustments. Many stakeholders in the profession have given their opinions on what that means.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

In my previous article about renegotiating your vendor contracts , I talked about taking an inventory of your systems, providers and contracts so you can work with your vendors to get better pricing. Further, you’ll find that it’s the most valuable tool that brokers provide to their agents. What you learn may surprise you.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Finally, I’ll wrap up with the three marketing tools every agent needs to hit the ground running in 2024. Ask yourself if this tool you’re considering buying or tactic you’re about to try is aligned with your plan. You can use a paper calendar, Google calendar, or any other tool that works for you.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In this article, well cover the five simple steps you’ll need to follow and recommend the best courses to complete the 77-hour course that New York State requires. Check out our FAQs section for how long the process takes, and tips for speeding the process up, as well as the helpful links section at the bottom of this article.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While the sites on offer for Real Geeks’ entry-level Establish plan might not be as polished as AgentFire’s, we think they look great, especially when you consider the advanced CRM and Facebook advertising tools that come with the package. At higher price points, Placester’s value proposition becomes less clear.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Related articles Free real estate practice exam + 7 study hacks to ace the real estate exam Real estate exam prep: The ultimate guide to acing your state’s real estate exam Step 2: Interview brokerages and select the best fit for you Notice I said “interview brokerages” — unlike a traditional job interview, you’ll be in the driver’s seat.

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