Want to outrank your competition? 3 tips for getting quality reviews
Did you know that 86 percent of consumers consult online reviews (and the number jumps to 95 percent for the 18 to 34 crowd)? Here’s how you can make sure you’re getting quality reviews from clients with relative ease....
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Agent/broker perspective: Don’t mess with RESPA
In this column, Anthony Askowitz explores a hypothetical Miami real estate situation from both sides of the broker/agent dynamic. This month: An agent is offered NBA tickets from a title company she has a longtime and close relationship with. Is accepting them a RESPA violation? How can she...
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How this agent helped her buyer pull off the surprise of a lifetime
Forty years ago, Art Shapiro promised his future wife that he’d buy her a house on Balboa Island. Here’s how his agent helped him do it....
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Curious about iBuyer trends? This new map offers radical transparency
Real estate tech analyst Mike DelPrete and data and software provider Remine launched an interactive visualization tool that closely tracks the growth and trends of three leading iBuyers: Opendoor, Zillow Offers and Offerpad. ...
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Yield curve inversion fears are overblown
Yield curves predicting recessions did so historically and will again at the end of Fed overshoots. The Fed has done no such thing this time....
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Lone Wolf and SkySlope dissolve partnership
Lone Wolf Technologies announced Monday that its partnership with transaction management software platform SkySlope will end on Sept. 1 after SkySlope opted to not to renew the partnership agreement....
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Should you advertise vacation rentals on multiple sites?
With more rentals than ever before competing for tourist dollars, it’s essential to maximize positive cash-flow returns when marketing a vacation property. ...
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Could negative interest rate mortgages hit the United States?
Zillow Director of Economic Research Skyler Olsen said negative interest rate mortgages aren't likely coming here, and if they did, it would signal trouble....
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With Canadian funding, Real Estate Webmasters looks to build European MLS
Real Estate Webmasters has earned funding from a unique government of Canada business loan program — REW put up $2.58 million, and Canada is matching it — and is aiming to build an international, multilingual multiple listing service. ...
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WATCH: Prospecting plan need a refresh? Take a tip from the pros
Hear tricks from the experts on how they build their businesses by meeting and calling strangers onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas....
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