Resources

How to escape the secret agent trap and embrace visibility

Sep 3, 2025

Don't be a secret agent in your market. Coach Darryl Davis shares why being visible can be fun, fulfilling and vital to the growth of your real estate business.

How 1 agent pivoted when his social media leads peaked

Sep 3, 2025

Ian Grossman hit a high point of gaining leads through social media that coincided with the Austin market hitting its pandemic peak. Once the market cooled and those leads started to fall off, he pivoted by adjusting his social strategy and nurturing his database.

Texas bans some foreign buyers from purchasing real estate

Sep 2, 2025

The law that went into effect on Monday prohibits individuals and companies from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying or leasing property for more than one year.

Trump administration ‘in no rush’ to do Fannie, Freddie IPO this year

Sep 2, 2025

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker have asked federal regluator to pause any efforts to reprivatize Fannie and Freddie and study potential impact on mortgage rates.

NAR fires back at Mauricio Umansky’s PLS in new legal filing

Sep 2, 2025

The trade association essentially denied all allegations that The PLS made against it, arguing that Clear Cooperation and NAR policies are "lawful, justified, procompetitive [and] pro-consumer," and that they were conducted with NAR's legitimate business interests in mind.

‘If our nurses, firefighters, and teachers can’t live here, then our community stops functioning’

Sep 2, 2025

Workforce housing initiatives offer one part of the affordability solution for discouraged buyers, but still fall short of the need.

The 7 must-have real estate sales success fundamentals

Sep 2, 2025

Wondering if you have the right stuff for a career in real estate? Trainer and author Bernice Ross offers seven chracteristics that signal success.

Your brand isn’t what you say it is (it’s what others see)

Sep 2, 2025

Your brand lives in the eye of the beholder, and it’s shaped by the perceptions of countless external stakeholders — not in what you say about it, The Agency President Rainy Hake Austin writes.

Marketing lessons from Taylor Swift (that Cracker Barrel forgot)

Sep 2, 2025

From Taylor Swift’s viral engagement moment to Cracker Barrel’s rebrand misstep, timing, tone and cultural fluency shape brand perception.

The 90-day restart your real estate pipeline needs

Sep 2, 2025

Broker and lead-gen consultant Josh Reis outlines the 5×3×90 Program, a zero-dollar way to restart a quiet real estate pipeline.

NAR lost the trust of many agents. Is the trade group winning it back?

Sep 1, 2025

When new rules governing buyer's agent compensation went into effect, the share of real estate agents Intel surveyed who saw the National Association of Realtors as bad for the industry shot up. One year later, some agents are coming back around.

The secrets behind RE/MAX’s top team and its billion in sales

Sep 1, 2025

On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered — now exclusively on Inman — Gary Ashton and Debra Beagle raise the curtain on The Ashton Real Estate Group’s playbook.