Three women who co-own their brokerage together share how equal sharing of responsibility leads to greater respect and cohesiveness for them and their agents.
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Residential and commercial real estate are two completely different beasts, but it's not impossible to transition so long as you know what rules apply in the commercial space.
How you work with cooperating agents or accept advice from mentors and brokers says a lot about who you are as a real estate professional. Listen to Drive With NAR.
Contextual content production should take up 60% of 2023 budgets for digital marketers, experts suggest, with the remainder going toward media purchases. Other recommended strategies include focusing on brand awareness, influencer marketing and continuous testing.
The new Impulse tool from UK-based Disperse.io uses periodic 360-degree photographic scans and artificial intelligence to point out construction site issues as they arise. The tool also assists project managers by coordinating building information modeling, drawings, plans and schedules.
Major American cities have failed to grant building permits to affordable housing units, a key reason these areas have become too expensive for many workers. "The reason California has the affordability problems we have now is because we did not build," said David Garcia of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley.
Borrowers in the current inflation-ridden economy will find that many banks are being more conservative in lending, according to a Federal Reserve survey. More banks are hiking costs for riskier loans, raising the fees for credit lines and increasing the spread between the loan rate and bank's cost of funds.
The Federal Reserve appears poised to begin raising interest rates in smaller increments soon, according to meeting minutes that were released last week. Officials pointed to the "uncertain lags and magnitudes associated with the effects of monetary policy actions on economic activity and inflation" as one reason, according to the minutes.
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