by Dani Vanderboegh | May 9, 2025 | Industry, News Feed
Turn up the volume on your real estate success at Inman On Tour: Nashville! Connect with industry trailblazers and top-tier speakers to gain powerful insights, cutting-edge strategies, and invaluable connections. Elevate your business and achieve your boldest goals — all with Music City magic. Register now.
Every Friday, Inman Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the workweek. Here’s this week’s Top 5 as chosen by our readers.
P.S. Don’t miss The Download, our weekly column that breaks down one of the week’s top stories and equips you with what you’ll need to meet next Monday head-on.
Hanna slammed the National Association of Realtors’ MLS rules in a conversation with Inman prior to the Gibson settlement last week, saying Clear Cooperation and IDX limit broker innovation.
Howard Hanna’s CEO Howard “Hoby” Hanna envisions offering “a deeper level of retail experience” after the NAR rule change, but chafes at the trade group “telling us how to operate our business.”
FHFA Director Bill Pulte tells “crypto influencer” he’s signed more than 80 orders revamping policies and procedures at the mortgage giants, only 12 of which have been made public.
While you’re optimizing your online presence, don’t stop at social media. Jimmy Burgess and Julie Tomlinson help you start up (or rethink) your Google Business Profile.
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Michael Mercurio, the former CEO of the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors and San Diego MLS, alleges wrongful termination as a separate suit against him is set to go to trial in October.
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by Dani Vanderboegh | May 3, 2025 | Industry, News Feed
Curious what your competition is consuming? Inman Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the top trending topics, smart strategies and sage advice of the year as chosen by our readers.
This May marks Inman’s sixth annual Agent Appreciation Month. Look for profiles of top producers, opinions on the current state of the industry and tangible takeaways you can implement in your career today. Plus, the prestigious Future Leaders of Real Estate return this month, too.
In addition to reporting the news in real-time, one of Inman’s top goals is to bring you cutting-edge insights, smart strategies and tangible takeaways that you can implement in your business immediately. Inman contributors are the secret sauce in ensuring that everything we put in front of you can help you level up in today’s market.
May is Agent Appreciation Month at Inman, a six-year tradition that we are proud of. To kick it off, we want to let you know what trending topics agents across the country are reading about, so we’ve rounded up our most-read how-tos, guides and sage advice of 2025 so far. Without further ado, here they are:
Agents who lean into using AI to serve their clients at a higher level, Jimmy Burgess writes, will absolutely outperform the agents who don’t embrace this technology.
Now is a great time to take a hard look at your daily activities and see if there may be adjustments you can make that will lead to more success, Jimmy Burgess writes.
Learn the social media secrets of Omer Reshid, a powerhouse real estate pro and social media expert who shares his insights with Real’s Jimmy Burgess.
Ready to change your life and your business? It starts, Jimmy Burgess writes, with changing the negative patterns you’ve fallen into.
What if the fastest way to break through your biggest blocks was asking AI to call you out? Real’s Drew Thompson explains how.
Ready to get growing in the new year? Jimmy Burgess shares practical, actionable strategies to help you meet your goals.
Success is inevitable, Jimmy Burgess writes, when you’re coming from a place of service and value-added client care.
Top brass at Instagram, Adam Mosseri, is sharing insights for creators to get more traction on the platform. Real’s Jimmy Burgess breaks down how to make these tips work for you in real estate.
Real estate doesn’t lack lead gen options, Jimmy Burgess writes. It lacks execution. He provides a wealth of resources and the strategies you need to implement them.
Education, inspiration and entertainment: You’ll find it all on Instagram. Jimmy Burgess shares the 25 must-follow accounts tailor-made for real estate agents in 2025.
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by Dani Vanderboegh | May 2, 2025 | Industry, News Feed
Turn up the volume on your real estate success at Inman On Tour: Nashville! Connect with industry trailblazers and top-tier speakers to gain powerful insights, cutting-edge strategies, and invaluable connections. Elevate your business and achieve your boldest goals — all with Music City magic. Register now.
