“Real estate is more stressful than being a cop,” says Garrett Decker, a former sheriff’s deputy who now serves as Broker Associate at NextHome Endless Summer. This surprising comparison immediately captures the intensity of today’s Florida housing market through the eyes of someone who has experienced both professions firsthand. From Badge to Broker: An Unconventional ...
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“We’re experiencing a strong buyer’s market with abundant inventory. There’s an imbalance—many sellers, fewer buyers,” explains Todd Siegrist, a seasoned Realtor with LPT Realty serving Florida’s Emerald Coast. This market shift presents both challenges and opportunities, particularly in the condo sector where competition among sellers has reached remarkable levels. In one Destin resort, Siegrist’s two-bedroom ...
The Art of Pre-Marketing: How FirstTeam® Real Estate Balances Listing Transparency with Client Needs
“I don’t believe a tech platform should dictate how a brokerage operates,” states Michele Harrington, COO of FirstTeam® Real Estate, addressing the ongoing industry debate over listing transparency and off-market properties. “We are the industry leaders. We are the people servicing our clients. We are face to face with our sellers and our buyers every ...
“Many home buyers we interviewed struggled to understand the necessity of working with a buyer’s agent,” says Arman Javaherian, CEO and Co-Founder of Homa. “They understood the role of a seller’s agent on the listing side, but questioned the need for a buyer’s agent.” This observation, gained during Javaherian’s six-year tenure at Zillow and Trulia, ...
“The majority of our clients are charging too little. They’re leaving money on the table without knowing it,” says Robert Tinterov, Founder and CEO of Priceagent, a pricing intelligence platform that’s revolutionizing how real estate professionals approach property valuation. In an industry where pricing decisions directly impact both time-on-market and final sale value, Priceagent offers ...
“The market has really changed over the last few years. When that mansion tax was initially imposed, it really was the upper echelon of home sales in the area. Back in 2018, only 6% of New Jersey home sales were over a million dollars. Today, that number has increased to 16%.” shares Ryan Bruen, team ...
Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Vintory, says the vacation rental industry faces a predictable pattern of unpredictable disruptions that demands new thinking about business resilience. “Every seven to 10 years, there’s some kind of a black swan event,” Pfautz observes, drawing on his 17 years of industry experience. “Look at 2001 with 9/11, 2007-2008 with the ...
The vacation rental industry is facing a transparency crisis that’s holding back both property owners and managers, according to Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Comparent, who draws a striking parallel with the evolution of car buying. “It’s never been a transparent process,” Pfautz says. “Just like buying a car used to be, you’d waste weekends going ...
'Mid-Sized Vacation Rental Companies Outperform Industry Giants in Quality Metrics,' New Study Shows
A groundbreaking analysis of over 6,000 vacation rental companies reveals an unexpected truth: mid-sized operators are consistently outperforming larger competitors in key quality metrics, according to new data from Comparent. “Most market leaders are middle-sized companies, from 50 to 200 properties,” says Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Comparent. “Some of the larger companies like Casago and ...
While many Colorado mountain towns crack down on short-term rentals, Western Colorado’s market remains uniquely welcoming to Airbnb investors, according to one local real estate leader. “So far, we’re not seeing those bumps, as we know in many of the areas of Colorado, it’s becoming restricted,” says Johnny Pfeiffer, Broker at Spirit Bear Realty, describing ...
Patten Properties has announced the official release of Section 2 at The Estates of Texas Grand Ranch, marking what the company calls its biggest land sale event of the year with homesites starting at $79,900. The June 28 grand opening event will offer 1- to 3-acre wooded homesites in the nature-inspired acreage community located in ...
“Sometimes, a simple design adjustment in the parking plan can make the difference between a stalled project and one that moves forward.” This insight from Christopher Tiessen, President/CEO of KLAUS Multiparking America Inc., captures a reality that’s reshaping the development landscape across the United States. As headlines continue to chronicle delayed and canceled construction projects ...
Austin’s multifamily market is grappling with significant oversupply, particularly in the luxury segment, as developers’ aggressive building programs have outpaced population growth, according to a veteran local property manager. “We built all these brand new units, and we just don’t have the population coming here now,” says Mike Martine, VP of Martine Properties, describing what ...
“$2 billion isn’t enough to stop me from running you over. Wells Fargo and Bank of America… I’ve been up against trillion-dollar companies. A $2 billion company really stands no chance against me,” declares Kevin Ra, CEO and Co-Founder of CloseAbility Data Solutions, a company redefining how investors approach distressed real estate. Ra isn’t making ...
