Improving Your Business
Stories, articles and advice aimed at improving your business
The Small Business Administration is offering help for companies impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Learn who qualifies and what to do to simplify the application process.
The COVID-19 outbreak has the association working overtime to bring relief and timely updates for real estate professionals.
While client outreach is much easier in “set it and forget it mode,” it’s important to check in on your systems to make sure they’re functioning properly. Here’s how.
In this time of social distancing, there’s a fair amount of scrolling through social media happening. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Check out these posts highlighting acts of goodwill, charity and positivity from the local real estate community.
Next-gen search technology and a new CRM are among the upgrades announced by DreamTown, and the world gets smaller for Century 21.
Find out what brokerage leaders have to say about what they see happening in the industry and how agents can maximize their efforts in a shifting economy.
Some of Chicago’s top real estate agents offer their insights on digital marketing done right.
With technology changing the landscape of both luxury sales and social media, Moxiworks and realtor.com have released new programs that seek to keep agents in the know.
With season two of “The Deed: Chicago” set to premiere on CNBC, real estate mogul Sean Colon talked to Chicago Agent about the market and the secrets behind his success.
How do solo practitioners compete without a team? We talked to successful top producers to find out what they do to stand out, and why starting a team isn’t on their to-do lists.
It may seem like there’s no path to top production without hiring a full-time assistant or focusing exclusively on the most expensive properties in Chicagoland. But Nicholas Colagiovanni flies in the face of that point of view.
It may seem like top producers have it made, but being at the top has its challenges. Here’s what some of the people on our Real Data lists have to say about the difficulties of being on such lists, how to stay there, and their regrets and successes during their journey.
It’s not just luck that got the agents you see on our Real Data lists where they are today. Hear their advice for how you can up your game and increase your numbers, as well as how to maintain your top producer status once you’ve made it.
Being a top producer in Chicagoland may mean a fair amount of attention for impressive sales numbers. But whether or not that actually makes a difference in terms of attracting and keeping clients is another question.
It can be tough — some say impossible — to achieve harmony between work and family when you’re in real estate. Here, Chicagoland top producers offer some techniques that can help.
A number of the 2020 Democratic candidates have proposed extensive policies that seek to address the affordable housing crisis and related issues. Here’s what the leading contenders have to say.