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How to Leverage a Commission Advance to Grow Your Business

As a real estate agent, you know how hard it can be to put your business on hold while you wait for your deals to close. Growing your real estate business requires a steady cash flow, which can be challenging when you work on commission. A real estate commission advance can help put you in […]

Real Estate Agent Retirement: Simple Steps to Save for the Future

Retiring as a real estate agent can be a daunting task, but with careful planning and consideration, it is possible to retire comfortably. Here are some tips on how a real estate agent can best prepare for retirement: Start saving/investing early The power of compound interest means that the earlier you start setting aside money […]

How to Increase Home Value

Home renovations that add the most resale value We’ve all heard the stories: a house sells at a new high for the neighborhood while, across the street, a nearly identical home struggles to get noticed. In many of these cases, the difference comes down to the quality of improvements in the top selling home. Of […]

How A Real Estate Advanced Commission Works

A commission advance is usually made possible by an intermediary company that offers real estate agents a portion of their commission for a fee, which is then repaid at closing. If the percentage of the fee is reasonable, this can be a cost-effective way for an agent to use their commission right after going under […]

 4 Key Real Estate Trends for 2023

2022 was a roller-coaster year for the housing market and 2023 is poised to be even more of the same. Highly volatile macroeconomic forces combined with shifting consumer demand, advancing technology, and the still-lingering effects of the pandemic will present new challenges but also new opportunities to drive more listings and sales. We identified four […]

12 Ways for Realtors to Get Better Listings

Like many other sectors that depend on heavily on in-person sales and interactions, the real estate industry was greatly impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Agents and brokers responded by developing new ways of prospecting and selling, and built robust online tools and capabilities. Now, with in-person showings and events back to—or exceeding—pre-pandemic […]