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How to become a luxury real estate agent

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successfully closed on the sale of this luxury, 4,700-square-foot property on Park Avenue on the Upper East SIde of Manhattan for $13 million. Working in real estate sales for a few years, and now you want to challenge yourself and raise the stakes? Visit Agent Image 3. Kayla Lee of SERHANT. Visit Coffee & Contracts 2.

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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

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As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients. So let your personality shine.

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RE/MAX looks to teams to boost its U.S. agent count

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These results came as the number of existing home sales dropped 18.7% agent count, meanwhile, fell from 58,719 at end of 2022 to 55,131 at end of 2023. The company’s global agent count is up 0.6% The company’s global agent count is up 0.6% agent count and to expand its mortgage business. RE/MAX’s U.S.

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Agent commission lawsuits cast long shadow over VA, FHA borrowers

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“But agent commissions have never been a closing cost from a buyer perspective. We don’t even know if the buyer’s agent fee would be an allowable closing cost because they might not even be a material necessity to the transaction.” “VA loans are probably the best loans on the market. Grant said.

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FOA closes on sale of Incenter’s title businesses

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Finance of America (FOA) announced Thursday that its indirect subsidiary Incenter closed the sale of its title insurance businesses. The company previously announced that it would be selling its title insurance businesses in early February. for $100 million, according to a filing with the U.S.

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Savvy real estate agents look beyond ChatGPT

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Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job? trillion to $7.9

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“Greetings from Missouri!” Millions are finding commission lawsuit postcards in the mail. Agents say it’s an opportunity

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She talks with a lot of people, and she announced to our company that this was coming and went through what exactly we should expect,” said Posnick, the sales manager at Chinatti Realty Group. If you sold a home and paid a commission to a real estate agent, you may be part of class action settlements,” the postcards read.

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