JP Piccinini

Real Estate Under Fire: JP Piccinini and Jim Fite Talk NAR Lawsuit and the Future for Realtors

By Shelby Skrhak / June 1, 2024 /

How does a Realtor survive such a landmark case as the National Association of Realtors class action lawsuit? Work harder, say two North Texas broker legends. Jim Fite, President and CEO of Century 21 Judge Fite Realty, and JP Piccinini, founder of JP and Associates, share their insights on the current lawsuits affecting the industry…

Zillow Launched a Brokerage, But Agents Say Buyers and Sellers Should Beware

By Joanna England / September 23, 2020 /

Zillow made it clear this morning when it announced its new service for Zillow Offers clients, Zillow Homes, that it’s on its way toward having a hand in every part of the real estate transaction. The program essentially creates a brokerage within Zillow — an area of the real estate business the company long said…

Need to Sell Your Home Quickly? JPAR Sure Sale Multiplies Your Offers

By Joanna England / September 11, 2020 /

Sometimes, selling your home is a daunting, overwhelming task, and for those who want to get it done as quickly and painlessly as possible, instant offer programs from iBuyer brokerages are a godsend. For the uninitiated, instant offers from iBuyers are typically cash bids for a home that promise fast sales and quick closings. Several…

JP Piccinini: No More 1970s Way of Selling Real Estate

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2020 /

JP & Associates Realtors — led by Italian-born, Texas-raised J.P. Piccinini — is one of my favorite Dallas real estate success stories. I almost feel like someone who has babysat Mark Zuckerberg: I watched JP build his company in 2011 from a single office first in his home, then in Plano, to one of the…

JP & Associates Now Has Health Care, Retirement Programs for Agents

By Candy Evans / February 25, 2019 /

JP & Associates just wrapped the firm’s annual conference last weekend in Dallas, ending the whirlwind event with a star-studded awards ceremony, food, drink, and the famous Dallas band, Emerald City. It happened at Gilley’s and about 1,400 from D/FW, Austin, San Antonio, North Carolina, and even Florida attended.   This year marks the largest JPAR…