| New Era of Workplace Leadership | | Today’s agents need strong, effective broker-owners who use empathy and positivity to lead. Here are three tips for instilling an inspirational and loyal brokerage culture from the top down. |
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| Overused Sales Jargon That Turns Clients Off | | Find out some of the words and phrases that are most egregious when giving a sales pitch and why they don’t work with today’s customers. |
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| Little-Known Factors Affecting Home Values | | Location, crime, and neighborhood comps are obvious items that can affect your listing’s sales price, but there are more invisible influences. |
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| Will ‘Granny Flats’ Resolve Housing Shortages? | | Some economists believe so, and are calling on more municipalities to relax rules to allow these accessory dwelling units to be built on or into single-family homes. |
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| How Much Renting Is Costing Millennials | | By the time the youngest members of the generation turn 30, they’ll have paid $92,600 in rent, according to a new study. |
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| With Higher Rates, Does Refinancing Pay Off? | | Increased borrowing costs are enticing fewer homeowners to refinance, forcing some lenders to get more competitive on purchase loans to make up for a decrease in mortgage originations. |
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| What’s Your Best Real Estate Story? | | We’re looking for the funniest, craziest, scariest, or most heartwarming anecdotes from real estate professionals about their experiences serving clients in the field. Fill out this form with the details, and you could be featured in REALTOR® Magazine’s In the Trenches column! |
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| The Color Purple: Yay or Nay? | | Pantone, the company behind the Color of the Year, has chosen ultra violet as the hue of 2018. Here’s how to use it to spice up staging accessories. |
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