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Can AI solve real estate’s coaching problem?

Jul 24, 2026

Growing brokerages often promise personalized coaching but struggle to deliver it at scale, Troy Palmquist writes. Here's why AI-powered coaching could reshape agent development without replacing human leadership.

What to do when your buyer owns the ranch but not the water under it

Jul 24, 2026

Surface, mineral and water rights queries show why informed and prepared real estate agents matter even more for land transactions, Kelly Lise Murray writes.

Before you help your kids buy a home, read this first

Jul 24, 2026

The Bank of Mom and Dad needs its own underwriting process. Here's how to help your clients, and their parents, think ahead before they buy.

When mom and dad fund the deal, ChatGPT gets a seat at the table

Jul 24, 2026

A Compass agent says more buyers are feeding inspection reports to ChatGPT and Claude, then negotiating off AI-inflated repair estimates, especially when parents are footing the bill.

Howard Hanna, Portside team up in Northern New England

Jul 24, 2026

Howard Hanna is entering Northern New England for the first time, partnering with Maine's top independent brokerage, Portside Real Estate Group.

Pending home sales hit 3-month low as rates climb

Jul 23, 2026

Buyers are pulling back — and gaining leverage because of it, as mortgage rates hit an 11-month high and sellers continue to outnumber them nationwide.

What 10 years in construction taught me about real estate

Jul 23, 2026

After a decade in and around construction and real estate, here are the lessons ADU expert Whitney HIll keeps coming back to.

I lost my mobile phone and found 4 fresh perspectives

Jul 23, 2026

While losing your phone is the ultimate business disrupter, it also helps you get back into the real world and offers fresh insights, new Inman contributor Karen Boyd writes.

Aaron Kirman: Anybody in real estate should be optimistic

Jul 23, 2026

Aaron Kirman built one of the country's top luxury listing portfolios. Ahead of Luxury Connect, he shares where the high-end market is headed next.

Keller Williams adds 5 leaders to growth, strategy teams

Jul 23, 2026

The new execs will focus on agent recruitment, retention and productivity, working with regional, divisional and market center leaders on growth strategies.

VineBrook is dumping its oldest homes — and quietly buying up BTR

Jul 23, 2026

VineBrook Homes has 1,575 homes for sale, the most of any institutional SFR operator. Parcl Labs data shows the sell-off is funding a bigger bet on build-to-rent.

Fannie Mae brings cryptocurrency-backed mortgages to the public

Jul 22, 2026

Fannie Mae is now making it possible for crypto holders to leverage the value of their assets without triggering a taxable event, America Foy writes.