Blog: Broker

By adopting an end-to-end real estate transaction management platform, brokerages have the potential for huge gains in productivity and compliance today and organizational agility tomorrow. But the seemingly overwhelming effort required to upgrade their technology has many executives avoiding this necessary change. For many brokers, having a single, end-to-end digital platform for completing their transactions […]

The golden age of technology is upon us Hardware has never been more powerful or affordable, and software has never been more innovative, plentiful, and easy to acquire. But for real estate professionals, the problem is now one of too much choice—and the costly effects of picking the wrong technology. How do you choose wisely? […]

From interest rates to the housing supply, there are a lot of things you can’t control in the real estate business. Though these external variables create the business climate for your brokerage, they’re not the biggest factors in whether you grow or simply hang in there. The good news is that the things that matter […]

Great real estate agents use digital and mobile technology to get deals done faster. Two months ago, we invited our clients to submit a questionnaire nominating real estate agents who are applying technology to complete transactions in unique and innovative ways. Our team judged dozens of applications on a number of factors, including the technologies […]

Why recruiting agents from the Millennial generation is a good idea There are many reasons to recruit Millennial real estate agents to your brokerage, but one of the best may be one of the simplest: Millennials are now the largest generation in the U.S. and make up the biggest percentage of first-time home buyers (42%). […]

It’s no wonder that Teams are becoming a force to be reckoned with in real estate: an effective team can be highly productive, both in terms of closing volume and customer service. But building an effective Real Estate Team is not easy — even if you stack a team with top performers, results can still […]

Silicon Valley: home to tech behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Apple, as well as a hotbed of startups and small companies hoping to fill a vital niche and grow into the Next Big Thing. This growth is a goal they share with innovative real estate brokerages everywhere. Why look to these tech firms for ideas? […]

What’s more important than recruiting new agents?Keeping your top performers! If an agent has proven that he or she is a good fit for your culture and has worked successfully for your office, you’re far better off keeping them versus trying to find someone new with the same positive attributes. You can find plenty of […]

Recruiting: One of the two most important things for brokers (The other is, of course, generating new leads.)   As a real estate broker or team leader, you know that attracting top-producing agents to your brokerage is one of the two most important things you should be doing. But competition for agent recruiting is fierce, […]