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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

A great Listing pre-qualification script pulls out critical facts so you can be best prepared to not just take the listing, but to price it right in the first place! Secret #2 Sometimes, especially in a low-inventory market, your potential seller client may know about comparable sales you didn’t capture.

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How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs

Housing Wire

Vance Loiselle: In the 20th century, the primary technology innovations in real estate were the telephone and the MLS. Home sales and refinancing have seen large year-over-year increases in an environment where people have not been congregating face-to-face. VL: So many areas could benefit by embracing digitalization.

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New Tools: Listing Alert Re-Reinvents Pre-MLS Window

Realty Biz

Listing Alert launched for the first time back in 2019 as a first in the class pre-MLS window for agents and brokerages to access properties before their competitors. However, the 2019 market had nothing like the limited inventory for sale this pandemic boom has created. Listing Alert at Google Play. Version 1.3.0

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Trying to Find That Perfect Home? They Aren’t Always on the MLS

HomeLight

We’ve heard the stories about people who managed to make an offer on a house before it officially went up for sale, beating out all the other would-be buyers and scoring the home of their dreams. But if you don’t know how to buy a house before it’s listed on the MLS (multiple listing service), then you’ll miss out on this chance.

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How to get a real estate license in Texas

Housing Wire

1] 180 Classroom hours are required before you become licensed in Texas Texas real estate license: Requirements checklist According to the Texas Real Estate Commision (TREC), a sales agent is a person who is licensed by the Real Estate Commission to act as an agent on behalf of a real estate broker and their clients. How much exactly?

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Buying a Short Sale Property? Your Guide to Short Sale Requirements for Buyers

HomeLight

As fate would have it, right when you’re ready to start seriously searching for a home to buy, your dream house is listed for sale as a short sale. If you don’t know about short sale requirements for buyers, you might feel like you’re out of luck. Short sales are rarer in the housing market nowadays.

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Ways Real Estate Agents Can Aid Homebuyers

Realty Biz

You aren’t just there to search the MLS. Know what must happen in order to close, or you won’t make the sale. Explain the difference between pre-qualified and pre-approved. Too many people get a pre-qualification letter from their bank and think that this means they can close on the property.