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The most important tip for an effective short sale closing
Short sale transactions can be extremely nuanced and detailed for a practitioner, but there is one frequently overlooked tip for an effective short sale closing, because the devil is most definitely in the details.
Business News
ListHub gives brokers more control over listing syndication
Real estate listing syndication has long been a contentious issue, but with today's announcement that brokers now have better information about where their data is going and are able to have more control, perhaps the issue has just become less convoluted?
Residential
Short sale offers: why the highest may not be the best
A common rookie mistake when evaluating short sale offers is to run with the highest bidder, but there are many more questions that an agent must ask when deciding which offer is superior, ranging from financing sources to buyer demands.
Ethics
The problem with a self-policing industry: you have to be a narc
Ethics violations in the real estate industry can make or break a Realtor's career, depending on the severity, so it would stand to reason that all would be mindful of the rules, but there are always individuals in the field that act as if the Code of Ethics is irrelevant.
Business Marketing
1000Watt launches Nudge: marketing app for Realtors
What is worse than getting an email from a Realtor that has 10 point font, a glamour shot from the 80s, a list of tiny links, and scary graphs that leave consumers frustrated at having to decipher what it all means? Nudge fixes the broken Realtor marketing cycle, impresses even the harshest critics.
Residential
How a short sale listing can become like a quicksand trap
When real estate professionals take on a short sale listing without understanding the constantly changing rules and incentives programs, it can feel much like quicksand as it becomes overwhelming and difficult to navigate.
Business News
Give consumers what they want, ask for more in real estate commissions
Technology has made this housing crash more bearable, not easier, so why haven’t real estate commissions increased tenfold? They haven’t, yet there is still this burning need to negotiate from a floor – do you think your home seller respects this? No way, they love easy prey, sucker.
Business News
Brokerage allegedly clones Estately’s multi-million dollar website
Intellectual property is a serious matter, particularly when it comes to product design and website code. One Canadian real estate group allegedly used Estately.com's code on their own site, and Estately will "vigorously defend" their intellectual property.