Byron Lazine, Tom Toole, and Lisa Chinatti discuss mortgage rates hitting 8% this week, what “longer for longer” means, how agents can “survive until ‘25,” takeaways from Week One of the Sitzer/Burnett trial, a deeply flawed study, and why Byron is happy to pay both commissions.

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Tom Toole and Lisa Chinatti discuss CPI data and comments from Lawrence Yun and Logan Mohtashami, household incomes falling in 17 states, how agents should be coaching their clients, developing role-play skills, the 80/20 rule in real estate, and business planning for 2024.

Byron Lazine and Tom Toole discuss the terms of the Anywhere settlement, NAR’s reversal on zero-percent buyer commissions, a BAM webinar on business planning, how to talk to buyers and sellers about mortgage rates, what to tell renters if buying right now is not in their best interest, and a script to start using right now with homeowners.

Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole discuss how to navigate mortgage rates at their highest level since 2000, the nationwide drop in pending sales, and the mindset you need to have to insulate your Q1 in 2024.

Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole discuss their predictions on the Fed meeting, higher for longer mortgage rates, and the RE/MAX and Anywhere settlements before treating the BAM Camp audience to some objection handling role-play and a live Q&A.

Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole discuss the latest CPI data, Danielle Hale of Realtor.com coming to KBP, consumer debt becoming unsustainable, speculation on funding for a (likely) NAR settlement, laziness on listing appointments, and next week's BAM Camp.

Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole discuss Anywhere’s decision to settle the class action lawsuits on buyer agent compensation, the impact of the settlement, the rise in inventory, and the decline in mortgage demand to its lowest level since 1996.

Byron Lazine and Lisa Chinatti discuss the rise in unemployment, what it could mean for the next Fed meeting, how agents can take market share with Q4 one month away, using reverse psychology to build trust, and strong feelings about NAR and its place in the real estate industry.

Byron Lazine and Tom Toole discuss why housing market affordability is worse now than in the 2006 bubble, the surge of first-time home buyers, where mortgage rates are headed this year, the opportunity that presents for buyers and agents, and a new program by Zillow Home Loans.

Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole discuss the 30-year fixed, the difference between earned optimism and wishful thinking, the conundrum for real estate professionals, how knowledge brokers play the long game, and Warren Buffet’s latest investment in U.S. builders.