RealTrending

Today’s RealTrending features Rick Davidson, CEO of Cairn Real Estate Holdings. Davidson's real estate services company acquired JPAR, has plans to acquire title and mortgage. Davidson talks how his business model works and plans for future growth.

Today’s RealTrending features Justin Bailey, CEO of Realty Executives Associates in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bailey changed his internal messaging and made several key moves to scale his real estate brokerage growth. Find out how he strengthened his culture when he grew to 750 agents.

Today’s RealTrending features Khrista Jarvis, founder of the Khrista Jarvis team of Coldwell Banker Realty in California.  Her team is ranked nationally as the No. 5 medium-sized team by volume in the 2021 RealTrends The Thousand. The 2022 rankings will be released this summer. Khrista's 11-person team is small but mighty. She discusses lessons learned building her team and offers advice for agent...

Today’s RealTrending features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and Tracey Velt, editorial director of RealTrends talk about the future of independent brokerages and offer an analysis of the RealTrends 500 and Nation's Best rankings.

Today's RealTrending podcast features an exclusive interview with Bob Corcoran of Bob Corcoran & Associates in Florida. Bob's been coaching high performance real estate teams for over 30 years and has helped multiple team leaders sell their businesses. Bob discusses how real estate teams and independent agents can build viable exit strategies when they are ready to move on.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Gary Malin, chief operating officer with Corcoran Group in New York City. Gary leads Corcoran's senior sales executives and the recruiting and nurturing of top talent and builds alliances with key real estate entities and professionals. He shares key insights into successful brokerage recruiting and building a recruiting team. 

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Kristan Cole, founder and CEO of the Kristan Cole Real Estate Network of Keller Williams Realty. Cole's team is ranked No. 27 mega teams by volume and No. 18 by transaction sides in 2021 The Thousand top agents and team nationwide. The 2022 rankings will be out this summer. Cole talks about the challenges growing a multi-state expansion tea...

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Adam Brown, vice president of business development for Propy.com. Brown removes the mystery and confusion surrounding crypto, NFTs and the blockchain and its potential impact on real estate. 

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Ryan O'Neill, team leader of the 170-agent mega team, the Minnesota Real Estate Team of RE/MAX Advantage Plus. Ryan's team is ranked No. 14 mega teams by transaction sides in 2021 The Thousand top agents and team nationwide. Ryan talks about the steps he took to grow his team, what action made the biggest difference and how he's been able t...

In this special edition of RealTrending, Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake talks to @Properties Co-founder Mike Golden. Since speaking with RealTrending in September, @properties has bought international luxury brand Christie’s as it eyes more acquisitions and expanding its franchisee network with investment partner Quad-C. But the company is deliberate in its growth and is avoiding opport...

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer for Zillow Group. A longtime leader at Zillow, Errol is responsible for the company's real estate industry strategy and business-to-business product development. Errol talks to RealTrends about the demise of Zillow Offers, and how the firm plans to develop a "housing super app."

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Christy Budnick, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. Christy talks about the new direction of the franchises, how to be both client- and agent-driven and the addition of services to the brokerage.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Chris Bentley, founder, broker, and owner of Bentley Fine Properties in Texas. Bentley’s 14-agent office serves the Dallas area. He talks to RealTrends about how he’s overcoming growing pains while trying to increase his agent count to 40 agents in 2022.

Today’s RealTrending features an interview with Brett Jennings, team leader of Real Estate Experts, powered by SIDE real estate. Jennings will share the roadmap he used to reach the goal he set for his team 10 years ago. That roadmap includes the different stages of success, key hires and the tools necessary to push you through that stage to the next.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Lane Hornung, CEO and founder of 8Z Real Estate and proptech company zavvie. The original “disruptor,” Hornung talks about the evolution of the real estate industry, the new disruptors and how real estate brokerages must continue to adapt to a new way of doing business.

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends discussing Realtor Association membership and the correlation with agent productivity, real estate industry innovation and the dangers.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Ryan Serhant of SERHANT, a New York-based brokerage. Serhant founded his real estate brokerage in September 2020. He speaks frankly to RealTrends about his opinion of the iBuyer business model, his ideal real estate agent, the future of real estate teams and more.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Robert Reffkin, CEO of Compass. While not backing off recruiting, Reffkin talks about a new focus on agent productivity as well as the firm’s commitment to core services as a profitability center and value-add for agents and consumers.

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends discussing brokerage priorities using Jim Collins’ “Good to Great” philosophy and business lessons learned.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies and founder of Livian in partnership with Keller Williams Realty. Adam talks about the blurred lines between brokerages and teams, the race to become the “Amazon” of real estate and how lead generation is evolving. 

Today’s RealTrending features an interview with Tommie Wehrle, co-chair of the LGBTQ+ REALPRIDE Realogy Employees Relations Group, Coldwell Banker Realty instructor and a broker-associate at Coldwell Banker Realty in Milford, Connecticut. Wehrle, also a member of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, offers advice on how to build diversity and inclusion into your brokerage firm.

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and Tracey Velt, editorial director of RealTrends discussing the trends in real estate team valuations and the results of the 2021 RealTrends Team Profitability Study.

Today’s RealTrending features an interview with Steve Brown, president of residential sales for Crye-Leike Real Estate and chairman of the board for The Realty Alliance, a network of North American real estate firms. Brown talks about boosting core service capture rates, industry trends and the new changes the National Association of Realtors is making to the MLS.

Today’s RealTrending features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and Tracey Velt, editorial director of RealTrends discussing the profitability of real estate teams compared to the profitability of real estate brokerages, based on the results of the 2021 RealTrends Team Profitability Study.

In this edition of RealTrending, Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends, talks about possible parallels between the China real estate crisis and possible implications of proposed government regulations, innovative financing services and people challenges.