By Hannah Whittenly When you're ready to buy a home, it’s important to take every factor into consideration. Changes in the market from year to year can have a major impact on how you purchase a home. Keep these things in mind while looking for a new home: Millennials Are Taking Over Even though millennials aren’t the biggest category of homeowners right now,...
From the Echo to the Kindle, Amazon has a history of unveiling tech devices that, at first, induce emotions of suspicion or outright confusion, but later become household staples. The company's domestic robot project may be yet another example of this. Related: Zenplace Introduces Robot-Guided Tours Codenamed "Vesta," Amazon's latest undertaking has...
Not every U.S. town or city is real estate-career friendly. For industry professionals, location can be the difference between plentiful sales and business opportunities and a more challenging market that is difficult to maneuver. So, where's a real estate agent's dream work location? According to a new report by WalletHub, which compared over 170 U.S. cities using...
"If you dominate with lead conversion, you don't have to worry where your business is going to come from," begins Verl Workman during the most recent RISMedia webinar. Entitled "Leads: How to Make an Impression and Win," the session was moderated by Workman, a real estate coach and founder of Workman Success Systems, and sponsored by Buyside. Related: Social Skills:...
By Meghan Belnap Do you have a home to sell? Are you ready to get the selling process over with quickly? There is no better time than now! Here are four top tips for getting your house ready to list for a ton of interest and potential bids: Give Your Yard Attention Cleaning up your yard and making it look welcoming will do two things for sellers: First, a beautiful...
With the help of Carolyn Sullivan Brodsky, the Todd David Miller Homes team—part of Fairfield, Conn.'s The Higgins Group—grossed approximately $52 million last year. Brodsky joined The Higgins Group last year as a sales associate. Since then, she's employed her secret to success: being with clients from start to finish and every step of the way, using white-glove...
Attending community events and associating one’s brand with local charities has long been a strategy for real estate professionals to market themselves; however, those who take the extra step in making volunteering a part of who they are and start a nonprofit of their own are few and far between. But that’s just what Dan Spransy did. Nearly two years ago,...
Are you wondering how top producers are utilizing lead generation and other online tools? In the following interview, Thomas Brown of The Agency Texas, a rapidly-growing boutique agency, talks about implementing a lead program that works.
Thomas Brown, The Agency Texas
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Rising interest rates, a demand for housing in challenged markets and a whole lot of buyers—that's the recipe for a busy market being overtaken by bidding wars. But where are the largest battles being fought? According to a recent realtor.com® report, Akron, Ohio, and Worcester, Mass., are at the top of the list. The report determined which locations are experiencing...
By Kris Holland Next to building a patio, one of the most popular backyard projects for many homeowners is growing their own vegetable garden. As more people are making conscious decisions to eat healthier, it's come as no surprise that at-home vegetable gardens are growing in popularity. A fully-functioning garden that houses a variety of different fruits and vegetables...
