Forget brick-and-mortar! 6 tips for launching an online brokerage
When considering opening his own indie brokerage, industry veteran Jay Thompson realized the only time he went to the office was for a sales meeting or to pick up a check. So why not eliminate the...
View ArticleWATCH: How to boost your team’s productivity and happiness
Berman and Pollinger co-founder Chris Pollinger shared how to build a dynamic team by focusing on agents’ strengths at Inman Connect New York.
View ArticleCoStar agrees to buy imperiled rental search firm RentPath for $588M
After failing to restructure $650 million in debt, RentPath has placed itself on the auction block with commercial real estate data behemoth CoStar Group as the front-runner.
View ArticleBen Kinney, Chris Suarez launch new brand-agnostic platform
Place Inc. will handle a variety of business tasks for teams, and they will be able to keep their existing branding and remain in their brokerages.
View ArticleRedfin blows away expectations, posts $233M in revenue
The company’s revenue jumped a whopping 88 percent year-over-year during the final three months of 2019. Here are some key stats worth paying attention to.
View ArticleRenters’ leases going up in smoke as legislators crack down on cigarettes
Low-income renters are being unjustly evicted as landlords fail to correctly implement HUD's smoke-free policy, according to The Washington Post.
View ArticleSoftBank Vision Fund lost $2.1B in Q3 as profits continue to plummet
The Japanese conglomerate and backer of Compass and Opendoor is scaling back plans for its second Vision Fund.
View ArticleWATCH: Getting real about the agent compensation discussion
The general consensus from two panels at Inman Connect New York was that every brokerage's situation with agent compensation is highly specific.
View ArticleRedfin CEO: ‘Intense season of bidding wars’ on the horizon
Glenn Kelman said Wednesday that supply shortages, once limited to places like San Francisco, have spread. And that means competition for homes will be intense this year
View ArticleRedfin and Opendoor expand their partnership
The two tech-oriented real estate companies announced Wednesday that their partnership is moving into nine new cities.
View ArticleWATCH: Who gets what when it comes to lead distribution?
Industry experts discussed at ICNY whether team leaders should feed leads to their team members or teach them how to fish by training them to prospect.
View ArticleWATCH: Why it’s OK to not be the team leader
Team members sounded off on agent compensation and the benefits of being part of a team at Inman Connect New York.
View ArticleWATCH: Managing your team like a brokerage
The best ways to create a killer team from experts at Inman Connect New York.
View ArticleReal estate’s future skills gap: data, security and analytics
Here's a look at the big picture of what big data and analytics could do for your business and our industry.
View ArticleThe professional cyclist co-leading a team in the heart of Silicon Valley
This week, Kat Carroll of the reSolve Group in Palo Alto balances the needs of her tech-savvy clientele with the obligations of running her 1-year-old real estate business.
View ArticleSmart-home tech for agents: Kohler upgrades bathrooms and kitchens for the...
In this week's "Smart-home tech," new technology enables homeowners to move seamlessly around their kitchens and bathrooms and have some fun. Check out Kohler's latest and greatest here.
View Article5 tips for showing your staff a little love
A well-run office is a happy, connected office, where everyone knows that their hard work is appreciated. Here are a handful of ideas on how to show that appreciation.
View ArticleWATCH: Marketing kick off for 2020
Where are things headed for marketing in 2020? Katie Lance of Katie Lance Consulting shares her insights at Inman Connect.
View ArticleHow to incentivize your team (without carving into your split)
Here’s how Nicole Lopez, founder of True Houston Real Estate, motivates her team by giving them what matters most and has a little fun in the process.
View ArticleRemine add-edit tool to allow Texas brokers to push listings to MLS
North Texas Real Estate Information Systems' 38,000 agent and broker subscribers will have access to three of eight products in Remine's "MLS 2.0" platform.
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