Tune in to Drive With NAR to hear how two real estate pros who lead local housing efforts leveraged their REALTOR® organizations and business contacts to magnify their impact.

Most agents choose one of these two business models (a third is to form a partnership). But there are some things to think about when assessing which is right for you.

Make your communication with others more effective by being prepared before a meeting, and checking in with your own level of energy, says Muriel Wilkins, the co-founder of Paravis Partners, who recommends stepping back or rescheduling if you're tired, frustrated or angry. "For some people, it will make things worse for them to hear that their leader is stressed out or doesn't agree or is tired. And for others, it'll actually help humanize it, it'll make it better," Wilkins says.

Animated ads yielded 25% higher brand recall than native ads for gaming, news, productivity and weather website categories and 17% higher ad recall, per eye-tracking research from ad solutions firm Emodo. Likewise, dynamic ads performed better for the four categories, with brand (61.8%) and ad (56.4%) recall achieving the highest lift for news, compared to the same ads void of animated effects.

The electrification revolution affects all manner of property types and clients: office leaseholders, industrial operations, retail centers and multifamily properties. Are you ready?

Consumer confidence and optimism about job prospects for workers could mean continued support for the housing market, especially given a dearth of supply.

A new townhouse in Bowmanville, Ontario, was quickly sold due to its competitive pricing below $600,000. The property, listed by Jonathan Hackett of Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Real Estate, received two bids before the scheduled review date, with the winning bid exceeding the asking price by $116,100.

These rising real estate stars show tremendous skill in sales and have a penchant for leading clients, colleagues and their local industry through challenging times. Take a page from this year's class of 30 Under 30, whom we celebrate in this exclusive digital edition of REALTOR® Magazine.

Transforming office buildings into housing can prove challenging and expensive due to zoning and design issues.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed is "carefully monitoring" regional banks' exposure to commercial real estate lending, which totaled $2.9 trillion in May. Goldman Sachs says in a report that 67.2% of the sector's outstanding debt is with small and midsize banks, and a S&P Global Market Intelligence report shows 576 banks are facing overexposure to such debt.