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Economic News

In the great long food chain that is real estate, agents sit at the top. The mortgage loan officer sits right underneath with a...

Business Marketing

I’m simply going to break down the anatomy of a real life transaction, my summary may surprise you: Who shops online? Apparently 88% of...

Economic News

I know the Department of Justice is hot on the trail of inefficiencies and cartels driving up cost of real estate transactions. So here’s...

Opinion Editorials

Lani busted me. I put this post on my site and then pulled it when I thought it might be a little much for...

Business Marketing

The theme had come up once at one of my office sales meetings and today again at lunch. Says one title company’s account executive,...

How to

My post on social media in real estate was pretty well-received, which I was glad to discover. While I was writing the post, it...

Opinion Editorials

I couldn’t help but notice, that with my fashionably late arrival, there are twelve contributors on the Agent Genius mission of change and awareness. Thanks to childhood...

Business Marketing

Aaron Dickinson reminded me of something that always leaves me a little let down. The end of the transaction. We work extremely closely with...

Business Marketing

For those of you who know me even a little bit, you have often heard me say, “I can’t STAND real estate agents” as...

Housing News

We just got word on Fox News that Scripps Ranch, home of our close friends and fellow Realtors, Kris & Steve Berg has recently...

Housing News

No, Benn didn’t offer money, Italian food or fancy cars to get new authors on board, but Mariana Wagner and Athol Kay have both...

Housing News

In honor of Ramses being “Number Whan,” we award this week’s top spot to DANIEL ROTHAMEL with his article, “How Your Business Can Benefit...

Housing News

We had the pleasure of having the San Mateo California Baglady by today to comment on a post by Vicki Moore which led me...

Social Media

This week in our website redesign saga, we try to answer the question: Who are these people and what do they want from me...

Opinion Editorials

Opinion Editorials

Can I have your attention? I have just been handed an urgent and horrifying news announcement. So I need you to stop what you’re...

Opinion Editorials

This is my first post here at Genius, and since I probably have a much larger audience here than over at Real Estate Remix,...

Opinion Editorials

I’ve got the flu. Haven’t felt this bad since my first potential client decided to use a discount brokerage. I just finished a four...

Opinion Editorials

Does the car you drive really make a difference to your business? I guess it depends on who you ask. When I first started,...

Social Media

There’s been speculation over the past few days about what may come out of the NAR Convention next month in terms of “blogging compliance.”...

Opinion Editorials

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. – Einstein I was starting my daily grind through all of the blogs I follow and the first...

Business Marketing

Has the poor reputation of the real estate industry created the consumers’ insatiable need for knowledge and information about buying and selling homes? I...

Business Marketing

Almost every company knows that it is more expensive to acquire a new customer than to service an existing one. I say almost, because...

Housing News

This week, there were WAY too many entries- I had intended on having an enjoyable Sunday evening watching Shark with my wife. But no,...

Opinion Editorials

Having a decent memory helps greatly in the real estate game. From a sales standpoint, it helps greatly to remember names and faces. From...