Real Trends: Real Trending

On today's RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt, senior director of data and content for HWMedia, talks to Patrick MacQueen, a real estate attorney and founder of Medalist Legal in Arizona. MacQueen discusses the top mistakes agents and brokers make with independent contractor agreements and franchise agreements. He'll go over best practices, what should be addressed in each contract, and the most overlooked areas that could mean legal complications down the road.Enjoy the episode! Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot! Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts! The RealTrending podcast features the bright

In this edition of the RealTrending podcast, OB Jacobi, president of family-owned Windermere Real Estate in Seattle shares his thoughts on generational succession planning. The lessons he and his family learned from the second generation are being put into play as the third generation of Windermere family members enter the business. Jacobi, who worked to create Moxi Works, before spinning it off into a separate company discusses brokerage technology collaboration, what the next iteration of innovation might look like, mistakes brokers make when building or implementing a tech platform and more.Enjoy the episode! Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot! Be sure to check out our Youtube channe

Today's RealTrending features Cole Slate, broker-owner of Slate Real Estate in Jacksonville, Florida. Slate doesn't believe in recruiting. Instead, he believes in attracting the right agent for his culture."It's important that we and our agents are doing this for the right reasons," he said. What are those reasons? They all revolve around helping people in the community, whether it's through appreciation events for crossing guards, first responders and teachers, or helping buyers and sellers. Slate offers his best practices on community engagement and agent attraction.Enjoy the episode! Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot! Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-

Today’s RealTrending features Skylar Olsen, chief economist for Zillow. In this fast-paced podcast, Skylar shares her predictions for the housing market and offers dialogue that real estate agents can use when speaking to buyers and sellers. Whether you’re working with buyers who are on the fence or sellers not sure how to time the market, Skylar has the info you need to move them along.Enjoy the episode! Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot! Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts! The RealTrending podcast features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team lea

Today’s RealTrending features Dan Amdur, CEO of Moving Station, a company that specializes in senior relocation and offers a QuickBuy iBuying solution as a value-add. Amdur discusses iBuying, the mistakes made in the past and how iBuying is best done in partnership with real estate agents. He also discusses trends in the senior market and how to better serve this demographic through concierge services.Enjoy the episode! Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts! The RealTrending podcast features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

In today’s RealTrending podcast, we speak with Lydia Pope, president of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers about how the organization is educating Black high school and college students on how to create generational wealth through homeownership. We go over Black homeownership statistics, advocacy, proposed changes in loan level pricing and more in this informative and eye opening podcast.Enjoy the episode! Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts! The RealTrending podcast features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

