Commercial Real Estate

Define and embrace your company culture, power brokers say, then recruit agents who fit that niche.

Real estate has been slow to attract young professionals, but forward-thinking brokers are overcoming common barriers to entry.

We live in a litigious society, and real estate agents and brokers are sued all the time — even if they don’t think they did anything wrong.

After a property closes, issues can come to light that make the new owners or the sellers upset and want to place blame on their agents. The best thing brokers can do is educate themselves and their agents on all the potential situations that could bring about a lawsuit, and, of course, by carrying errors & omissions insurance.

With real estate sales still slow in many parts of the country, you can bet consumers are scrutinizing deals like never before. So if your internal policies and record keeping were a bit loose during the go-go market, it’s time you took steps to protect your brokerage. Make sure your written procedures lay out the key dos and don’ts that associates need to follow.

Mapping technology has come a long way since the days Mapquest and Garmin ruled the lot. A host of open-data and proprietary tools offers real estate pros—both residential and commercial—new ways to share data about properties, local economic trends, and neighborhood amenities

Here Barbara Holland, CPM, of H&L Realty & Management Co. in Las Vegas, identifies some of the biggest liability mistakes common among those who haven’t yet learned the ropes.

Before you say yes to becoming a de facto property manager, be sure you know what your personal limits are and how much responsibility you can take on.

Forbes.com recently highlighted some of the most common mistakes Americans make that put them at more of risk of becoming victims of identity theft. Here are a few mistakes to avoid.

This year, REALTOR® Magazine launched the Broker to Broker initiative, a program that provides information geared towards broker-owners and managers of real estate companies. We've published 119 articles in this new section, and found the most highly read pieces focused on how brokers can best support their agents.