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The 25 Best Books for Real Estate Agents in 2025

Housing Wire

With hundreds of books to choose from, it can be overwhelming to know which one will truly have a positive impact on your life and your business. To help, we reached out to real estate agents nationwide to compile our list of the best books for real estate agents. Shaw says, This book was a major difference-maker for me.

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Book authors want loan officers to have an edge in a highly competitive market

Housing Wire

From leveraging the latest in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital marketing to mastering financial literacy, mortgage and real estate professionals have come together to provide these skills to loan officers in a new book titled, “Rethink Everything: You ‘Know’ About Being A Next-Gen Loan Officer.”

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Review of MMI Fund’s reverse mortgage book sheds light on evolving HECM

Housing Wire

The cash-flow net present value (NPV) of the HECM book also increased year over year, from $3.646 billion in 2022 to $6.742 billion in 2023. Change in cash flow While there was no single factor that led the HECM book’s value to a higher level last year, the reviewers pointed instead to multiple elements that dictated the results.

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Chuck E. Cheese, MLS listing books and the correct pronunciation of ‘Realtor’ were on the table during HousingWire’s commission lawsuit debate

Housing Wire

It devolved into a battle about historic facts, old-school MLS listing books, pronunciation corrections and even references to the kid-friendly restaurant chain Chuck E. Your system of getting competitors together to found and enforce rules that are designed to stabilize prices is wrong,” he said. “It It is against the law.

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MORE AMORIN INFLUENCE (MAI): The AI National Nominating Committee Design Is Being Attacked By FOJs

Miller Samuel

To all members of the Appraisal Institute: Before I start, I wanted to share what the Appraisal Institute's MAI designation is referred to by many of its members. I learned these two from an MAI instructor years ago (pre-merger) who told our class (as if to motivate us?) that MAI stands for: MORE ANNUAL INCOME. MADE AS INSTRUCTED.

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The best real estate brokerage software for 2024

Housing Wire

They offer everything from turnkey websites you can easily customize to concierge design services to help you define (or refine) your brokerage’s brand. Much more than just pretty marketing templates, they offer content designed and written by top-producing agents with one goal — to keep your agents (and your brokerage) top of mind.

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New Handbook Helps Residential Appraisers Break Into Commercial Real Estate

Appraisal Buzz

The book covers essential concepts, industry best practices, and hands-on case studies to give appraisers the tools they need to succeed. This book simplifies the process and provides a clear roadmap for making that transition. This book simplifies the process and provides a clear roadmap for making that transition.