How to Overcome a Bad Home Inspection
Home Inspections Don’t Have to Be Painful Home inspections are a crucial part of the homebuying process, but they can be nerve-wracking. While the inspection is underway, buyers’ and sellers’ agents alike might be wondering: What will the inspectors find? Will the sale fall through? That anxiety is natural. A Zillow research report found that among sellers
Student Loans Affect Americans’ Ability to Purchase a Home
Student Loans Are Among ‘Biggest Hurdles’ to Homeownership Many Americans — and especially millennials — are burdened with large amounts of student loan debt that affect their daily lives, including their ability to purchase a home, data shows. Student debt “is one of the biggest hurdles holding potential buyers back from being able to save for a downpayment
Criminal Minds: Real Estate Fraud, Vol.2
Check Out These Stories of Notorious Real Estate Scammers All real estate professionals need to take fraud and unethical behavior seriously. After all, gaining a client’s trust is an incredibly important part of an agent’s job. But what happens when agents decide to scam their clients or otherwise commit fraud? You’ve likely seen national news stories about real
How the Real Estate Business Came To Be
Today’s Real Estate Professionals Uphold a Rich Legacy You might know your way around a marketing campaign or your favorite real estate CRM, but have you studied up on the rich and lengthy history of your profession as a whole? Agents today are the result of thousands of years of societal change and continue to help facilitate
Understand and Master the 7 Principles of Interior Design
Real Estate Agents Can Design to Shine Whether you’re redecorating the office or staging a client’s home, effective interior design can overhaul the space, influence visitors, and paint your business in the very best light. While it’s true that a degree of creativity helps, interior design is actually a highly scientific field. The very best designers actually stick
The Complete Guide to Home Staging
Real Estate Agents Should Stage in Style Home staging, or the process of organizing, decorating, or otherwise beautifying a listing, is a critical step in the home transaction process that is believed to help the property sell at a higher price in less time. The process can be intimidating, foreign, or downright confusing for those just starting
U.S. Cities Offer Incentives to Lure in Remote Workers
Remote Work Could Change Where People Live Cities and counties across the U.S. have launched programs to lure remote workers to their regions, capitalizing on pandemic-era changes that have allowed tens of millions of people, especially in industries such as technology, to work from anywhere. Read More
How Biden’s Jobs and Infrastructure Plan Would Affect Housing
President Biden Commits to Addressing Affordable Housing Crisis President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure proposal includes a $213 billion investment in affordable housing, pledging to “build, preserve, and retrofit more than two million homes and commercial buildings to address the affordable housing crisis.” The proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, has faced significant Republican opposition since
Fair Housing Act Extends to Protect LGBTQ+ Community
LGBTQ+ Homebuyers and Renters to Be Protected From Housing Discrimination The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making a change that stems from the executive order President Joe Biden signed on his first day in office. It was announced in February 2021 that the Fair Housing Act will now cover those who experience discrimination because
What Is The Impact of Marijuana on Real Estate?
Marijuana and Real Estate: A Budding Relationship As of now, 15 states and D.C. have legalized recreational and medicinal marijuana. There are 36 more that allow for medicinal weed. Other states, such as South Dakota, legalized marijuana in the November election and are set to join the ganja party relatively soon. For an industry that goes through constant
Before and After: What Exposio Can Do for Your Photography
Discover How Exposio Can Help Your Real Estate Practice Excel in 2021 First impressions are everything. It only takes one-tenth of a second to determine if you like someone or something, so making the best of a first meeting means everything when it comes to working as a real estate agent. This theory also applies to the
How Do Real Estate Agents Get Listings?
10 Real Estate Strategies for Agents to Get Competitive Listings Listings allow real estate agents to represent properties during the sales process. Without them, you can't get paid. Still, in the competitive world of property sales, it can be difficult to know how to get listings when you’re new to real estate. You’re likely wondering, “How do
What Is The History Of She Sheds?
Much Like a Man Cave, She Sheds Offer Women the Opportunity to Escape From Life For some, the first introduction to a “she shed” comes courtesy of a hilarious State Farm TV commercial, in which these inspired words were uttered: “Well, it finally happened, Zachary, somebody burned down my she shed.” No doubt it forced a double
Woman in Real Estate: 5 Important Facts
We’re Celebrating Women in Real Estate With These Five Important Facts Over the past 40 years, female real estate agents have come to dominate the residential real estate market, but it wasn’t always that way. When the National Association of REALTORS® was created in 1908, the group admitted zero female real estate agents. Over the years, a
Study: What Jobs Are People Searching for Amid the Pandemic?
Americans Are Jumping Into These Five Key Industries With the pandemic continuing to infiltrate our everyday livelihoods, many people are considering a career change. Much of this desire for change centers on the high unemployment rate debilitating our economy’s growth. A recent Google Trends report backs up this statement; there’s a clear surge in people searching
Sleep Where You Work: How WFH is Changing the Modern Home
How Will the Modern Home Change With Everyone Working From Home? According to a recent Stanford study, 42% of the U.S. workforce has been working remotely full-time since the initial COVID-19 lockdowns began. A smaller study that surveyed 1,022 professionals claims that, of that number, 29% would quit their jobs if they had to strap on their
5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Become a Real Estate Agent
You Need to Read This Before Deciding to Become a Real Estate Agent Oh thank the heavens, you have found this blog. While you may not know it yet, we have saved you from making a life-altering and tragic decision. We can probably get past all the small talk and pleasantries and assume you’re considering a career
2020: 10 Best Real Estate Facts Agents Need to Know
These Are the 2020 Facts Agents Need to Know for Their Careers Regardless of COVID-19, the residential real estate market has been red hot the past year. Markets around the country have seen record numbers, including a big increase in home value and a drop in average days listed. Much of this can be attributed to an
Coronavirus: Which Housing Markets Are Recovering?
