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By Jennie Morris, International Association of Home Staging Professionals In the beginning, home staging was mostly focused on sprucing up vacant properties. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, when staging first started to gain traction, stagers and real estate professionals tended to have limited furniture resources and focus on “vignette staging.” Vignette staging is… Continue Reading Vignette Staging Doesn’t Cut It Anymore: Here’s Why

By Matt Clements Your number one source of funding and the best investor in your Young Professionals Network is your local association. The CEO/AE should be your partner for your YPN. Think about it. The association needs new leaders. Your group provides those people. The value of investment should be about $2,000 for smaller associations,… Continue Reading How to Ask for Money for Your YPN

Learning High Valyrian. Check out this dune roof in Amsterdam. Bear bribes guard dog–it’s a win-win for both animals. waterseas23/flickr/2010 We can all use tips on how to make meetings more productive. Now you can eat an emoji. The City of Baltimore computer system has been disrupted by ransomware.  Closings are being affected. Find out… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: May 13-17

On Thursday afternoon, the Research team presented the committee-directed redesigns and findings of several surveys and data projects to the Research Committee..  The purpose of the committee is to focus on market conditions in the real estate industry as well as developments in the general economy and to identify topics on which research and information… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Research Committee

On Thursday afternoon on May 15th, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun gave a commercial update to members.  In his update, Yun discussed opportunities and challenges facing the commercial market in the year ahead.   Brian Ball, Secretary of Commerce & Trade for the State of Virginia, spoke about the impacts of Amazon HQ coming to National… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum

Bright and early on Thursday May 16th, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun presented his economic outlook on current and forecast trends to members attending the 2019 NAR Legislative Meetings & Expo.  In his update, Yun spoke about challenges facing the economy, as well as positive developments that members should watch for.   Also speaking were… Continue Reading Research behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Residential Economic Issues & Trends Forum

On Wednesday May 15th, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Shannon McGahn gave an update on messages for meeting with Members of Congress that included several data points from Research reports and surveys, notably the 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the 2018 C.A.R.E. (Community Aid and Real Estate) report and the newly released 2019… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Research Everywhere

On Tuesday May 14th, Research Economist Gay Cororaton spoke to the Global Alliances Advisory Board.  She spoke about reports and data that Research produces that would be of interest to global-minded audiences. She also discussed the newly-redesigned State Economic Data for Engaging in International Real Estate.  During April 2017-March 2018, there was $121B in foreign… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Global Alliances Advisory Board

On Tuesday May 14th, Research Economist Gay Cororaton gave a commercial real estate update to the Commercial Real Estate Advisory Board. She spoke about the findings of the 2019 Q1 Commercial Real Estate Market Survey and gave insights on trends in the commercial market. Along with an economic update, Gay discussed the findings of several… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Commercial Real Estate Advisory Board

By Jef Conn We all want to make more money, to be the best agent or broker, to sell the most houses or commercial properties. Regardless of how much time you’ve spent in your real estate career, the following five tips will help you make more money this year and every year after. But first,… Continue Reading Do These 5 Things To Make More Money This Year (And Every Year After)