Improving Your Business
Stories, articles and advice aimed at improving your business
A new report conducted by Agent Publishing digs into how real estate brokers, teams and brokerages use CRMs; which tools they use; and how they feel about the CRM they’re using today.
More real estate agents across the country are working from home than ever these days, which makes the industry more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Here’s what one expert has to say about protecting your data.
Preparing for a business relaunch means understanding and addressing a divided public.
Under ideal circumstances, purchasing a home for the first time is daunting. Add a pandemic to an already competitive marketplace, made up of rising home prices and low inventory, and the obstacle course becomes downright forbidding.
While the world may be on pause right now, the housing market is still moving along. Brian Buffini shares some techniques for helping first-time buyers feel comfortable and confident during uncertain times.
If you want to build your business around first-time buyers, you would do well to follow the lead of Ryan Gable.
“We need to remind ourselves that we are all in this together. We’re in a bad spot as a country, and we need to get through this together.” — Tim Brigham, branch manager at Union Home Mortgage
Despite the current economic downturn, people are still buying and selling homes, and agents are adopting technology to inform and empower their buyers in the same way they had before.
As our city recovers from devastating riots, one agent has some ideas for how to fix the underlying problems that sparked them in the first place.
A real estate marketing guru and Tik Tok aficionado gives the inside scoop on the increasingly popular social network.
In a new e-book, national leaders from the brokerage and real estate technology sectors offer tips for making the most of this moment of change.
IDFPR’s Division of Real Estate released a new document outlining how agents and brokerages can reopen offices and conduct business within the new phase of the Restore Illinois plan.
A new study looks at how well networked certain regions of the country are — as well as how ingrained technology is in their local economies — to predict how the rebound will go locally. Find out how Chicago ranks.
With the cost to buy and own a home rising rapidly in Chicago, some residents see developers and real estate brokers as the enemy. But the true picture is much more nuanced than that.
Three real estate professionals offer their approach to gentrification.
Learn how a proactive attitude can solve contract cancellations, as well as uncertainties looming over your clients and the market overall.