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With the https://www.inman.com/2020/04/08/read-all-of-inmans-coronavirus-coverage-here/ (coronavirus outbreak) slow to flatten and https://www.inman.com/2020/04/01/10-cities-best-prepared-to-weather-a-coronavirus-fueled-economic-storm/ (wreaking havoc) on the housing market, real estate agents across the country are feeling frustrated and lost. In reality, the need for their work has never been stronger, Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler said at Inman’s virtual real state conference, https://www.inman.com/2020/06/02/connect-now-teaser-brad-inmans-big-ideas/ (Connect Now), on Thursday. Miedler said that signs of improvement and pent-up demand are already emerging clearly in states that opened up in the past few months. The initial panic of whether agents would have a job post-pandemic is being pushed out by a variety of new markets and housing needs that are currently emerging.
High-profile real estate agent and reality TV star https://www.inman.com/2020/01/29/social-media-is-the-greatest-gift-to-agents-ryan-serhant/ (Ryan Serhant) said Tuesday that he supports ongoing protests sparked by police brutality against Black Americans, adding that people need to proactively fight racism. Serhant — who is best known as the star of Bravo’s https://www.inman.com/2019/11/07/watch-million-dollar-listing-star-fredrik-eklund-on-selling-anything-to-anyone/ (Million Dollar Listing) franchise — made the comments during an afternoon session of https://www.inman.com/event/connect-now/ (Inman Connect Now). All speakers attended the event virtually thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, and during the session sounds from a nearby protest could be heard coming from outside the window of Serhant’s Manhattan office.
Rather than looking at a wholistic picture of the rollercoaster of recovery, think of it as 10,000 different rollercoasters moving independently of one another. Not all markets will recover the same. Read more here: https://www.inman.com/2020/06/24/is-the-us-housing-market-recovering-theres-no-simple-answer/ (https://www.inman.com/2020/06/24/is-the-us-housing-market-recovering-theres-no-simple-answer/)
Gary Keller is a man of many whiteboards. Earlier this month, at Inman Connect Now, the Keller Williams CEO took out one of those boards — a home-office edition — for a lively discussion with Brad Inman. It was one of the many highlights of our first fully digital event, a jam-packed gathering of agents, brokers, executives and entrepreneurs trying to figure out what’s next for the industry.
On June 2 at Inman Connect Now, Anne Jones, Windermere Abode owner and designated broker; Veronica Figueroa, eXp Realty Figueroa Team founder; and Tiffany Curry, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ first Black broker-owner candidly discussed how real estate leaders can effectively confront the issues of the day. It was a great conversation. Read more here: https://www.inman.com/2020/06/26/connect-now-watch-tiffany-anne-veronica/ (https://www.inman.com/2020/06/26/connect-now-watch-tiffany-anne-veronica/)
Listen to this special dispatch from Brad Inman about the true intentions of the people that pass in and out of our lives.
Listen to Brad Inman and Rich Barton discuss the current landscape of real estate at the first annual Inman Connect Now event. Register for Inman Connect Now here: https://www.inman.com/event/connect-now/ (https://www.inman.com/event/connect-now/)
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Washington, D.C. agent and author https://www.rlretraining.com/ (Candy Miles-Crocker). This true real estate professional offers a checklist for brokers, owners, agents and Realtors to better reengage their clients, customers and most importantly, agents themselves.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer at Zillow. There are powerful indie brokers who will be just fine for the same reason that some of the bigger franchises may suffer: Company culture must remain intact. Errol does see a challenge in brokers presenting value propositions moving forward given many of the variables may no longer be factors, like deskspace at a fancy office.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined byhttps://www.tluxp.com/real-estate/amie-quirarte-real-estate-agent ( Lake Tahoe Realtor Amie Quirarte.) Tahoe is a second home market, which means owning a home in Tahoe is considered a luxury. Quirarte is seeing a big divide between buyers and sellers: Buyers see an opportunity to pick up real estate on a fire sale, and sellers who are currently waiting out the market.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Kevin Woody, a real estate brokerage consultant based out of Cary, North Carolina. As an Inman contributor, Kevin's latest essay focuses five key takeaways from COVID-19 that every agent can use to continue growing personally and professionally. Brad probes him on these takeaways in this very real discussion from the trenches.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Emily Chenevert, CEO at Austin Board of Realtors. The Inman stage veteran extols the virtues of virtual tours. It's important right now to make the best virtual tour possible, because, from Emily's perspective, business will be conducted virtually moving forward.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Paul Boomsma, CEO and president of https://www.leadingre.com/ (Leading Real Estate Companies of the World). Despite being geographically close to each other, Brad and Paul practice safe social distancing in this enlightening conversation about the future of Leading RE, and the possible outcomes for other major real estate companies.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by CEO and co-founder of https://www.housecanary.com/ (HouseCanary), Jeremy Sicklick. More than 480,000 properties have gone into contract since COVID-19 began, which is approximately 86,000 more than the number of homes being listed. Sicklick explains why this variable is a key indicator for a tightening market.