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Should I Buy a Franchise or Start My Own Brokerage?

The Close

Are you considering taking the leap of faith and heading out on your own, but you don’t know if you should start your own brokerage from scratch or purchase a real estate franchise? In my 28-year real estate career, I have built two independent brokerages and was an investor in two franchises with Keller Williams Realty.

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7 best real estate schools in Florida (FL) for 2024

Housing Wire

In Florida, getting licensed as a real estate agent begins with the completion of an approved 63-hour Sales Associate prelicensing course. The school also has a tuition reimbursement program for students who join their partner brokerages. A separate Exam Prep course is also available for purchase. Chapter Quizzes.

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@properties Launches National Franchise Program

RIS Media

Chicago-based @properties announced that it is launching a national franchise brand to offer broker/owners and agents access to the firm’s technology, marketing, training and business-development systems that have made it one of the top 10 brokerage firms in the country as an independent. 1 seller of new construction).

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Geek Estate July Monthly Radar 2022

GeekEstate

Being “designed to minimize energy consumption and use of non-renewable resources,” all of its “day-to-day energy needs will be matched by renewable energy generated by an onsite solar park.” Direct from New York’s top agents and brokerages. ” After completion, the 1.7 and Canada” at no cost.

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Flood and Disaster Disclosures: Law, Precedent and Grades for All 50 States

RIS Media

While some states require a seller to expansively detail any history of flood damage, flood zone designation or other natural disaster threats, others have little or no disclosure requirements or provide only vague guidelines on what needs to be disclosed. ALASKA — GRADE: C. ARIZONA — GRADE: F. ” The in the 2011 court case Barton v.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019.

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Pittsburgh Housing Market: Prices | Trends | Forecasts 2022

Marco Santarelli

In fact, the Pittsburgh housing market has seen the fewest number of homes actively listed for sale in 2021 The shortage of houses available for sale in Pittsburgh has led to higher demand and rising prices, especially in moderate-income neighborhoods. Homes for sale in Pittsburgh have a median listing price of $230,000.