
500+ Roads to Real Estate: Agents Reveal the Jobs They Had Before Going All In
The Broke Agent asked the question, “What did you do before real estate?” on Instagram and over 460 agents responded. Here’s what we learned.

The Broke Agent asked the question, “What did you do before real estate?” on Instagram and over 460 agents responded. Here’s what we learned.

Byron Lazine, Tom Toole and Lisa Chinatti tackle the record-setting quarterly earnings reports from leading brokerages and what their growth trajectory means for real estate team leaders. They also unpack the legal and political pressure mounting against private listings after Senator Elizabeth Warren targeted Compass’s off-market strategy.

Realtor.com reveals Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s letter accusing Compass and MRED of civil rights and antitrust risk over private listings.

Howard Hanna’s two-tier Realtor proposal has agents debating what it takes to earn the title, and Byron Lazine and Nicole White break it down on The Real Word.

Leila Hormozi explains why real estate agents discount out of fear and what to change in your conversations to stay premium while winning more business.

BAM highlights six book recommendations from real estate broker Dave Hutchinson, plus four more from the Knowledge Brokers Podcast.

These 12 questions for listing agents uncover seller motivation in under five minutes.

Ryan Serhant tells CNBC there’s “no longer a housing market” in America. Here’s what he meant and what agents can take from it.

Lance Billingsley joins Stay Paid to explain why real estate teams already work like neighborhood groups and why most brokerages still haven’t figured out how to compete.

Sharran Srivatsaa explains how agents can prepare buyers for the entire homebuying process, from the first conversation through closing.

Did the housing market bottom out last year? Byron Lazine examines home sales, mortgage rates, affordability and the latest forecasts.

Brad McCallum tests the Insta360 Luna Ultra in episode one of Branded, breaking down whether (and when) it replaces a full real estate video setup.

Byron Lazine and Tom Toole hosted a business planning webinar and provided free downloadable planning tools to help you create an effective business and life plan for 2024.

Lindsey Jo shares how to create an agent referral list, promote in on your Instagram Stories, and automatically add new emails to your CRM.

Kyle Olson held “The World’s Longest Open House” in June, The 64-hour event took place in North Dakota, raising $10,000 for Alzheimer’s research.

We rounded up the worst of the week! Enjoy this collection of bad real estate pics for October 9th-15th, 2023.

This week in BAM (October 9–13), we have rapport-building tips, a script to use with seller/buyers this fall, a NAR timeline, PR lessons from NAR’s response to allegations, a hidden sales superpower, lagging Instagram Reels, and a little-known hack for Instagram bios.

Lisa Chinatti offers a glimpse into sales training as her Director of Sales Jason Posnick puts their agents’ sales training to the test and demonstrates the power of asking the right questions.

In last week’s Knowledge Brokers Podcast, Byron Lazine and Tom Toole worked on a script to present to homebuyers who could buy their next home with cash if they sold their home today.

In a Fox Business interview, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman reacted to the latest news on the U.S. housing market, warning that mortgage rates are unlikely to ease in 2023. And a CNBC article shows a decline in consumer sentiment despite an improvement in job numbers.

BAM is hosting an interactive business planning webinar on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Hosts Byron Lazine and Tom Toole will also welcome BAMx members to an afterparty in the BAMx Facebook group.

Krys Benyamein shares his pick for the best camera under $1,000 to help you level up your video production—and have a lot of fun creating high-quality home 360 degree videos in less time.

This week in BAM focuses on big news about NAR, one word to eliminate from your vocabulary, business planning basics, October content ideas, how to send 200 Instagram DMs at once, and podcasting tips for real estate agents.

We rounded up the worst of the week! Enjoy this collection of bad real estate pics for October 2nd-8th, 2023.
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