David Maez
Catherine Straughan recently left Compass Real Estate to join Vivo Realty. As a relatively new real estate agent, she said that making the change gave her more opportunities to learn and continue to grow in her new profession. “Compass is a fantastic company and very forward-thinking in their software and marketing,” she says. “But I can’t…
Read MoreFor as long as it has existed, Zillow’s “Zestimate” has been something of a joke to real estate agents. Since the firm launched the Zestimate in 2006, the first conversation between potential sellers and listing agents often deals with the misconception that the Zestimate is anything more than a computer program’s Hail Mary that lands…
Read MoreAs members of our editorial team cover the annual National Association of Real Estate Editors conference, a recurring theme is the transformation of the traditional real estate brokerage. The existing model, industry disruptors say, no longer serves the individual agent. Locally, more and more brokerages are touting their digital assets, using social media and mobile…
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