Sound decision making is integral for a successful real estate business, how do you ensure that you’re always making good decisions? Real estate is a uniquely decision-based profession. Sure, all businesses depend upon good decision making to succeed, but

Old Condo vs. New Condo – what do you mean, you might marvel? It’s a valid question, though, and anybody dealing with buyers and sellers today will run into the same question. Buyers will ask whether they should buy

What is It? GoToMeeting is the long reigning king of online collaboration and presentation tools. With integrated phone numbers/VOIP (ability to call in via your computer), killer mobile integration and their new HD Faces video product, GoToMeeting continues their

Christmas comes early every year for the Miami Agent staff with the release of the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from NAR. Rejoice – ’tis the most wonderful time of the year! No, we’re not celebrating an early

Walkable cities like Miami and Fort Lauderdale have become all the rage now that the housing recovery has taken hold. The demand for downtown living has increased dramatically, as evidenced by the number of cranes dotting the Miami skyline

Agents are always looking for ways to be more productive, and we have three easy, straightforward approaches towards achieving just that. Productivity is one of those golden words in today’s business climate, a concept that just about everyone agrees

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Twitter announced, via Twitter of course, their IPO price of $26 a share. What does this mean for you? Well, unless you are trying to make an investment decision, you may think it has no

Agents are always on the lookout for inspiration, but it turns out that the most effective ways to boost your creativity are also the simplest. Real estate is an industry that thrives on creativity. From marketing efforts, to listing

Luxury homes are often fitted with nifty technological features, but which ones do affluent consumers most care about? Technology has become an important part of the home search process for many American consumers, and luxury homebuyers are no exception.

You just received an introductory email from a prospective new client, referred to you by a friend whom you just helped buy a first home. Actually, it could also be either an intro text message or an invite to

What are the top 5 benefits of belonging to a Realtor networking group? Jeff Morr explains in our latest Perspectives from the MBF. Collaboration goes to the very heart of our real estate industry. Want to be a Realtor?

This is Halloween, and cemeteries and gravestones are among the most quintessential images of the season. But year-round, how many transactions are near these arguably creepy areas? We associate many images with Halloween: witches, jack-o-lanterns, vampires, werewolves, and of

A new website, DiedInHouse.com, allows you to type in an address from anywhere in the country, and it will inform you if anybody has died in that home. While watching some scary movies in honor of Halloween, some of

The top-producing workaholic is a mainstay in the annals of real estate, but new research is suggesting that the 80-hour week may not be all that admirable. It’s one of the more common memes in real estate – more

When you work the long hours that real estate demands, it can be easy to lose focus; thankfully, there are easy ways to get it back. Real estate can be a demanding industry. From generating leads, to marketing listings,

We all wonder if size truly matters, but in the case of newly built single-family homes, the answer is clear. What percentage of newly built homes have an entry foyer? What if the home is less than 2,000 square