At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new business opportunities will be revealed. Join us.
Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our findings.
Do you need a buyer agreement for open house attendees? Do we have finalized forms yet? Can we post offers of compensation on our websites or through a workaround app? There are plenty of questions floating around out there as we draw closer to the Aug. 17 implementation deadline for the terms of the NAR settlement.
So we want to know: What looming NAR settlement questions do you still have? Do you have a plan in place for working with buyers, sellers and cooperating colleagues? Has your brokerage provided enough training, or have you gotten your information straight from the local association? Do you feel confident that you have a handle on the day-to-day post-Aug. 17, or are you still struggling to catch up? Let us know below:
We’ll compile a list of the top responses and post them on Inman next Tuesday.
Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our findings.
Sending a salty text message to the wrong recipient. Sending confidential financial information to the wrong email address. Saying exactly the wrong thing during a tense negotiation or ticking a potential client off with an ill-timed, ill-considered joke.
There are a million different ways to screw up when it comes to verbal or written communication. As we approach the Aug. 17 deadline for post-settlement changes to the way we do business, it’s more important than ever to get all of our ducks in a row when it comes to conversations and information-sharing.
That’s why we want you to tell us about your biggest blunders in the realm of communication. Did you say the wrong thing? Say the right thing to the wrong person? Was technology involved or just foot-in-mouth disease? What communication gaffes have left you (and others) reeling? Let us know below:
We’ll compile a list of the top responses and post them on Inman next Tuesday.
Later this month, Inman will honor the fifth class of inductees into the prestigious Inman Golden I Club.
What is the Inman Golden I Club? It is the highest honor in luxury real estate. Golden I Club honorees include top luxury agents, teams and brokerages, the best luxury property and new development marketing campaigns of the past year, as well as the top luxury deals in cities, by beaches and on or around the mountains.
Today, following a period of public nominations and consideration by the Inman editorial team, we are announcing the finalists.
Winners will be announced live on stage at Luxury Connect, July 29-30, 2024, at the Aria in Las Vegas. Join us.
Top Luxury Agent
Santiago Arana, The Agency
Carrie Chiang, Corcoran Group
Drew Fenton, Carolwood Estates
Dina Goldentayer, Douglas Elliman
Paul Grover, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Chris Leavitt, Douglas Elliman
Alex Perry, Allie Beth Allman & Associates
Steven Shane, Compass
Tracy Tutor, Douglas Elliman
Kumara Wilcoxon, Sotheby’s International Realty
Top Luxury Team
Chernov Team, The Agency
Daftarian Group
Gullixson Team, Compass
Jones Fridman International & Assoc., Compass
Koch Team, Corcoran Group
Noble Black Team, Douglas Elliman
Tim Allen Properties Team, Coldwell Banker
Williams & Williams, Beverly Hills Estates
Top Luxury Brokerage
The Agency
Brown Harris Stevens
Coldwell Banker
Coldwell Banker Warburg
Corcoran Group
Engel & Völkers
Moreland Properties
Sotheby’s International Realty
Top Luxury Tech/Tool
Concierge Auctions
Curaytor
Luxury Presence
Matterport
Rechat
Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for Home/Property
Dawn McKenna Group, Coldwell Banker, Home Alone House
Shawn Elliot and Zachary Elliot, The Elliot Team, Nest Seekers International, Sean Hannity Long Island Estate
Hedgerow Exclusive Properties, Exclusive Hamptons Dinners with Chef Francis Mallman
Latham Jenkins, Live Water Properties, Jackson Hole Ranch
Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for New Development
Alys Beach, Brand Campaign for Alys Beach
Compass, Rosewood Residences Beverly Hills, Upfronts Event with Wolfgang Puck
SERHANT., Mercedes Benz Places, Miami Grand Prix Special Event
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new business opportunities will be revealed. Join us.
Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our findings.
This week, Inman’s Christy Murdock laid out a list of seven things that make real estate agents look unprofessional online. From an outdated headshot to no headshot to a total lack of online presence, it’s a guide to putting your best face forward in the digital world. Of course, professionalism (or a lack thereof) is important everywhere — on social media, on the phone and face-to-face.
