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Push button. Get CEO? What’s next for Rocket

Housing Wire

Jay Farner likes to tell a story about his early days at Rock Financial , which would become Quicken Loans and eventually Rocket Mortgage. It was 1996 and Dan Gilbert , the founder and CEO, announced that the company’s mortgage bankers weren’t going to meet with applicants face to face. That was new back then. With the Feb.

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

Lighter Side of Real Estate

Unfortunately, no matter how much sense that makes, it’s still difficult for many agents to ever get enough of them (if any) to truly feel like they can refer to themselves as a “listing agent.” If you think about it, there are exactly the same number of sellers as there are buyers every year — one of each per house sold.

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9 Proven Strategies to Find Hidden Listing Inventory in 2022

The Close

In order to make your search easier, here are nine hidden listing opportunities and the tips and scripts you’ll need to close them. I know it works because I have personally purchased two properties, under market value, using this technique. If I needed to get new listings ASAP, I would call expired listings. Sound familiar?

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This LPMAMA Script Can Convert Buyers on the First Call

The Close

I know it sounds like a cliché, but the LPMAMA framework is at the very heart of what you do as a real estate professional. Most buyer’s agents know what LPMAMA is, but they don’t know how, when, or why to use it with their buyer leads. Grab the LPMAMA script below now, then come back and read how to use it later. The problem?

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Taylor Hack Takes Us from Lone Wolf to Wolf Pack

Lab Coat Agents

This article is a sponsored post and was originally featured on The Follow Up Boss Blog. It took Taylor Hack just three years from the start of his real estate career to be in the top 2% of RE/MAX agents worldwide. Even still, the transition from selling luxury vehicles to mortgages wasn’t a smooth one. Not even close.

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Passive Income Ideas: 25 Ways To Earn More Money In 2020

Marco Santarelli

It has renewed interest in passive income ideas. Some passive income ideas—like investing in stocks or renting out a property—may take some work to get up and running, but they could eventually earn you money while you sleep. What is so fascinating about it? It's easy to see why people like the idea of passive income.

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The growing support for female mortgage executives

Housing Wire

After speaking with several other female mortgage executives in celebration of International Women’s Day, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight a few women leaders who are making waves. Susan Stewart , CEO at SWBC Mortgage Corporation , is the current Chair of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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