Dual Agency used to be the only way people could buy or sell a home, meaning there was no such thing as buyer's agents and buyer representation. A current lawsuit could push the real estate industry back to these dark days...

There are two very different ways to price a home. One way is the normal, everyday method that most agents and home owners use, but the second is rarely used but MUCH more effective in driving up a price.

What's life going to be like for Realtors in a Biden/Harris Administration? Will things get better? Worse? Are things going to change? What should we be looking forward at?

It happens. We get overwhelmed. Clients beat us up a bit. We have things in our personal lives. Constant expectation of excellence combined with the fact that we're human and eventually we burn out. Not gonna lie, I've been there recently. Here's how I get myself back out of the funk!

Real estate has an unbelievably high turnover rate. You're more likely to survive Navy Seal training than you are real estate. But why? Here are six things Realtors do that ensure their failure in the industry.

For decades, companies have been trying to undercut the agent and put you out of a job. Whether that be the discount, flat-fee, or now the cash to purchase without an agent option, "disruptors" fizzle in and fizzle out. At the end of the day, will they end your career? That depends on what the client wants. And what the client has proven OVER and OVER again, is they want local market expertise and relationships.

Wow. That was ugly. But guess what? The candidates got squeezed and we saw who they really are. Real Estate squeezes us, and shows us who we REALLY are!

This is a tough career. And it's made even more challenging by the fact that we don't take good care of ourselves. One of the best ways to disconnect is to actually disconnect and get out of town. Here is a piece of advice a veteran agent gave me when I first got started that I still apply to my real estate life 12 years later.

What are you willing to sacrifice? Success takes sacrifice. Period. And there are two very distinct paths to attain success. There's the Gary V approach and there's the Jay Shetty approach. Which one fits you best?

If you have to relive your last work day perpetually, and that's all you could ever do, would you be successful? Or would you have to fire yourself because your day lead to bankruptcy and a horrible business?