Tight Housing Inventory & Historically-Low Mortgage Rates Fuel the U.S. Housing Recovery A recent report from Realtor.com indicates that as states slowly reopen their economy, the once-stagnant housing market has begun to surge. Two contributing factors to this rise can be pinpointed to the 30-Year Mortgage Rates hitting historic lows (2.86 percent) and a more competitive housing
Around The World: What Does $500,000 Get You in Real Estate?
When Purchasing a Home Around the World, How Far Does $500,000 Go? As many of us are stuck at home, we could all use a virtual vacation, and what better way to “travel” than to look into real estate in countries outside of the U.S.? Markets across the globe differ in relation to the demand and influences
Big City Exodus: Where is Everyone Moving To?
People Are Trading the Big City for a Better Quality of Life. Where Are They Moving To? Back in March, major cities like New York City and San Francisco saw an outflux of residents leaving the pandemic-riddled mega metropolises for more cozy and quiet places offered by smaller cities and the suburbs. Some temporarily moved in with
What Would Clark Griswold Do During a COVID-19 Thanksgiving?
Overcome a COVID-19 Thanksgiving With Ideas Inspired by America’s Favorite Family Man, Clark Griswold Thanks to COVID-19, the usual traditions of gorging on drumsticks while fighting with your in-laws about what truly constitutes a violation of an agency’s fiduciary duties - something you can learn about for your NAR Code of Ethics requirements - are out the
4 Bloodcurdling Haunted House Stories Told by Real Estate Agents
WARNING: THESE STORIES WILL HAUNT YOU LONG AFTER YOU STOP READING One of our favorite things about real estate agents is how great they are at storytelling. And when you combine our favorite holiday of Halloween with that skill, you receive the most terrifying tales that’ll scare the living you-know-what out of you. Due to the success
Choosing The Right Vehicle For Real Estate Duty
How Much Time Do Real Estate Agents Spend In The Car? Real estate professionals spend a lot of time behind the wheel, oftentimes logging 20,000+ miles per year on their vehicles. That’s quite a bit more than the 13,476 miles per year that the average person drives, so it’s important that you drive a vehicle that fits
7 Simple Ways to Generate More Leads
Find New Leads More Efficiently and Effectively With These Seven Ideas Generating leads is probably the most aggravating and challenging obstacle new real estate agents face on a day-to-day basis. It’s hard, not just from an effort perspective but from an actual mental standpoint, too. Who in their right mind wants to fail over and over again,
How to Choose the Right Broker for You
Selecting a Broker Can Make or Break Your Real Estate Career As you go through the process of getting your real estate license, you will need to find a sponsoring broker before you can begin practicing real estate. Choosing a broker is one of the first big steps of your real estate career because your managing broker
Real Estate by the Season: Summer Success
What good is the warmth of Summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? - John Steinbeck The housing market is often defined by seasonality. Home buying and selling pick up in the summer, sales slow down in the winter, but no matter the season, you’re working hard to serve the needs of your
What Makes A Home Luxurious?
Determining What Constitutes a Luxury Home is More Complex than You Think Have you ever mindlessly daydreamed about what it would be like to own or sell a luxury home? Yeah, well us too. These magnificent mansions bewilder our imaginations: Olympic-sized indoor swimming pools adjacent to basketball courts next to professional kitchens suited for a chef. Who thinks
How (and Why) You Should Quit Your Job for a Real Estate Career
Quit Your Job in Style with These 5 Suggestions There are many reasons why you may be considering leaving your job and going into real estate. Some of those reasons may be to: Pursue an Independent Career Become Your Own Boss Not Be Limited by Vertical Hierarchies Drop the 9-5 and Have Scheduling Flexibility Have a Limitless Salary Cap Let’s be real though.
Keep up With Your Career During Summer Months
"Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something." - Regina Brett We all know that sensation when summer is in the air. You can feel the warmth on your skin and the humidity lingering in the atmosphere. When the summer season starts, sometimes the last thing we
The Benefits of a Real Estate Agent Career
Discover the Skills and Benefits You'll Develop as a Real Estate Agent If you’re reading this article, you’ve either quit your job––hopefully not like this guy––or you’re on the verge of making a career change into real estate. That’s awesome. You’ve just completed the hardest task of telling yourself, “I want to do something worthwhile” and then
10 Ways Real Estate Agents Are Essential
Real Estate Agents Are Pillars of the Community Real estate is a uniquely impactful profession. One that allows individuals the opportunity to form bonds and create communities through simply buying and selling slices of land. Because of this, the need for real estate agents and brokers will never go away. We partnered with the California Association of REALTORS®
