POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Travelocity and Kayak Founder to Headline RISMedia’s Power Broker Dinner Guests of this year’s RISMedia Power Broker Reception & Dinner will enjoy an inspiring evening on innovation and leadership with Terry Jones, founder of Travelocity.com, founding chairman of Kayak.com and now chairman of the new startup, WayBlazer.com and managing principal...	2016-09-22
Training and Technology Arm Agents with Relationship-Building Tools for Today’s Market In this interview, learn how RE/MAX Regional VP Jeanette Schneider uses social media to make sure her agents are "part of the conversation" online. Jeanette Schneider Vice President of Management Services RE/MAX of Southeastern...	2017-05-02
Top 5 Reasons Employees and Agents Quit Businesses can benefit big if they take the time to look at whether or not they may have created an environment that contributes to employee and agent turnover. Taking an honest look at your operation can help you retain top talent and ensure the company's success, says...	2015-06-23
Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid in Internet Marketing (eM+C)—According to a report published by Bing, the total amount of content available online totals nearly 1 trillion pages. That averages out to about 150 pages for every person alive today. With nearly 97 percent of consumers using the Internet to search for local products and...	2013-02-25
Top 10 U.S. Destinations for Buyers from China While the United States real estate market is of growing interest to buyers from around the world, certain countries, such as China, are having a rapidly increasing impact on U.S. brokerage business. Chinese consumers of U.S. property—including those from mainland China and from...	2013-12-17
Today’s Homebuyers and Sellers: What's Driving Sales? For many homeowners, buying a home is one of the largest financial decisions they will make in their lives. It’s not a decision to enter into lightly, and most buyers and sellers are turning to the experts, especially REALTORS®, for help. In today’s digitally-connected...	2015-11-19
Timely Opportunities – Relocation Department Services Throughout the Moving Process Sometimes Relocation Departments (RDs) define themselves too narrowly. That costs them customers and limits their utility to clients. At more progressive firms, RDs consider the entire range of service needs driven by the moving process. They create service menus and packages that are...	2016-11-29
Thomas Gallagher: A Real Estate Powerhouse With a Family Feel Thomas Gallagher began in the real estate business in 1986 and two years later partnered with Mike Litzner to open Century 21 American Homes, which will celebrate its 30-year anniversary this coming April. Century 21 American Homes is unique, Gallagher says, in that while it...	2017-11-30
Thinking Globally to Grow Locally This week, a fellow mobility specialist asked us for our latest “horseback” estimate of annual international relocation volume. (As you may know, no definitive data on this seems to exist, so we practitioners compare notes and piece together various industry surveys and...	2014-01-24
These 6 Real Estate Specialties Are the Most Profitable How much do real estate agents make? Real Estate Express surveyed agents across the country and found that, a lot of the time, the answer to that question depends on the agent's specialty. According to the nationwide survey, there can be a significant difference...	2019-02-27
The War for Top-Earning Agents In the fast-paced world of real estate, brokers are often at their most competitive when it comes to battling for the best agents. These are the men and women on the front lines of the industry, representing the company and tasked with bringing in revenue. Keeping agents happy...	2016-09-21
The Value of the MLS? Providing the Best Listing Data Data accuracy matters. More than one in five Americans have a mistake in their credit report. Those errors could cost them dearly: They could end up unfairly paying higher interest rates for their mortgages. Remember how the real estate market imploded, yet many...	2018-09-28
The Top Tax Deductions All Real Estate Professionals Need to Know As a real estate broker, you’re likely used to juggling lots of data. But when it comes to tax-time, you’d be surprised to know there are many deductions you and your sales associates may be overlooking. Brush up on the following information to maximize your deductions and...	2019-02-27
The Resilience of RESPA This column is brought to you by the NAR Real Estate Services Group. With the recent change in political landscape, attacks against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are relentless, causing many to question the longevity of the agency charged with regulating consumer...	2017-03-29
The Real Estate A-List: 27th Annual Power Broker Survey Ranks Nation's Top-Producing Firms The industry’s most widely read and long-standing ranking of the country’s top real estate brokerage firms, RISMedia’s Power Broker Survey is now available for qualified brokers to complete. Now in its 27th year, the Power Broker Survey ranks firms by closed...	2015-01-20
The Power of a Team I often hear from experienced and successful agents that they're not sure if they want a big team. Let's address that first by saying we're all teams at some level. Because of the complicated nature of the real estate business, it would be very difficult to do business...	2017-03-29
The New Super Heroes: Introducing The Intangibles There are seven capital investments available for organizations to build value and wealth. These capital investments are Human, Relationship, Spiritual, Customer, Organizational, Physical, and Financial. In the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., the U.S. Men’s...	2018-08-31
The Millennial Wheel: Recruiting - and Retaining - Tomorrow’s Agent At just above 30 percent, millennials now make up the largest segment of buyers. Only 2 percent of REALTORS® are under the age of 30. How can the industry reconcile such a discrepancy? As attendees of RISMedia’s recent Broker Best Practices Webinar learned, the solution is...	2016-01-29
The International Homebuyer: Continued Interest in U.S. Based on the National Association of REALTORS’® survey for the 12 months ending March 2014, the total volume of residential sales to international clients was estimated at approximately $92.2 billion, a 35 percent increase from the previous period’s level of $68.2...	2014-10-22
The Importance of Culturally Competent Mortgage Professionals Home-buying season is in full swing and with more homes expected to hit the market it should be a busy season. If 2016 shapes up to be like 2015, we can expect about 32 percent of the homebuyers to be first timers, according to the 2015 NAR Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends...	2016-06-07

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