Travel agents... gone.
Stock brokers... gone.
Real estate brokers... in trouble. Photographer's agents, too.
Literary agents?

In a surprising move, online real estate brokerage Redfin is entering into partnerships with real estate agents from more than a dozen other brokerages in areas that Redfin’s in-house agents can’t reach.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard has filed a lawsuit against a group of Tucson real estate agents and businesses, alleging the group devised a three-pronged scheme using rent-to-own properties to defraud investors, lenders and homebuyers.

Obviously newspapers are nearly useless to real estate agents now. The investment that was made in advertising in the papers should be moved to the internet, either through websites or tools to get maximum exposure for the agents listings.

Real estate broker – if you are dedicated to the brick-and-mortar brokerage office, but seek to change it up either to reduce cost or create an environment that infuses a spirit of change for customers and agents, you are not alone.

We’ve trained hundreds of real estate agents to make the blog an effective marketing tool. We run them through a dozen hours of personal training classes, aiming to keep them on track to success.

The following represent the most common issues that we help them recognize in or to keep them focused.

As many real estate developers are losing buildings to the banks, a group of investors are about to pick over the failures and they are looking for deals. Commercial property values are dropping, refinancing capital is scarce, but there is one group that is raising money quickly. Real estate investment trusts.

A guest column published Friday, which suggested that a hybrid salary model could improve the quality of real estate professionals agents, has stirred up a firestorm of commentary from our readers.

Denny Oh, Tomato Graduate out of San Diego, CA, sent me a link the other day letting me know it would make for good blog fodder. So I challenged him to make it happen, and he did...