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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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The fight to standardize educational training for LOs

Housing Wire

Federal regulations mandate that nonbank LOs take training prior to being certified. These organizations impose response training responsibilities on banks to have a well-trained staff,” said a source who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about bank regulation. “So Learning materials up to par?

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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. It is underutilized in the state of Missouri because agents and corporations like the defendants in this case are not training buyers to use those programs,” Ketchmark said.

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Keller Williams launches AI-powered real estate assistant

Housing Wire

Keller Williams Realty has launched a real estate assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) and is trained on the company’s proprietary models, systems, books and training resources. “We The first phase of KWIQ’s rollout addresses this opportunity, streamlining content generation for daily use.”

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Ryan Serhant launches broad-based sales training tool 

Housing Wire

Serhant has teamed up with former NBC News producer Kyle Scott to unveil SellIt, a sales training platform tailored for all types of entrepreneurs. That’s one of the reasons why I pushed so hard on ‘Million Dollar Listing’ and wrote all the books. I really want to change the face of sales.”

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Real Brokerage pulls out the stops to prep for new commission rules

Housing Wire

In addition to the webcast, agents can download an e-book called the “Buyer Agent Navigator.” Next week, the brokerage will offer daily interactive training and role-play sessions. Real Academy head Drew Thompson — who is hosting many of the aforementioned events — is also traveling to 10 different cities to provide live training.

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The best real estate brokerage software for 2024

Housing Wire

The right real estate brokerage software will help you gain market share, train, recruit, and retain more (and better) agents, and make more profits. Finding systems that can help you train more agents with fewer headaches is a win-win for you and your agents. That difference is everything.