Inman Reconnect

With the coronavirus outbreak slow to flatten and wreaking havoc on the housing market, real estate agents across the country are feeling frustrated and lost. In reality, the need for their work has never been stronger, Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler said at Inman’s virtual real state conference, Connect Now, on Thursday.

Miedler said that signs of improvement and pent-up demand are already emerging clearly in states that opened up in the past few months. The initial panic of whether agents would have a job post-pandemic is being pushed out by a variety of new markets and housing needs that are currently emerging.

High-profile real estate agent and reality TV star Ryan Serhant said Tuesday that he supports ongoing protests sparked by police brutality against Black Americans, adding that people need to proactively fight racism.

Serhant — who is best known as the star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing franchise — made the comments during an afternoon session of Inman Connect Now. All speakers attended the event virtually thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, and during the session sounds from a nearby protest could be heard coming from outside the window of Serhant’s Manhattan office.

Rather than looking at a wholistic picture of the rollercoaster of recovery, think of it as 10,000 different rollercoasters moving independently of one another. Not all markets will recover the same.

Read more here: https://www.inman.com/2020/06/24/is-the-us-housing-market-recovering-theres-no-simple-answer/

Gary Keller is a man of many whiteboards. Earlier this month, at Inman Connect Now, the Keller Williams CEO took out one of those boards — a home-office edition — for a lively discussion with Brad Inman. It was one of the many highlights of our first fully digital event, a jam-packed gathering of agents, brokers, executives and entrepreneurs trying to figure out what’s next for the industry.

On June 2 at Inman Connect Now, Anne Jones, Windermere Abode owner and designated broker; Veronica Figueroa, eXp Realty Figueroa Team founder; and Tiffany Curry, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ first Black broker-owner candidly discussed how real estate leaders can effectively confront the issues of the day. It was a great conversation.

Read more here: https://www.inman.com/2020/06/26/connect-now-watch-tiffany-anne-veronica/

Listen to Brad Inman and Rich Barton discuss the current landscape of real estate at the first annual Inman Connect Now event.

Register for Inman Connect Now here: https://www.inman.com/event/connect-now/

Listen to this special dispatch from Brad Inman about the true intentions of the people that pass in and out of our lives.

In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Washington, D.C. agent and author Candy Miles-Crocker. This true real estate professional offers a checklist for brokers, owners, agents and Realtors to better reengage their clients, customers and most importantly, agents themselves.

In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer at Zillow. There are powerful indie brokers who will be just fine for the same reason that some of the bigger franchises may suffer: Company culture must remain intact. Errol does see a challenge in brokers presenting value propositions moving forward given many of the variables may no longer be factors, like deskspace at a fancy office.

In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined by Kevin Woody, a real estate

brokerage consultant based out of Cary, North Carolina. As an Inman

contributor, Kevin's latest essay focuses five key takeaways from COVID-19 that

every agent can use to continue growing personally and professionally. Brad

probes him on these takeaways in this very real discussion from the trenches.