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BEC accounted for $2.4 billion in claimed losses in 2021

Housing Wire

In mid-November, the Federal Bureau of Investigations released its 2022 Congressional report on business email compromise (BEC) and real estate wire fraud. To assist in this education goal, the FBI has published a Money Mule Awareness Booklet. billion, far higher than the $360 million in claimed losses recorded in 2016.

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Creating Your Own How-to Guides Might Just Help You Avoid Lawsuits as a Real Estate Agent

Lighter Side of Real Estate

Most real estate agents were shocked enough when they heard that The National Association of Realtors and two brokerage firms were liable for $1.8 For instance, here are 7 tips the lawyers at Provident Law specifically recommend to help real prevent estate agents from getting sued, and protect themselves if they do: Incorporate.

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5 Examples of Timeless, Evergreen Content Every Real Estate Agent Should Use in Their Marketing

Lighter Side of Real Estate

But most real estate agents weren’t even using it back then, it still took a little while for agents to truly adopt it. In the earliest stages of real estate content marketing, agents were encouraged to start a blog. However, the actual term “content marketing” was only coined in 1996 by a journalist named John F.

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How to Use the Art of the Offer to Find Real Estate Clients Without Coming Across as Pushy or Desperate

Lighter Side of Real Estate

Real estate agents are very familiar with making offers on behalf of clients, since they’re often writing them for buyers. Here’s an Offer for You to Take Advantage Of… If you want to fast-forward to the fun part, check out our Inner Circle membership and get your hands on all 20 of our “Branded Booklet” how-to guides!

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Listing Appointment Checklist – 13 Steps To Win Every Listing

Kyle Handy

These next 13 tips have been compiled throughout my real estate career and now win me over 90% of the listing appointments that I go on. I include my marketing booklet (everything I do to market their property), my CMA, and a page about the home selling process in the package. This package accomplishes two things: 1.

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The harpoon and the rowboat

1000Watt

We review materials: handouts, brochures, booklets. Today’s real estate entrepreneurs seek recognition. “Well, we offer some training, but managers are typically on their own.” In other words, they’re floating in row boats, shooting harpoons from the hip, hoping to land something. We dig further.

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Baby Boomers Are about to Be Your Best Chance at Becoming a Listing Agent

Lighter Side of Real Estate

You can share these for free on social media, or with your email list, to show Baby Boomers you’re an expert on real estate topics that speak directly to them, and generate some interaction and engagement with ones who are thinking about selling.

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