by Jeffrey Wagman | Feb 22, 2021 | Columnists
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a real estate agent in the ’80s or earlier? If you weren’t even born then, you wouldn’t be able to imagine it. Computers? No, we used MLS tear sheets and MLS books. Email? No, we spoke face to face. Cell phone? No, we used...
by Jeffrey Wagman | Apr 13, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Columnists, Featured
First, I hope everyone out there is safe. I lived through the 1990s recession. The difference then was we went to work. There was not much happening in the real estate market, but you still had your routine. Now the routine has completely changed. There is no option...
by Jeffrey Wagman | Nov 21, 2019 | Columnists
Real estate brokerages have changed drastically in the last 30 years. It went from agents being “employees” of the brokerage and enjoying the camaraderie of an office because that’s where all the information was and distributed, to a “cloud” mentality where agents get...
by Jeffrey Wagman | Aug 9, 2019 | Columnists
Selling a home in which the clients are going through a divorce is one of the most stressful and difficult situations in the real estate business. For most families, the value of the matrimonial home is their greatest asset, and the emotions attached to the end of a...
by Jeffrey Wagman | Jan 14, 2019 | Columnists
A company is business made up of lots of legal documents that have to be registered with the applicable government bodies. There are shareholders, leaders, managers and workers. You know what really makes a company? The people who represent it. Without a cohesive...