Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate has announced that The Platinum Realty Group, based in Tehachapi, California, has affiliated with the company, which will now do business as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Platinum Realty Group. The brokerage is led by broker/owner Christy Rabe, who founded Platinum in...
Century 21 Real Estate LLC has announced it is increasing its brand's presence in Mendocino County, California, with the affiliation of Kobetz Realty, Inc. in Ukiah. The full-service brokerage was founded in 2020 by current broker/owner Benjamin Kobetz, the company stated. In the five years since Kobetz established his ...read more
Former Real Brokerage chief financial officer Michelle Ressler, who was terminated in April based on what the company described as violations of policy, is suing her former employer in federal court, claiming that the company pushed her out due to her becoming a mother. Accusing Real of gender and...
The third time was, indeed, the charm. Following multiple revisions and extensions to address concerns from the court and the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris has granted preliminary approval for the fourth amended settlement agreement in the Nosalek v. MLS Property Information Network (MLS...
Jerome Powell, current chairman of the Federal Reserve board, will see his term end in 2026. A possible replacement for Powell is Fed board member Michelle Bowman, a President Trump-aligned conservative who Trump has now elevated to a role even more directly overseeing banking regulation. In March 2025, Trump...
Above: Jose and Nancy Almodovar Forbes Global Properties has announced that the Houston, Texas brokerage Nan & Company Properties is joining its network. Following its founding in 2014, Co-CEOs and Co-Founders Nancy and Jose Almodovar, Nan & Company Properties has grown to be ranked among Houston's top 10 brokerages, ...read more
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Lisa Bayless earned a degree in social work from Boston University, convinced she'd found her calling in counseling. But a blind date who became her steady was a real estate developer in Back Bay, and she was quite surprised to see an overlap in...
Scaling a real estate team beyond your local community is an ambitious goal that many team leaders aspire to but often don't achieve. While some agents dominate their local market, expanding beyond their immediate area presents numerous challenges. Here are some reasons why team leaders don't scale past their...
In real estate, your reputation is everything—and it's built on how you treat your clients. Referrals, repeat business, and five-star reviews don't come from flashy marketing. They come from trust. But here's the truth: if your transaction software is slow or clunky, it's not just an internal headache. It's...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is. During an MLS Forum at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Legislative Meetings, Senior Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs Charlie Lee touched on just that, warning real estate professionals of a new cryptocurrency scam called ...read more