Commentary by John Featherston Organized real estate is constantly being challenged. This is not new news—it's been happening for decades. However, the current crop of challengers to our industry are more powerful than ever before, carving inroads with technologies and efficiencies that resonate with today's increasingly savvy consumers. Today's "disruptors"—as...
By Dixie Somers When you become a landlord, stress levels can get very high. There are tenants who vandalize property, are habitually late with the rent, or just disappear without notice. In general, the good tenants outnumber the bad ones and you're able to manage your property profitably. You can cut your stress by finding ways to reduce or eliminate the many problems...
By Deborah Kearns
In this third and final article in our predictive analytics series, learn how brokers are using predictive analytics to create targeted recruiting campaigns and retain the very best agents.
Real estate professionals might not have a crystal ball, but predictive analytics come pretty close.
Predictive...
By Charles MacGregor If I were to ask you to name the toxins found inside your home, you’d probably give me a pretty long list of cleaning supplies, bathroom items and other products. They’re things we see every day and use on a fairly regular basis. But what about chemicals and toxins we don’t come into contact with while we’re cleaning the bathroom or trying...
In the following interview, Prabhjit Singh, broker of Naam Real Estate, LLC in Rockville, Md., discusses the key to lead conversion, online lead sources, prospecting and more.
Some say online leads are difficult to convert, while others seem to be building a business from them. In your opinion, why is there such disparity?
I believe the disparity in converting...
RISMedia to Release White Paper Investigating Industry ‘Disruptors’
Thousands of real estate professionals have spoken, and the vast majority have concluded that Zillow Instant Offers represents a negative addition to the real estate market for consumers, and another step towards Zillow’s alleged attempt to disintermediate brokers and agents and...
By Deborah Kearns In this second article of a three-part series, learn all about how real estate agents can utilize predictive analytics to make positive changes and predictions in their business. You’re always looking for ways to show your value and stay ahead of the market. One way to do that is by using predictive analytics. As we explained in a previous...
In this first article of a three-part series, learn all about predictive analytics and how it works for real estate. In future stories, we’ll examine how brokerage owners and agents use predictive analytics in their businesses. By Deborah Kearns Real estate brokerage owners and agents would likely agree they want to better target their marketing dollars and...
By Matt Murphy The media has paid a lot of attention over the past few years to the apparent unwillingness of millennials to buy homes. The statistic that one-in-three 18-to-34-year-olds lives with their parents (representing a throwback to the 19th century) tends to be wielded as evidence that this generation is living in a sustained state of adolescence, eschewing...
By Author and Real Estate Expert Kenneth D. Rosen
Everyone wants a magic and immediate path to wealth. The bad news? The path doesn’t exist. Wealth is attainable through more conventional means. If you come to understand the real estate industry and if you deepen your own firsthand experience as you buy and sell investment properties, you’ll be...
