There is so much free information for real estate agents online. Sorting out the gems from nonsense can be a challenge. But nonetheless, one of the best sources to crowdsource knowledge are real estate groups on Facebook. You can join these with your professional Facebook profile (or, as of 2019, Read more…
History is full of wars. Some wars are virtuous, like pushing Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. Other wars are for land, or civil wars between competing throne chasers, or other causes we detest in the 21st century. Or worse, many soldiers fought for outright evil causes like Nazi Germany. But Read more…
“If you want to get rich in real estate, sell stuff to Realtors”. Overspending on shiny objects is the bane of real estate agents. It’s not a victimless crime, either. That stuff adds up and, before long, can add up to enough to tank your business. Wait until you’re closing Read more…
This is a fresh list of books that have come out since I published my last must read list in 2019. Obviously that list has some timeless gems that are worth your time as well (including obligatory reads like Gary Keller’s The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The One Thing, and Read more…
2019 saw historic sums of money flowing into the real estate industry and “proptech” (property technology). The result was a lot of companies hiring, supercharged on easy cash. What’s more, it may have been the height of the cash infusions, as real estate money is likely to be a lot Read more…
I try to review lots of different real estate software tools here on Hooquest. And I do my best to shoehorn those tools into a category. But some technologies in the real estate industry are just too unique or special to know exactly what to call them. I still want Read more…
Online community generated courses like Udemy have started to gain significant adoption. I am excited about platforms like these, and see them as potentially major disrupters in their own right over time, taking on the sclerotic US licensing, credentialing, and even higher education systems. Udemy is not alone, either. There Read more…
We’re not talking commercial analytics, public record information, property data, and AVM companies. I’ve written about those companies in another article. We’re also not talking about general market stats. If you want to know the market trends, I recommend checking out the following real estate data sources: NAR Research and Read more…
So, you think you want to become a real estate agent? Or maybe you’ve already got your real estate license and are well on your way! Here are all the things you should (and shouldn’t) be thinking about based on my own personal experience trying to get established. Budget a Read more…
It’s too easy to overspend as a new real estate agent. CloudCMA is only $30/mo! A Placester is $99/mo! Mojo Dialer is just $60/mo! (Note: I’m not sure exactly what these products are selling for at the moment). That is already $2160/yr you are spending. That is 5.4% of the Read more…