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Educating buyers and setting expectations from the beginning is critical for successful repair negotiations. Buyers cannot understand which repairs are necessary and which might annoy the seller enough for the deal to shatter without the guidance of a real estate agent.

Here are a few tricks (and treats) for getting ahead of next year’s lead generation plan this October.

If you’re ready to get a head start on 2020, October is the best time of year to do your business plan. As you plan for the upcoming year, there’s an entirely new way to market your business, and that’s through streaming media.

Undeniably ambitious, Generation Z is also realistic. Value, not to be confused with cheapness, is of the utmost importance. As a member of Gen Z and an agent, I have a unique lens that allows me to view it through both perspectives. Here are the common marketing mistakes I’ve seen.

The Harvard Business Review reported that men will apply for a job if they meet 60% of the qualifications, but women will only apply if they meet 100% of them. That poses a question for anyone who wants to close the gender leadership gap. Nothing can fully, 100%, prepare you to lead an organization — except actually leading an organization.

The real estate landscape has changed, and with it, Keller Williams. Today, Gary Keller is back in the CEO seat, guiding Keller Williams through the fourth industrial revolution and focusing on developing an innovation engine that changes the game.

Every month, the top five real estate websites receive over 320 million visitors, but half of those visitors are not looking to buy or sell a home. All of the sites feature the same basic listing photos and information and the same impersonal way to connect with agents — but none are geared toward today’s socially driven, tech-savvy millennials.

Every once in a while, a property is put on the market that is so exceptional in its luxury, history, or setting that it surpasses other high-end offerings by leagues. These superlative listings are commonly referred to as trophy properties — and throughout my career, I have had the privilege of showing and selling a number of them.

“We offer that tool, if only our agents would use it!” These words are uttered by nearly every leader of a brokerage firm. Each day, agents and teams eagerly present the next ‘game-changing’ tool to their brokerage leadership with the promise of it making them more productive.

Homebuyers and sellers are often motivated by the market and inventory — signals that buying or selling a home is a smart financial decision at that time. But a segment of buyers and sellers can’t always wait for the right time. They have to buy or sell when their boss, the United States government, tells them it’s time to do so.