Every Friday, Inman Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the workweek. Here’s this week’s Top 5 as chosen by our readers.
P.S. Don’t miss The Download, our weekly column that breaks down one of the week’s top stories and equips you with what you’ll need to meet next Monday head-on.
Robert Reffkin speaking at the 2023 Compass RETREAT | Credit: Compass
The suit claims the multiple listing service is a “monopolist” with “no meaningful competitors” and that, as a broker-owned MLS, its Seattle area owners have an interest in limiting competition.
Northwest MLS CEO Justin Haag and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin
The brokerage’s federal court complaint acknowledges that clients have canceled listings and that agents have departed amid a battle with Northwest MLS over how they’re marketed.
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Under Senate Bill 2713, professional organizations like the National Association of Realtors would be prohibited from denying membership based on speech violations, regardless of existing bylaws.
The franchisor’s performance was driven by its luxury brands during the first quarter. President and CEO Ryan Schneider also reaffirmed during an investors’ call the company’s stance on recent moves by NAR, Zillow and Redfin in regards to Clear Cooperation.
The smartest agents aren’t just selling homes anymore, branding and marketing expert Alyssa Stalker writes. They’re building scalable income ecosystems that grow with them.
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by Dani Vanderboegh | May 2, 2025 | Industry, News Feed
Turn up the volume on your real estate success at Inman On Tour: Nashville! Connect with industry trailblazers and top-tier speakers to gain powerful insights, cutting-edge strategies, and invaluable connections. Elevate your business and achieve your boldest goals — all with Music City magic. Register now.
Every Friday, Inman Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the workweek. Here’s this week’s Top 5 as chosen by our readers.
P.S. Don’t miss The Download, our weekly column that breaks down one of the week’s top stories and equips you with what you’ll need to meet next Monday head-on.
Robert Reffkin speaking at the 2023 Compass RETREAT | Credit: Compass
The suit claims the multiple listing service is a “monopolist” with “no meaningful competitors” and that, as a broker-owned MLS, its Seattle area owners have an interest in limiting competition.
Northwest MLS CEO Justin Haag and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin
The brokerage’s federal court complaint acknowledges that clients have canceled listings and that agents have departed amid a battle with Northwest MLS over how they’re marketed.
Credit: Canva
Under Senate Bill 2713, professional organizations like the National Association of Realtors would be prohibited from denying membership based on speech violations, regardless of existing bylaws.
The franchisor’s performance was driven by its luxury brands during the first quarter. President and CEO Ryan Schneider also reaffirmed during an investors’ call the company’s stance on recent moves by NAR, Zillow and Redfin in regards to Clear Cooperation.
The smartest agents aren’t just selling homes anymore, branding and marketing expert Alyssa Stalker writes. They’re building scalable income ecosystems that grow with them.
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by Dani Vanderboegh | Apr 25, 2025 | Industry, News Feed
Turn up the volume on your real estate success at Inman On Tour: Nashville! Connect with industry trailblazers and top-tier speakers to gain powerful insights, cutting-edge strategies, and invaluable connections. Elevate your business and achieve your boldest goals — all with Music City magic. Register now.
Every Friday, Inman Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the workweek. Here’s this week’s Top 5 as chosen by our readers.
P.S. Don’t miss The Download, our weekly column that breaks down one of the week’s top stories and equips you with what you’ll need to meet next Monday head-on.
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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.
A LinkedIn post by Errol Samuelson on Zillow’s private listings rule flared into a weekend skirmish that drew nearly 300 comments from executives like Robert Reffkin, Glenn Sanford and Leo Pareja.
What if the fastest way to break through your biggest blocks was asking AI to call you out? Real’s Drew Thompson explains how.
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The purchase price is a fraction of what Austin Board of Realtors’ Unlock MLS, First MLS, Miami Realtors’ MLS and Heartland MLS paid to buy the company 3.5 years ago.
State regulators are scrutinzing Realtor practices and mandating consumer-friendly, fiduciary-level professional behavior, Summer Goralik writes.
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