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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? The days of AI-staged photos that look more like Salvador Dali paintings than comfy living rooms or HGTV-ready kitchens are long gone. The images todays virtual staging companies can create using AI are shockingly realistic and, dare we say it, stylish. We think it is.

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How to become a real estate broker & launch a brokerage — Advice from a KW mega broker

Housing Wire

When I started my first brokerage in my late twenties, I was full of ambition but had no idea what to expect. If your dream is to own your own brokerage and manage a team of top-performing agents, leading your team to success means much more than hanging a new license on your wall. Now you have to do some tedious stuff.

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Real launches three new products during its agent conference

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The Real Brokerage is keeping attendees of RISE, its third annual agent conference, on their toes. From the RISE stage in Las Vegas , Real unveiled three new products for agents and clients on Tuesday. Real also unveiled Leo of Clients on the RISE stage Tuesday.

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Optionality of NAR’s no-commingling rule takes center stage at REX appeal hearing

Housing Wire

Despite noting that it did not support this rule, Zillow claims it was forced to adopt it to obtain IDX feeds from MLSs that had, precipitating the two-tab design for MLS listings and other listings. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations. At one level, it is optional, but it is mandatory if the MLS adopts it.

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What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? We explain the key differences

Housing Wire

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage. But keep in mind that licenses will need to be renewed.

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Thinking of joining a real estate team? Here’s everything you should know

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Team structures to avoid While most team structures are designed for growth and success, not all teams are set up that way. They work to appropriately price listings, stage homes, and prepare properties to go to market. They create content, manage the teams social media, and design marketing campaigns to attract leads.

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Compass adds high-producing agent in Washington state

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real estate brokerage Compass announced Wednesday that it has hired Hal Bennett, a high-producing agent based in the Seattle area. At this stage, joining Compass, a company at the forefront of technology and agent support, makes sense for my business,” Bennett said in a statement. Bennett ranked No. 17 with $47.7 Bennett ranked No.

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