3 steps to getting comfortable on camera — and winning clients

Social media coach Chelsea Peitz shared a 3-step plan for agents looking to find their voices in a video format at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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1000watt CEO: ‘No one cares how much or how agents get paid, they only want things to be easier’

At Inman Connect New York Wednesday, CEO Brian Boero shared insights from a real estate consumer sentiment study it conducted under the self-imposed mandate to “shut up and listen” to what buyers and sellers want from real estate agents.

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Authentic marketing helped launch the careers of these 3 agents

Matt Lionetti and Tyler Whitman, of The Agency, and Sarah Desamours, of Douglas Elliman, shared their strategies for authenticity on social media with attendees at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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Data and multiple listing services: A love story?

Speakers at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday urged MLSs to adopt new datasets and make sure to share them in ways that are useful to agents and consumers.

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Anywhere Brands Sue Yannacone: Align with bigger franchises to win

Anywhere Brands President Sue Yannacone argued at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday that franchising helps brokerages scale up, and gives them tools they couldn't otherwise access.

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Localize to expand its AI tools for agents to more markets in 2023

A company that powers the home search for buyers using artificial intelligence, generating leads for agents, will enter new markets this year CEO Omer Granot said on Wednesday at Inman Connect New York.

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The Umanskys dish on work-life balance and life as reality stars

"It's great brand-building," CEO Mauricio Umansky said of his family's new real estate reality TV show, "Buying Beverly Hills." "But more than the brand building, it was just meant to have a lot of fun."

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‘Profitability above growth is the priority of the moment’

At Inman Connect New York on Tuesday, a trio of finance executives seemed bearish on the state of proptech funding but bullish on its future.

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Spencer Rascoff on CoStar-Move Inc. rumors: ‘$3B seems a little low’

Pioneers of consumer-first online home search weighed in from Inman Connect New York on rumors that CoStar has approached News Corp about purchasing Realtor.com parent, Move Inc.

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How fiscal prudence in good times can avert a hit to morale later

When the market emerges from this down period, savvy broker-owners will remain judicious with expenses, three top executives said at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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Homebuyer demand for mortgages up for second week in a row

Purchase loan requests rise 3 percent week over week as mortgage rates ease but remain down 39 percent from the same time a year ago.

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Exp CEO Glenn Sanford touts cloud-based brokerage model at ICNY

A day after Compass CEO Robert Reffkin dismissed remote work as 'the killer of culture' at ICNY, Sanford argued on Wednesday that there's equal merit to virtual and brick-and-mortar models.

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Vishal Garg is back, with plan to save Better: The ‘One Day Mortgage’

Comparing himself to Henry Ford and Elon Musk, CEO says he's reconfigured Better's assembly line to crank out mortgages in a single day.

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Alpaca partner Ryan Freedman is on hunt for real estate disruptors

"Reducing friction was yesterday’s play," Alpaca VC general partner Ryan Freedman told Inman in a wide-ranging interview. He stressed the need for a full suite of industry services.

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Compass went public 2 years ago. Can it recover from its stock slump?

Compass went public in April 2021, and ever since then the New York-based brokerage has weathered a market downturn and seen investors' appetite for shares fall significantly.

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CoStar considering purchase of Realtor.com parent: Report

Acquiring Realtor.com would significantly advance CoStar's push into residential real estate — and bring it into greater conflict with the industry's existing power players.

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Tell us about your best day ever (in real estate): Pulse

From your first day on the job to your biggest listing, we want to hear about your best day ever in real estate.

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French CEO celebrates similarities, differences in US market

Iad Group CEO Clément Delpirou explained the shared challenges in agent recruitment, retention, technology and adjusting to a shifting market at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday.

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Rates may ease, but affordability tools will still be in demand

Zillow and UWM executives are optimistic mortgage rates will come back down but advised real estate agents at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday to get familiar with affordability tools like interest-rate buydowns.

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Fine-tune your strategies to attract new business in a new market

James Becker, Nancy Almodovar and Richard Grossman spoke at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday about strategies they've employed recently to generate new business.

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