Brokers and agents who play to win do the following: they take a proactive approach to coaching and/or selling; encourage (or adopt) a growth mindset; and consider their team’s attitudes and beliefs (as well as their

By Stephanie Sims “You do not want your video to look like the Blair Witch Project.” Stephen Schweickart, CEO of VScreen, is referring to one of the seemingly minor mistakes some real estate agents make when filming videos of

By Stephanie Sims You might think you are great with your clients – you find out exactly what they want and you aim to help them find it, whether that’s selling their home or finding them their dream home.

Whether in your business or personal life, making deals – from the biggest ones that take months to finalize and involve teams of lawyers, to the nominal ones that are sealed with a handshake after a 10-minute chat –

Anyone in the sales world will tell you that building and maintaining a healthy pipeline is key to staying in business. Most salespeople believe in taking active rolls in building their pipeline. Making cold calls, getting referrals and advertising

No matter if you’re a broker or an individual agent, you want to know how to get the most success from yourself or your team. Agents and brokers can either blend into the crowd with every other agent and team,

Contrary to popular belief, a home buyer can have two VA loans. They may want two VA loans if they are moving and not selling their current home, or would like to buy a new home without selling their

Whether you are just starting to blog or have been doing it for some time, we all need topics to blog about. Maybe you don’t know where to start or have hit blogger’s “writer’s block”. No matter what the

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today unveiled a new website that consolidates a wide variety of economic and housing market data at the regional, state, metropolitan area and county levels. Using data from the Census Bureau,

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today announced a new modified version of its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) product. The HECM loan is a reverse mortgage insured by the federal government. It allows older home owners to tap into

Real estate agents from across the United States and Canada will soon flock to Austin for Keller Williams Realty’s annual Mega Camp. The event, which focuses on education and motivation over four days, features sessions led by real estate’s

The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) has established the first code of ethics for private hard money lenders in the United States. These ethical standards are the foundation of how AAPL members conduct themselves in their business operations.

Mortgage lenders nationwide are trying to figure out how best to meet the new appraisal management rules outlined in the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, which is likely to become law in mid to late October. The bill’s appraiser independence

The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that REALworkspaces has expanded and upgraded its Diligence on Demand™ technology platform to accommodate its fast growth. Headquartered in Dallas, REALworkspaces is used throughout the commercial real estate industry for the

2M Realty, an independent firm providing services throughout the Greater Houston real estate market, has exclusively partnered with Treehouse Agent Services to launch a new virtual office program. With a host of resources, The Treehouse program provides a complete,

Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of one of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organizations announced the release of its new iPhone app. The Century 21 iPhone app automatically provides mobile users with property listings, open