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To the thousands of people searching the internet for information on neighborhoods, properties and agents, your online presence is your first impression and your best chance to impress. Here are some ideas to take it to the next level.

The CRM is the most talked about and crucial tech investment brokers make for their businesses, but adoption and long-term commitment can be problematic. Do it right this time, and follow these critical steps.

In our multipart series on the U.S. housing market this summer, Inman's Jim Dalrymple reports that the market has been resilient amid the coronavirus crisis.

“They call me Winz. ”Matt Winzenreid is one of those people who puts you at ease immediately. He has a disarming way about him, even though he runs a high performing real estate team. Matt makes you comfortable because he is comfortable. He’s self-assured. Secure in his belief that he’s doing exactly what he was meant to do.

Running a real estate brokerage or team is a 24/7 business. There’s so much going on: transactions, agent questions, legal requirements, mortgage, title and other vendor relationships, technology changes, upgrades and challenges, and the constant need to put out fires.

For the luxury buyer, investing in a second property is an act of pure wish fulfillment. A secondary home is about more than just necessity, it’s about the opportunity to live one’s best life — which is why being an agent in a second-home market is such a pleasure.

As a 25-year veteran in the Boston residential real estate business, I have experienced remarkable changes firsthand. For some sectors of the industry, the technological advances we have witnessed in the past three months outpace changes that have occurred over the last three years.

Sotheby's new mobile site includes Instagram-style listing pages, agent profiles with direct texting capabilities, and 15 translations for global consumers.

Kyle Seyboth of Keller Williams and Alexa Lambert of Compass snagged top individual agent awards from the Real Trends + Tom Ferry The Thousand rankings.

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they'll discuss iBuyers' evolving business models, changing markets around big cities and a gift card project that's giving back to the community.

Controlling the lights in a home through a tried-and-true voice assistant or a smartphone app is not only helpful, but also incredibly convenient. Here's what homeowners should look for when weighing their smart switch options.

With its own FDIC-insured savings account and a sharp, well-executed experience, Digs is part fintech, part proptech, and it's designed to help agents help clients buy their first home.

Black people often get left out of high-end real estate for a host of interconnected reasons: income disparities, home value disparities and outright discrimination.

Among 18- to 25-year-olds, a 12 percent decline in individuals living on their own translates into a $726 million slash in rent revenue, according to Zillow.

As New York City prepares to enter phase two on Monday, agents expressed ambivalence over resuming in-person showings or heading back into the office.