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HW+ Member Spotlight: Katherine Mechling

Housing Wire

HW Media: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? But ultimately, real estate is the business of delivering homeownership — the primary means by which most Americans build generational wealth — to people, and the affordability crisis challenges that, disproportionately affecting low-income homebuyers and people of color.

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The 22 must-have real estate marketing tools for 2024

Housing Wire

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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The best real estate companies to work for in 2024 (+ beyond)

Housing Wire

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

And in 2017, I decided to go on full-time as a lead agent.”. Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees.

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Reducing the racial wealth gap by expanding down payment assistance

Housing Wire

The incoming Biden administration has made improving racial equity a pillar of its domestic policy agenda, and appropriately so. Extending sustainable homeownership opportunities to more people of color would not only improve racial equity, it would also be good for economic growth. A growing need for down payment assistance.

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Real Estate Graphic Design: The Ultimate Guide for 2022 (DIY Tools & Tips)

The Close

With the tightest property inventory we’ve seen in decades, impactful real estate graphic design is no longer optional for Realtors. There are more agents than ever before competing for fewer listings and fewer deals. We also threw in a free Real Estate Branding Guide so you can tie in all our design tips into your marketing.

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17 FUN Real Estate Door Hanger Ideas to Inspire You

The Close

Real estate door hangers are an amazing way to reach your target market with little expense. There are so many great real estate door hanger ideas out there you can use to reach prospects and stay top of mind in your market. We’ve scoured the internet to find some creative real estate door hangers to inspire you.

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