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How to Become a Property Manager in 7 Easy Steps

The Close

In my 28-year real estate career as a broker and coach, I have worked with many agents who have asked about either adding property management to their current business or becoming a full-time property manager. From the outside looking in, property management looks easy.

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A homeowners insurance perfect storm: Providers’ costs rise, users’ coverage shrinks

Housing Wire

Despite the necessary requirement for a homeowner to maintain insurance on their property for protection against human- and naturally-occurring disasters, the impacts of climate change are creating “natural” scenarios that are increasingly not covered by insurance.

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United Real Estate expands North Texas footprint through M&A

Housing Wire

United Real Estate | DFW Properties is merging with Grapevine, Texas-based Insight Realty Network , according to an announcement on Thursday. Bearden will serve as CEO of the merged firm and Brenda Cole a co-owner of United will serve as the manage broker. “We We have discussed growing through merger or partnership for some time.

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Fannie Mae makes further changes to appraiser independence requirements

Housing Wire

Government-sponsored enterprise Fannie Mae this week released new updates to its appraiser independence requirements (AIR), and also established new property data independence requirements (PDCIR) simultaneously. Lenders typically use appraisal management companies (AMCs) to transfer the compliance burden associated with AIR.

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Are you prepping for worst-case commission lawsuit outcomes?

Housing Wire

With the scrutiny of The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and multiple lawsuits concerning how buyers’ brokers get paid, many brokers say it feels like an all-out war on the real estate industry. But, there are steps that both brokers and agents can take to minimize the damage of a worst-case scenario.

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Opinion: A merger to rewire the housing ecosystem

Housing Wire

The ICE — Black Knight merger creates the first end-to-end digital infrastructure that will reorder incentives and change how housing markets operate. The ERP projects of other manufacturers offer examples of the change management challenges lenders will face.

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Top 10 ways to get homebuyers to work with you

Housing Wire

How do you articulate the value you bring when representing a homebuyer in a real estate transaction? You know what you do, but how do you explain it in such a way that a buyer understands your value, the required agency forms and everything involved to make it to the closing table? Top 10 ways to get homebuyers to work with you 1.