Who has real power in the real estate industry?
Power in the real estate industry is not defined by company size, financial assets or a massive advertising budget. Power is a function of getting the marketplace to take a specific buying or selling action. All fruitful actions start and end with the individual real estate agent in the 2016 real estate industry. […]
Get a workout at Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman’s family pad
Ryan Zimmerman plays first baseman for the Washington Nationals, but he wanted something other than baseball to occupy his mind while winding down at home with family — and that includes working on the house. On top of a custom playground and pool in the backyard for the kids, the Zimmermans converted an unfinished storage room into a […]
Top comments of the week July 18-22
Readers voiced their opinions on a wide range of topics this week. Here are some of the Inman team’s favorite comments that made us think and shed a little light on your world. Kurt Buehler · Commented on How long can aging agents dance on the bar? We struggle with this issue consistently in our […]
Feeling down and listless? Try these 5 tips for daily inspiration
Real estate can be a lonely business when we’re not busy with contracts and customers. It’s not uncommon for agents to feel alone in a crowded, buzzing office when their business is a bit flat. As a real estate agent, your days can be long and filled with lots of trial-and-error, but you have to […]
How white privilege makes my life easier
There are a few things I have in life that I never asked for. Being white is one of them. I never asked to be white and I didn’t ask for white privilege, but it was bestowed upon me. I never had to earn it and I have benefited from it my entire life — […]
Coastal towns on different ends of prices and sales
Saying “coastal communities will always be a great investment” is a broad generalization that cannot always be quantified. Sure, beachfront property is popular, but MLSListings released a comparative study of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties that points out some startling figures. Monterey is going all the way up Single-family home […]
Why Everlance could be agents’ favorite mileage tracker
Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. There is no shortage of mileage trackers and expense apps available for real estate agents. However, there is a shortage of apps in this category that have enticed more than 10,000 agents to sign up in only […]
Now you can search, sign leases and pay rent from one site
Fitting all the the moving parts of a fragmented transaction process into a single choo-choo train to closing has long been the aspiration of real estate tech entrepreneurs. RadPad may have just delivered — to renters, at least. Thanks to new integration with DocuSign, consumers can now use the rental site to find and apply for listings, sign leases and make payments […]
Daily market update: July 22, 2016
We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Mortgage rates: Home equity rates: Most recent market news: CoreLogic’s MarketPulse Report for July 2016: Mortgage rates were down 0.29 percent post-Brexit. Completed foreclosures were down 6.9 percent year-over-year. Home prices were up 5.9 percent year-over-year. NAR’s Existing-Home Sales for June […]
Bay Harbor Islands emerging as a hot neighborhood
Bay Harbor Islands/Flickr userErnie Cruz Hidden among well-known neighborhoods in South Florida, including Bal Harbour and Surfside to the East and North Miami on the West, there is a lesser-known and highly underrated neighborhood — Bay Harbor Islands. As I noted in a previous piece, the islands of Bay Harbor grew from the foresight of Shepard […]
