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EasyKnock announces two new executive hires

Housing Wire

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Opinion: Creativity is required to succeed in real estate M&A today

Housing Wire

In both cases, our clients and Compass had to design new ways to structure the transaction to get a favorable outcome for all parties. Without revealing any confidential details, for example, Compass is using mostly its own equity rather than cash to deliver value to the sellers. This remains the most active part of the market.

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NYSE American to delist Impac’s common stock

Housing Wire

California-based Impac Mortgage Holdings , a former mortgage lender repositioning itself as a brokerage firm, announced on Thursday that NYSE American, LLC. The delisting follows Impac’s failure to adjust its stockholders’ equity levels amid consecutive financial losses. million in stockholder equity.

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eXp Realty opens up profit sharing program to new agents

Housing Wire

The brokerage on Thursday launched Accelerate , an incentive program that helps agents maximize their revenue share earning potential during their first year with the brokerage. In June, the brokerage announced that it was refining revenue share criteria, reducing the current FLQA tier 7 threshold from 40 to 30 FLQA.

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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). I would be happy to give you an equity analysis and let you know how much equity you have in your home. With Wise Pelican, you can try both — it’s a fantastic resource for beautifully designed postcards and letters. Great news!

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. Ketchmark countered this with the fact that nothing on the slides designated things as a model.

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NAR’s Kenny Parcell resigns after sexual harassment allegations

Housing Wire

In the Times investigation, three women described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Parcell, who runs the Kenny Parcell Team at Equity Realty in Spanish Forks, Utah. Parcell denied that he had done anything inappropriate, saying the picture in question was of a promotional belt buckle and he was asking for input on the design.

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