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January 21, 2015

Merger of Warren Buffett’s Portland, Seattle brokerages creates regional powerhouse

Outsiders may never even have realized that they were separate companies, but the merger of two brokerages doing business as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate — one in Seattle and one in Portland — has created a regional powerhouse with 725 agents and “a tremendous amount of growth potential.”…
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January 20, 2015

4 LA agents leave The Agency for Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Real Estate is expanding its new Beverly Hills, California, office at the expense of rival brokreage The Agency, which is losing Jeeb O’Reilly and her team of three top agents Julia Brodsky, Tori Barnao and Gersh Gershunoff. The former owner of a catering business that served stars like…
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January 20, 2015

CRMs: A multitude of choices

Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series of stories examining how real estate professionals are using customer relationship management (CRM) applications to work more efficiently and grow their businesses. See Part 1 and Part 2. Mobile-optimized CRMs that integrate with many platforms, rank leads, automate responses and…
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January 20, 2015

Startup brokerage offering flat-fee services — to buyers

A Seattle startup brokerage is providing services to buyers including legal representation on a flat-fee basis, offering clients several options depending on the level of service they need and what they’re willing to pay.  Quill Realty, which launched last year offering to represent buyers for a commission equal to 2…
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January 19, 2015

Realtor association’s defamation suit against member headed to trial

With a defamation suit filed more than two years ago by the Chicago Association of Realtors and its CEO against a member who questioned the handling of the association’s finances heading to trial in March, colleagues of the defendant have created a legal defense fund on her behalf. Andrea Geller,…
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January 19, 2015

Tests trample many in stampede for real estate licenses

Interest in a career in real estate sales continues to rebound in nearly every state in the union, but not everyone who wants in on the action is able to obtain their license right off the bat. Last year, half of the nearly 28,000 people taking Florida’s licensing exam for…
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