Inman News

When Anthony Lamacchia warns never to start a conversation with a prospective client by asking these two "absolutely awful" questions, take notice -- no matter how unorthodox his advice may seem.

Courtney Poulos, broker-owner of Acme Real Estate, started her Los Angeles-based real estate brokerage for the low, low price of $1,000 a month in rent. She and Luke Monroe, broker and CEO of Kendrick Realty, dish on the real cost of doing business as a brokerage owner at Inman Connect New York.

At Hacker Connect on Monday, ShowMeNow founder Sean Thomas, whose app was acquired by eXp Realty, offers tips to real estate professionals considering starting an app.

With new apps and services launching all the time, the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) says it is critical for the industry to establish common rules for handling data. Jeremy Crawford recommends thinking of RESO like Bluetooth, a technology that was adopted by both Apple and Samsung.

What should innovators in the MLS, brokerage, vendor and mortgage space do when they start moving beyond standards set by organizations like RESO and MISMO?

From parades to bustling farmer’s markets, agents are taking advantage of weekly social events to cultivate relationships and heighten brand awareness.

Every broker-owner will eventually face the same choice: Subscribe to a technology service to help manage the business or try building on your own.

Whether you're building a real estate app or the latest tool using artificial intelligence, the user experience (UX) should be at the top of your thoughts.

Data is often the lifeblood of technology in the real estate industry, sometimes confronting executives, agents and programmers with privacy-related ethical dilemmas.

KW's successful AI app Kelle was made with input from agents around the country, executives revealed at Inman Connect New York 2019.

Thanks to their uniquely personalized identities in local markets and the advent of affordable new tech tools like Amazon's Echo devices, independent real estate brokerages are well-positioned to compete against larger national real estate chains.

Selling a home without professional representation is an arduous undertaking. Here are 11 common difficulties FSBOs tend to face — and tips for how real estate agents can convert these individuals into clients.

ComeHome, a new home search portal from real estate predictive analytics firm HouseCanary, has deactivated all of its property listings as of Friday — essentially turning itself off — after multiple listing service executives told Inman they were surprised.

Congressional leaders and President Donald Trump reached a deal on a continuing resolution Friday that will fund the government for three weeks. The deal ensures all government employees will receive their paychecks next week, including backpay missed during the more than month-long shutdown.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are integrating their messenger services, potentially giving agents new ways to communicate with possible clients.

Chances are, Taylor Swift is never, ever getting back together with Douglas Elliman after a New York judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit filed by one of the brokerage's agents claiming the star owed a $1.08 million commission on a New York townhouse.

Iconic gangster Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán tried to use the Hells Angels to kill a real estate agent in Canada, a Brooklyn court heard last week.

The week's top real estate industry stories, plus previews of Inman Connect New York.

CoreLogic has inked a deal with Pushpin, a company whose platform can automatically pick out property parcel information from aerial imagery.

HouseCanary has launched a new listing portal, though it has left some multiple listing services confused about how their data landed on the site.