In this week's edition of RealTrending we welcome Mike Simonsen, founder of Altos Research to offer a real-time look at the 2023 housing market. He uncovers potential trends and reveals the one thing that could turn the market around for the positive.Enjoy the episode!The RealTrending podcast features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features Anthony Marguleas, broker/owner of Amalfi Estates, a Side partner, in Pacific Palisades, California. Marguleas shares his success strategies from his 29 years of real estate experience. From creating inventory through a texting lead generation platform to setting door-knocking goals — in a luxury market! — Marguleas takes relationship building to the next level. Enjoy the episode!RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features Sam Sawyer, CEO of Pinnacle Realty Advisors. Working in both the real estate side as a founding agent with Compass in Dallas, and then with a FinTech mortgage start up, Sawyer had an idea to flip the traditional real estate model on its head.  Sawyer discusses the death of today’s traditional real estate model, how he views brokerage as a service and reinventing the brokerage relationship with the agent. Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features Side Real Estate co-founder Guy Gal. Side is expanding quickly despite the market headwinds. Gal discusses the future of teams, how team business models are changing,  the trends he’s seeing with boutique models and what his company is doing to move the industry forward. Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features eXp Holding Founder Glenn Sanford on how his brokerage is managing the downturn and the new wellness initiatives he recently rolled out through is SUCCESS magazine platform Sanford gets personal about his own wellness journey and why it’s so important for real estate agents to have access to wellness advice and care to find balance in today’s burn-out heavy industry. Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features Coldwell Banker's CEO Ryan Gorman on managing operating costs and setting brokerage priorities in an uncertain market. Plus, he discusses lessons learned through past brokerage shifts and offers strategies for determining what to keep and what goes.Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending features HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami. Logan digs into the housing market data on pricing, days on market, inventory and demographics to give real estate professionals a real-time look at what’s happening today and how that will play out in the market in 2023. Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Dr. Lee Davenport, a real estate coach and author specializing in helping real estate professionals grow and teaching others about fair housing. Dr. Lee talks about the science behind personalities and how to tailor your real estate prospecting to your personality. For example, certain personalities are great at cold calling and door knocking, but for others, those activities are stressful. Spoiler alert: Not all real estate agents are outgoing extroverts! Dr. Lee helps you figure out your personality type and provides real-life examples of activities suited to you. Enjoy the episode!This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Scott Wright, partner with RTC Consulting and co-author of the RealTrends Brokerage Benchmark 10-year Report, which specializes in real estate brokerage valuations, mergers and acquisitions and consulting. Wright reveals some new benchmarking data that can help brokers manage operating expenses in today’s market. Plus, he reveals the three business activities that will make the biggest difference for success in the coming year. Hint: Brokers should be looking for local opportunities and walkovers. Plus, he discusses how real estate brokerage deal terms and valuations are changing.This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navi

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Robert Kennedy III, leadership expert and founder of Kennetik Kommunications. He’ll be in Orlando next week to speak at the National Association of Realtors. Real estate is all about relationships and it’s time to change your mindset from transaction to relational. Kennedy shares his tips for coming up with the dialogue to tell your story in a meaningful way and how to boost your listing presentation in this insightful podcast. This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Casey Bryan, president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group with over 900 agents in Tampa, Florida and surrounding areas. Bryan was also named a RealTrends Emerging Leader, an award for leaders under the age of 45 who are making an impact in the real estate industry. Bryan joined the company, founded by Dewey Mitchell and Allen Crumbley, and learned quite a few lessons transitioning into leadership with the pair.  She talks about that transition with RealTrends’ Editorial Director Tracey Velt, as well as how the brokerage is preparing for tomorrow’s market and how they are shifting their focus to new lines of revenue and agent training. This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, a

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Dave Childers, president of Keeping Current Matters. Childers talks to RealTrends’ Editorial Director Tracey Velt about today’s housing market. The biggest question on many minds is what will happen with home prices over the next year? Will they lose value, are we about to see a crash in the real estate market? The bottom line is that the majority of experts are forecasting homes to appreciate in 2023, just at a much slower pace. The issue is some have called for depreciation, and they are getting the most attention.Childers talks about what’s really happening in the market and how real estate professionals and leaders can use today’s market as a springboard to success. This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Sean Frank, founder and CEO of Mainframe Real Estate in Central Florida. Frank’s 78-agent boutique brokerage is small but mighty. That’s because he’s built an in-house transaction management platform that has about a 100% agent adoption rate.  “The great thing about our tech is that it's not optional [for agents] as it guides them  through everything [from contract to marketing to close.] They use it to check out their yard signs and the transaction is managed through it, so adoption has never been an issue,” says Frank.This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Stefan Peterson, co-founder and chief data offers of zavvie, a white label marketplace solution that connects broker-agents and their clients with verified buyers offering new ways to buy and sell homes. Peterson goes over a recent study on the future of the modern marketplace, including iBuyers, power buyers, listings concierge and homeownership accelerators. While offer acceptance and accepted price is down, Peterson is positive there is a place in the market for iBuyers and power buyers.This episode is sponsored by Keeping Current Matters. Keeping Current Matters makes it easy to be the market expert so you can spend more time on what matters most: your clients. Check them out here.RealTrending features the brightest minds in real estate. Twice a month, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.