No, no, not the Country Music Awards. A Comparative Market Analysis. The real estate agent’s ace in the hole. Creating and distributing CMA’s is a great way for real estate agents to help, keep, and obtain more clients. A comparative market analysis is a data report of comparable home sales/rentals in a targeted area. … More You should be using CMA’s
As Millennials and Gen-Xers continue to impact the real estate market, agents and brokers are becoming significantly more valuable. In the most recent REAL Trends Consumer Study, 90% of buyers and sellers used an agent to facilitate their transaction. This is the highest it’s been since the report was formed in 2001. 91% of Millennials … More Millennials are using Real Estate Agents more and more
Agreement will help increase network agent productivity by reaching first time home buyers early, servicing renters and offer a more innovative real estate experience. SOMERVILLE, MA – Rental Beast, the only fully integrated SaaS platform in the real estate market with a comprehensive listing database of over six million rentals nationwide, announced today it has … More Rental Beast Teams with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Welcome to the first installment of Rental Beast’s Quick Tips. In today’s post we will be focusing on tips and tricks you can use to be a better agent. Rental Beast prides itself on helping agents become masters of their craft. Let’s hop right in: Tip number one: Never turn a deal down! Between sales … More Rental Beast Quick Tips: Becoming a better Real Estate Agent
According to CoreLogic, new and existing houses and condominiums sold during this past month of September fell 18% compared with September of 2017. This is a worrisome trend for potential home buyers, as the median price for homes sold in September was $505,000 (3.6% higher than it was last year). With prices rising, and home … More RB Insight: Southern California Housing Slump
Everyone knows that the best way to attract and obtain more clients is through word of mouth. People like to talk, they talk about the things that happen to them, and especially the good experiences they have. This is painfully true in regards to using an agent. Renters and home buyers that have good agents … More The not-so subtle art of referrals
FCRA, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, comes into conversation in real estate during the application phase. This act regulates the collection of credit information and the access of credit reports. Passed in 1970, it was designed to ensure fairness, accuracy, and privacy of personal information during credit checks. All real estate agents must be … More FCRA Compliance? Rental Beast is here to help
Somerville, MA – Rental Beast, the only full end-to-end SaaS platform in the real estate market, with a comprehensive listing database of over six million rentals nationwide, announced today it is integrating with Facebook Marketplace to offer home rentals listings. Rental Beast has access to over 70 percent of the total rental inventory in many … More Rental Beast is Integrating with Facebook to Bring Home Rentals Listings to Marketplace
In a recent report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), agents and brokers did fewer deals and made less money last year. NAR’s 2018 Member Profile revealed that the median gross income for agents this year was $39,800 compared to $42,500 in 2016. This six percent drop is shocking, so what are agents going … More Agent income is falling. What’s YOUR plan?
Home sales in the United States fell 0.6 percent this past June, marking the third month of this downward trend. Higher prices and a lack of inventory are the main culprits which have caused many would-be buyers to skip the home sales market altogether. In a report released by the National Association of Realtors, … More Existing Home Sales in the US fell 0.6% in June