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by CEO and cofounder of Roostify, Rajesh Bhat. Hear from the former Inman Connect New Kid on the Block about what's happening in world of lending and regulation, and what customers can come to expect with lending options.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by CEO of Homesnap, John Mazur. The best mindset you can have right now is this: "Shit's [sic] changing, and I need to change with it." Sure, it might be a little raw, but everything is a little raw right now.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Steve Baird, president and CEO of Baird & Warner, and B&W broker associate Meg Burns Lietz. The fifth-generation owner of the 160-year-old Chicago-based brokerage identifies one issue with real estate being that people don't think agents are actually working right now. Business may have slowed down for the time being, but it certainly hasn't stopped.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Chris Heller, chief real estate officer at OJO Labs. The idea of home buying and selling may not be a priority for everyone right now, but don't mistake the lack inventory as a sign of increased demand.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Adena Hefets, cofounder of https://www.divvyhomes.com/ (Divvy Homes). Listen as the two talk about Divvy Homes’ business model, which may offer a solution to some renters who are struggling to become homeowners. As families come out of this crisis, it’s easy to see why more families would want to upgrade to home ownership.
Anthemos Georgiades sees Zumper as the answer to the apartment rental transaction no longer requiring an office. And while prior to Covid-19, rents were increasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate, the sudden halt is leaving some scratching their heads wondering what will happen to the market next.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Anthony Hsieh, chairman and CEO of loanDepot. The real estate transaction supports an incredible amount of jobs, from the agent to the broker to the lender, all the way down to the carpet replacement specialist, and as homebuying and selling slows down, so do all of those jobs.
Every day, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he's making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman's Daily Dispatch. In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined bySpencer Rascoff, co-founder and chairman of With multiple successful startups under his belt, Rascoff speaks to his more than 50 angel investments in startups and how it's a great time to be doing the same thing.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Grier Allen, co-founder and CEO of Boomtown. After many years, Grier and Brad settle one simple debate: It's time to do away with the term "drip marketing." With that said, there's still much work to be done in the marketing space. However, now is also a great to do a little housecleaning in your CRM and databases, also.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Steve Ozonian, president and CEO of Williston Financial Group. Having worked in nearly every aspect of the homeownership industry, Steve's insight into the future of the business is nearly second to none. In this episode, Steve explains the advantages of remote notarized documents, despite the issues with 50 different state legislation. One silver lining from all this? It's forcing the issue to the forefront.
In his Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Anthony Hitt, president and CEO at Engel & Völkers Americas. In this conversation from April 13, 2020, Anthony expounds on the benefits of exploring hobbies during down time. He also suggests that it's precisely during times like these that profound opportunities await on the other side, whenever that may be.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Pete Flint, CEO of NFX, a San Francisco venture firm.
In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by https://www.homelight.com/ (Drew Uher), CEO and founder of HomeLight, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiesotobroker/ (Jacqueline Soto), eHomes Realtor, and https://www.linkedin.com/in/elmer-morales-1123aa17/ (Elmer Morales), eHomes Realtor. Right now, Realtors need to be helpful. It's not selling. It's not marketing. It's not trying to get people to relocate. It's about helping the people who need to move right now.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Mark McLaughlin, president of Compass California.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Lacey Conway, Principal Broker and President at Latter & Blum Companies, David Charron, real estate industry advisor, and Greg Robertson, co-founder of W+R Studios.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with John Peyton, president and chief executive officer of the Realogy Franchise Group.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Pamela Liebman, president and CEO of the Corcoran Group.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with The Tech People.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Mauricio Umansky, founder and CEO of The Agency.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with John Burns, economist and real estate consultant.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Alex Perriello, Chairman Emeritus Realogy Franchise Group, North Carolina broker/owner Laurie Weston Davis and Houston team leader Jennifer Wauhob
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with real estate coach Tom Ferry.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Kim Kolapreti and Chavi Hohm, partners Team Diva real estate company, Coldwell Banker Baine, Seattle, Washington.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Joe Rand, Chief Creative Officer for Better Homes and Garden Real Estate.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Valerie Garcia and Jessica Swesey.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Philip White, CEO of Sotheby's International Realty.
