Resources

Referral Flow helps Ninjas network

Apr 22, 2025

Developed by Joseph Chiavatti, what started as a side hustle in between closings and open houses is now called Referral Flow, and it’s now Ninja Selling’s official peer networking solution.

Groups slam CFPB’s bid to undo fair lending settlement as ‘dangerous’

Apr 22, 2025

Fair housing and consumer groups are trying to stop the Trump administration from vacating a settlement the government reached with a Chicago mortgage broker just days before the November election.

LA agent caught smuggling 164 pounds of cocaine in Chicago

Apr 22, 2025

Jerome Nalbandian was caught toting four roller bags stuffed with 164 pounds of suspected cocaine through Chicago's Union Station. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Deidre Dyer commented, "Wow. That's a lot."

Sale notices go out to Remine’s creditors, MLSs

Apr 22, 2025

Any responses or objections to the $1.5 million deal must be filed with Delaware's Chancery Court on or before May 1.

Ex-First American CEO entitled to $18M following cruise ship brawl

Apr 22, 2025

First American Financial Corp. terminated CEO Kenneth DeGiorgio "without cause" on April 10 after authorities charged the title insurance veteran with misdemeanor assault aboard a cruise.

Mary Lee Blaylock leaves HomeServices for Sotheby’s Realty

Apr 22, 2025

Blaylock's move to Sotheby's International Realty comes about one week after Gino Blefari retired as CEO at HomeServices, and Chris Kelly stepped into the role. Blaylock will lead company-owned brokerage operations at the luxury brand.

Listings are quietly ‘commingling’ on Zillow again after 4-year hiatus

Apr 22, 2025

In most markets, the portal has resumed displaying non-MLS listings alongside other properties in spite of NAR's no-commingling rule, the policy behind a lawsuit between Zillow and REX in 2021.

Concessions surge as homesellers offer sweeter deals in sour markets

Apr 22, 2025

In the first quarter of the year, 44.4 percent of homesellers included concessions in their deals, just shy of the record 45.1 percent seen at the start of 2023, according to new data released Monday by Redfin.

5 ways to reset systems, scale with ease, future-proof your business

Apr 22, 2025

Shift your business out of survival mode when you adopt a CEO mindset, implement smart processes and procedures, and scale with the future in mind, broker Jessica Souza writes.

Private listings just got real: State regulators have entered the chat

Apr 22, 2025

State regulators are scrutinzing Realtor practices and mandating consumer-friendly, fiduciary-level professional behavior, Summer Goralik writes.

5 Instagram Reel ideas to grow your real estate brand, business

Apr 22, 2025

Focus on being helpful, real and a little bit creative in your social media content, Kate Hulbert writes, and the engagement (and leads) will follow.

Dream Finders Homes grows its mortgage, title insurance footprint

Apr 21, 2025

Alliant National acquisition brings 700 independent title agents in 32 states to Dream Finders, which provided financing on 72 percent of the homes it built last year through subsidiary Jet HomeLoans.