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How real estate training is failing the next generation of agents

Aug 21, 2025

Whether you lead a team, brokerage or mentor new agents, it's time to ask whether we're preparing them for long-term success, Josh Ries writes.

Mark O’Brien shares his raw, ratty journey to becoming TikTok’s ‘Brownstone Whisperer’

Aug 21, 2025

New York City-based real estate broker and developer Mark O'Brien shares his formula for success on TikTok, where he's amassed 71K followers who follow his rugged renovations

Take the Inman Intel Index survey for August

Aug 21, 2025

Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey.

5 moves to protect your commission in a tough market

Aug 21, 2025

Underselling yourself is a luxury you can’t afford in this tough market, coach Darryl Davis writes. Here are the strategies you need to prove your worth (and protect your commission).

How Opendoor’s CEO resignation underscores the power of visibility

Aug 20, 2025

Being visible is not optional, communications expert Cristin Culver writes. It's fuel for growth, and now, it's an existential imperative.

Trump tells Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to ‘resign now’

Aug 20, 2025

The president asked Cook to resign from her post after FHFA Director Bill Pulte accused her of mortgage fraud. Pulte has leveled similar accusations against other political adversaries

From glass ceiling to glass cliff: Why women leaders still face an uphill battle

Aug 20, 2025

Women don’t lack the ability to lead, eXp's Wendy Forsythe writes. What’s missing is the willingness of organizations to give them the same chance at success that men have long been afforded.

How HUD’s English-only policy undermines fair housing

Aug 20, 2025

Realtors cannot stand idly by in the face of discriminatory housing policies, coach Darryl Davis writes. It's time to fight for the homeownership rights of non-English-speaking clients and neighbors.

Your real estate listing isn’t selling? Consider these 5 factors

Aug 20, 2025

If your listing has been sitting on the market for too long, trainer Bernice Ross shares five elements of a successful strategy to get it sold.

These agents are ‘drowning.’ AI was supposed to save them

Aug 20, 2025

Who really wins when your brokerage uses AI? For broker Holly Brink, tech adoption should never come at the price of personal client service.

How 1 newbie real estate agent gets 75% of her clients by insulting people on Instagram

Aug 20, 2025

Early in her career, Kaitlin Hannig found a supportive group of female real estate agents on Instagram and quickly realized the social platform could help grow her business. Two years later, 75 percent of her business is generated that way.

Let mortgage lenders pull one credit score, trade group says

Aug 19, 2025

The tri-merge system is "an anachronism from the days when there were significant disparities in coverage by the credit bureaus," MBA says in advocating new approach.