Covid-19 has changed every conversation in real estate. By all accounts, the industry is viewing the world from the perspective of pre-Covid-19 and post-Covid-19. It has been a true turning point. In Brad Inman's Daily Dispatch, the conversations remain honest, vulnerable, and optimistic. In today's conversation, Brad sits down with Red Oak Realty CEO and founder Vanessa Bergmark, and @properties cofounder Thad Wong to talk about how brokers can work together to get through this.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Million Dollar Listing New York star and celebrity agent Ryan Serhant.
The Daily Dispatch has revealed some intimate details about the lives of real estate leaders during this pandemic crisis. In this special edition, Brad Inman reflects on his conversations with these leaders, and offers insight into perhaps how and why they, as well as the rest of us, are so open to vulnerability right now.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Bob Goldberg, CEO of the National Association of Realtors, and Shanna McGahn, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for NAR.
In this special edition of the Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by real estate leaders all over the country to discuss the here and now of real estate. (This was originally broadcast live via Inman's virtual Town Hall.)
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Mike Miedler, CEO of Century 21.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Brian Buffini.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Rob Hahn.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Gary Gold.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Helen Hanna Casey, CEO and president of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Bob Hale, CEO of Houston Association of Realtors, and Margy Grant, CEO of Florida Realtors.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Josh Team, president of Keller Williams Realty.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Glenn Sanford, CEO of eXp Realty.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Ryan Gorman, president and CEO at Coldwell Banker.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Patrick Vealing, Industry Analyst with Real Data Strategies, Katie Ragusa, VP of Product Development at Tribus, and Mike Simonson, cofounder and CEO at Altos Research.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Brian Boero, cofounder of 1000Watt.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Pat Stone, executive chairman and founder of Williston Financial Group.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with C.A.R. chief economist Leslie Appleton-Young and former NAR chief economist John Tuccillo.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Stefan Swanepoel, chairman and CEO of T3 Sixty.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with real estate tech strategist Mike Delprete.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Realogy Expansion Brands portfolio.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Sherry Chris, president and CEO of BHG / ERA.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s Daily Dispatch with Compass CEO Robert Reffkin.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s first Daily Dispatch with Ben Kinney, founder of the Ben Kinney Companies.
Every day, as part of his daily routine, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he’s making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman’s second Daily Dispatch with Ryan Schneider, CEO of Realogy.
Abby Wambach remembers how she felt after winning an ESPY Icon Award in 2016 along with fellow sports stars Kobe Bryant, who passed this week in a helicopter accident, and Peyton Manning: pissed. She was grateful — We women we finally made it! she thought — but then she realized that the three of them were walking into very different retirements, she told conference attendees at Inman Connect New York in a session called “Unleashing Your Power to Change the Game.”
When you’re looking for new clients, it can be easy to focus on scoring the deal and forget the client. But that is a major mistake — your primary goal should always be to build trust, said “Money Whisperer” Joe McLean at the Inman Connect New York 2020 panel “Why Trust is the Key to Financial Success” at the Marriott Marquis.
In November, Newsday rocked the real estate industry to its core with a groundbreaking, three-year investigation that revealed widespread bias against consumers of color on Long Island. The investigation, which included 100 agents at 12 of Long Island’s largest brokerages and 86 trained fair housing pair testers, revealed that black buyers were discriminated against 49 percent of the time, while Hispanic and Asian buyers were discriminated against 39 percent and 19 percent of the time, respectively.
Keller Williams President Josh Team announced exclusive details of its soon-to-come consumer app on Wednesday, saying it will allow consumers to transact entirely on their phones. The announcement came during Keller Williams President Josh Team’s one-on-one interview with Clelia Peters, the president of Warburg Realty and Inman’s editor-at-large, at Inman Connect at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
Serhant, an agent and Bravo TV star, sells roughly a home a week through connections he makes on social media. Now he’s tackling TikTok.
Did you know that half of homes sold to iBuyers were in 4 markets? Tune in as Mike DelPrete maps the growth of tech-enabled real estate brokerages and iBuyers from 2018 to 2020 at Inman Connect New York 2020.
In 2006, eXp World Holdings CEO Glenn Sanford brought 184 people into his profit-sharing group at Keller Williams, a company that touts its lifetime profit-sharing model for agents, as a recruitment incentive.
Moderator Katie Kossev introduced Ryan Serhant, of Million Dollar Listing New York fame, with the disclaimer that his success was found way before we saw him on Bravo TV.
Brad Inman sits down with Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider at Inman Connect New York 2019. The two CEOs have a respectful discussion about technology, traditional and new brokerage models, forecast the future of the real estate industry in the face of disruption.