Why Aaron Kirman is betting on AI, crypto and new development

According to Aaron Kirman, much of his success in the real estate industry first as a solo agent, then as a team leader and now as a brokerage CEO, has come from keeping his finger on the pulse of the industry and taking a critical approach to his business.  “Life is always an evolution and you don’

The Unlikely Workforce That Could Help Fix America’s Property Tax System

More than 4,000 completed homes remain missing from the property tax rolls in Montgomery County, TX—and that's progress. The backlog once stood at roughly 12,000 properties. Just last year, the Montgomery Central Appraisal District added 5,052 previously missed homes to the rolls, restoring approxim

The housing market’s inventory rebound is shifting power to buyers, but not everywhere

As summer unfolds, U.S. single-family home inventory has reached its peak level since the pre-pandemic era, according to HousingWire Data. Inventory continued to build in many markets, giving buyers more choices than they had over the past few years — though a small cluster of Northeast and Midwest

Real estate agents should stop comparing gross commission income

Agents are trained to watch their numbers, which is sound advice right up until the wrong number becomes the one they watch. A common and corrosive habit in this business is benchmarking personal worth against another agent’s gross commission income or GCI. That’s a measurement error, and like most