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Service Restored for Northern California MLS Networks After Cyberattack
An Aug. 8 ransomware attack against data vendor Rapattoni Corp. locked out users of 22 MLSes in California and nationwide. Continue Reading Service Restored for Northern California MLS Networks After Cyberattack
RE/MAX and CCIM Institute in New Partnership
RE/MAX affiliates can now access educational resources at discounted rates through RE/MAX University and the CCIM platform. Continue Reading RE/MAX and CCIM Institute in New Partnership
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The 1031 Exchange Tax Deduction That Home Sellers and Real Estate Investors Have Been Using for Decades is at Risk of Being Sunset
In the president's budget plan for 2024, Biden is calling for an end to what the IRS calls a like-kind exchange, or a 1031 exchange, as it is commonly known among real estate professionals. The strategy allows sellers to postpone paying taxes on any capital gains — or...
How To Set Up LLCs For Real Estate Investing
Source: Forbes --- A few blog posts ago, I explained, in shorthand, a formula I use for setting up LLCs in real estate investing. It’s not a universal formula, but it’s a very robust structure that can help most real estate investors create anonymity for their...
This realtor created a Tinder for property co-ownership
Source: Maclean's --- Since becoming a real estate agent in 2015, Lesli Gaynor has specialized in co-ownership. She sees it as a model of housing that addresses the problems of affordability, lack of density and social isolation. Co-purchasers are often family members...
11 Real Estate Photography Tips, Equipment & Mistakes to Avoid
Source: Fit Small Business --- Using high-quality photos in real estate listings is one of the most powerful ways to attract more leads and drive sales. Real estate photography requires thoughtful composition, staging and preparation, the right camera settings, proper...
MARCH TO THE METAVERSE: FUTURE TECH ON THE MLS HORIZON
Source: RIS Media --- Strolling through what is starting to feel more and more like your dream house, you notice what appears to be cracks in the living room paint. Rather than make a note on your phone or start drafting an email, you simply reach out and tap the...
Tips For Scaling Up Your Real Estate Portfolio
Source: Forbes --- Looking back at everything that enabled me to successfully scale up to a half-billion-dollar real estate portfolio, one factor stands head and shoulders above the others. This is a relentless focus on investor confidence — confidence in my team's...
A Platform With a Purpose
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Social media is a blessing and a curse in today’s society. It delivers us any kind of information we are seeking within seconds, it provides us with entertainment, and in some ways makes communication infinitely easier and more complicated...
Why the Public is Not Happy with Inflation!
In 1913 folks could buy a five-course meal and iced tea for 10 cents. That was about the time when the Federal Reserve system (central bank) was established. Since that time, approximately 109 years later, as of 2022, inflation increased by 2,740%. Many folks will...
Oregon ban on real estate ‘love letters’ blocked by preliminary injunction
Source: OPB --- A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits Oregon from enforcing a law against “love letters” to home sellers. In his court order, District Judge Marco A. Hernández says Oregon’s House Bill 2550 “likely violates” the...
7 Real Estate Video Editing Tools for Successful Video Marketing
Source: Reality Biz News --- If video marketing is part of your digital strategy, you are probably already using video software for editing and labeling your creations. However, if you are now planning to take advantage of this highly-yielding digital marketing...
Sustain Post-Closing Relationships With Clients
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Knowledgeable mortgage professionals will tell you that building lasting client relationships is the best way to ensure repeat and referral business. And the numbers bear out the revenue potential of long-term relationships with homebuyers....
TRANSLATING THE ‘PROFILE OF HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS’ INTO PRACTICE
Source: RIS Media --- For the past 40 years, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has published key statistics and findings about the real estate industry and related consumer demographics and behaviors in the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. This annual...
Culture Drives Productivity
Source: RIS Media --- he most impactful job any brokerage leader or manager has is creating winning and thriving cultures. Winning sales teams are led by great leaders. The difference between a positive, thriving culture and a stagnate, unproductive one is in direct...
