3 ways to diversify your real estate investment portfolio
Whether it’s the liquidity of REITs, the adventurous potential of international markets, reliable income from self-storage, or the traditional appeal of residential rentals, Victoria Kennedy writes, each component adds a unique layer of security and opportunity to your investment strategy.
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How to create content that connects you to your community
Stop trying to generate leads, new Inman contributor Lauren Harris writes. Start creating a community with the power of content creation that speaks to the neighborhoods you serve.
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10 answers to the questions confused buyers are asking now
Realtors and buyers are both confused right now, writes mega-team leader Carl Medford. To help buyers sort out the mess, here are our top 10 answers for buyer questions.
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Matterport trimmed losses in the months before CoStar purchase
The company's net loss was 36 percent less than in 2023, according to Matterport's earnings from the quarter. Revenue rose 5 percent for the quarter.
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Rocket hires first group CTO to accelerate AI development
Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped the global media giant develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform.
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Offerpad posts a decline in annual revenue, but improves Q1 losses
The iBuyer lost $17.5 million between January and March, according to an earnings call Monday afternoon. However, that represents a 71 percent improvement compared to a year earlier.
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AREAA takes fight against Florida foreign buyer ban to court
The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) has escalated its fight against the State of Florida's foreign buyer ban through a federal fair housing discrimination lawsuit filed Monday. This is the third lawsuit, and first federal suit, against the bill.
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Redfin to pay $9.25M to settle commission lawsuits
Compass, The Real Brokerage, Realty One Group, At World Properties and Douglas Elliman had each already reached settlement agreements in the case, and the court has preliminarily approved those settlements.
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Buyers need an income that starts with a 3 to live in this pricey city
Homebuyers need to earn an income of more than $150,000 to afford homes in 14 out of the 50 biggest metro areas as of April, according to Realtor.com. But in San Jose, buyers must earn at least $361,000.
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Hawaii to limit vacation rentals amid statewide housing crisis
New legislation will give counties the authority to redefine zoning ordinances to phase out short-term rentals.
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NAR President fields questions at midyear: ‘Everything’s on the table’
At the Realtors Legislative Meetings on Sunday in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Realtors President spontaneously fielded tough questions about the trade group's proposed antitrust settlement.
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Members of SFAR have a new AI productivity Sidekick
Sidekick was developed by San Francisco-based boutique brokerage Avenue 8. It primarily uses a text interface to send commands to retrieve data, execute tasks and in many ways, function as a common, “visual” interface would. It's now offered to members of SFAR.
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Intel Broker’s Guide: When a seller won’t foot the buyer’s agent bill
Powered by the latest polling results from the Inman Intel Index, this wide-ranging guide explores how brokerages are steeling themselves for a new type of client: the buyer's-fee-evading seller.
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Revamp your business plan and have your best summer ever
While we like to create goals and supportive strategies several months before the end of the year, coaches Emily Bossert and Melanie Klein write, there’s no time like the present to create and benefit from a comprehensive business plan.
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Top 4 ways elite teams transformed post-NAR settlement
As an agent for more than 15 years, owner of The Young Team and CEO of Fello, Ryan Young feels deeply passionate about helping agents scale their business through listings.
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3 ways to reap the rewards of this spring’s hot homeselling season
These three market trend predictions will assist real estate agents in capitalizing on the abundant home selling opportunities available this spring.
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Leaders in luxury: Kim Bedwell
In 1930, the state of Texas adopted “friendship” as its motto. And while the perpetually congenial Kim Bedwell — Global Real Estate Advisor at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas — embodies this welcoming spirit, it shouldn’t be conflated with an absence of dogged ambition.
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