1. Doing it all yourself Agents who don’t have any type of support (team members, assistants, colleagues or coaches) will ultimately struggle. Top producers recognize early on that they simply couldn’t do it all alone. If you’re feeling roughed

Didn’t reach your targeted sales volume this year? Here’s how you can be sure to attain it next year: don’t focus on it. Instead, focus on developing a system that can yield such results. Rather than thinking, “I have

Congratulations to Realtor Mario Greco of Prudential Rubloff for earning the No. 1 spot among all Chicagoland agents! Check out his impressive stats:   How many hours a week do you work? 80. How long is your typical workday? Roughly 6

How easy is your brokerage’s website to use? Chicago Agent magazine looked at a number of common Web features, and how they are reflected in different brokerage websites. Click on the image below to see how the sites stack

In our analysis of both local and national brokerage websites, we used two primary sources: Alexa.com, a site that provides Web traffic data; and Hubspot.com is a website that has a tool called a Marketing Grader, which analyzes a range of online marketing

The 10 largest real estate listing sites capture nearly half of all non-mobile Web traffic in a consumer’s online home search, according to data compiled by Experian Marketing Services (formerly Experian Hitwise). The metrics below show the percentage of

After years of speculation, it finally happened – on Dec. 10, 2013, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulatory agency that oversees government housing behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, finally had an official director. Indeed, it was

We’ve all heard cringe-worthy stories of some recruiting methods – mass texts; the same email copied and pasted to several agents within the same brokerage and being pushy. So, what are the biggest faux pas a hiring manager can

If you’re like most agents, recruitment strategy isn’t top of mind until you decide to join a new brokerage. But when the time comes to make a change, it’s wise to consider the mindset of a managing broker. Think

An agent looking to join a new firm might hear the same sales pitch from each managing broker they visit. How does a broker differentiate their firm from other brokerages? When it comes to recruitment, managing brokers need to

What are the top complaints that are funneled through the Illinois Association of Realtors’ legal hotline? We asked the organization, which keeps track of the topics agents call in to get advice about. Below are the top 10 most

Getting confused or forgetting what the specific articles are in NAR’s Code of Ethics? Here’s a simple breakdown of the code by section: In summary, here are the main takeaways from each section of articles: Articles 1-9: When representing a

When litigation arises from a real estate transaction, agents are usually bystanders, watching intently as buyers and sellers volley in court like tennis pros. However, in rare instances, agents and brokers battle each other in the courtroom. The most

How does the ethics complaint process really work? Click on the infographic below for a better idea. Interested in learning about the hottest law topics for agents? Click

Say your client is interested in listing their home with you, but they don’t want it to appear on the MLS; what do they do? One option is to have them sign an MLS exemption form from MRED, which