So it made us wonder: What’s the most unprofessional thing you’ve seen a fellow real estate agent do? Did they show out (or forget to show up) for an open house or closing day? Did they use salty language or post something unbelievably vulgar on social media? Did they present themselves in a way that was over the top (and not in a good way) in their marketing or in the media? Tell us your best stories (without naming names) here:
We’ll compile a list of the top responses and post them on Inman next Tuesday.
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new business opportunities will be revealed. Join us.
Since 1998, the Inman Innovator Awards have honored companies, individuals and new technologies that increases productivity, efficiency and transparency for consumers and real estate professionals alike.
Inman Innovators include entrepreneurs pushing the old ways aside, data scientists discovering new ways to examine behavior, marketers reimagining how to showcase properties, teams reinventing how to communicate with clients, companies building advanced technologies, and brokerages and teams creating groundbreaking business models.
Following an open call for nominations, the Inman editorial team has selected the finalists in each category. The full list of finalists appears below.
The finalists and winners in each category will be honored later this month at Inman Connect Las Vegas, along with the announcement of this year’s recipient of the Nate Ellis Award for giving back to the community.
2024 Inman Innovator Award finalists
Innovator of the Year
Austin Allison, Pacaso
Rich Barton, Zillow
Dan Cooper, Gitcha
Damian Eales, Realtor.com
Andy Florance, CoStar
Josh Jensen, Inspectify
Sean Soderstrom, Courted
Carrie Wheeler, Opendoor
Company of the Year
CoStar Group
Courted
CoreLogic
Gitcha
Inspectify
Lone Wolf
The Real Brokerage
RentSpree
Rocket Companies
Sidekick
Most Innovative Agent or Team
Alexander Zakharin, NestSeekers
Frances Katzen, Douglas Elliman
Dawn McKenna, Coldwell Banker
Holly Meyer Lucas, Compass
Jimmy Burgess, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Coalition Properties Group, Keller Williams
The Ashton Real Estate Group, RE/MAX Advantage
Most Innovative Brokerage
The Agency
@properties Christie’s International Real Estate
Compass
eXp Realty
LPT Realty
Moreland Properties
The Real Brokerage
SERHANT.
Sotheby’s International Real Estate
Most Innovative Marketing or Branding Campaign
The Agency, “The Next Generation of Real Estate”
@properties Christie’s International Real Estate, “Love Letters”
Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors, “Only a Realtor”
CoreLogic, “Cybersecurity Month”
Homes.com Super Bowl advertising blitz
Realtor.com, buyer representation campaign
WFG National Title, “Let’s Do This”
Zillow, “Home Just Got Real”
Most Innovative Lead Servicing Solution
BoldTrail
Fello
Happy Grasshopper
PropStream
Percy
Realeflow
Most Innovative Marketing Solution
Curaytor
iGUIDE
Lone Wolf
MoxiWorks, ActivePipe
Realtor.com
ShowingTime+
Most Innovative Client Experience Solution
CoreLogic
Corcoran Group
Movoto
Nest Realty
Rechat
Solid Earth
Most Innovative Use of AI
Courted
eXp Realty
LocalizeOS
Mr. Cooper
The Real Brokerage
Restb.ai
Rocket Homes Product Delivery
Sidekick
SERHANT.
Zillow/ShowingTime
Most Innovative Industry Podcast
Jason Abrams, The Millionaire Real Estate Agent
Glennda Baker and Tyler Whitman, Glitter and Gay
BiggerPockets, On the Market
James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson, Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered
Christine George, Know Like Trust for Real Estate
Mike DelPrete, Context
Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson, Industry Relations
Katie Lance, The Katie Lance Podcast
Most Innovative Organization/MLS
Austin Board of Realtors/UnlockMLS
Bright MLS
CAR
CFA
CRMLS
Houston Association of Realtors
Miami Association of Realtors
The MLS
NWMLS
What Moves Her, Anywhere
The Nate Ellis Award (for giving back to the community)
