As featured in REALTOR® Magazine. New Year, New ChallengeIf 2020 has inspired you to promote fair housing for all, but you do not know where to begin, then join the J.E.D.I. (Justice + Equity + Diversity + Inclusion) Defender Challenge to kickstart...
I have heard it time and time again: This year is anything but normal. That statement, at times, is followed by a sigh and other times by a shrug, revealing that the preceding months have been at the least emotionally dicey. In a similar fashion, su...
As featured in my monthly Inman New Column. ‘You should be careful so no one mistakes you for a criminal’ while doorknocking ‘You would look sooooo good with your hair straight’ ‘You probably don’t have a college degree’ ‘This is YOUR property? B...
Why Operation: EXPANSION? If you have ever wanted to offer your team the opportunity to develop lead-generation strategies based on present-day, proven, peer-reviewed lead-techniques without further taxing your current staff, then this is for you! O...
In this harrowing and unprecedented (that's a word that we will likely retire) year, we are sadly well informed that, from a business standpoint, there have been massive layoffs. Yet, real estate deals have reached highs comparable to 2006 -- yes, th...
As featured in my monthly Inman News column, Real (estate) Talk. Crunch. Pop. Snap. That is not the sound of your morning cereal. Rather, the front bumper of your car is now mangled thanks to the driver next to you not maintaining his lane.'That was...
As featured in REALTOR® Magazine. Do your neck and shoulders tighten when someone mentions race in the context of real estate? Does your fight, flight, freeze, or fawn instinct go full throttle when discussions shift towards discrimination and...
As featured in The YPN Lounge. “There is no other organization that can end residential segregation like your organization,” Glaude told REALTORS®. “We may work in integrated places, but in the intimate spaces, we don’t know each other. We are wa...
As featured in Inman News. Jaw-dropping 'Jacobi [Windermere President] said he wasn’t aware of the existence of racist covenants until several weeks ago, despite the fact that his brokerage was founded in a formerly whites-only neighborhood.“I’m le...
As featured in Realtor Magazine. Challenging. Supportive. Scaleable. Opportunity. Possibility. Those are all words that we as firm leadership may use to describe teams and the dynamics they bring to our burgeoning realty firms. In a perfect wo...