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!  Building a great real estate team is all about finding the right people and cultivating a strong culture, speakers at Connect Now told attendees on Thursday. The panel, entitled “Key Foundations for a Successfully Structured Team,” was moderated by Veronica Figueroa, who leads The Figueroa Team at eXp Realty, and speakers included Laurie Reader, founder and CEO of Laurie Finklestein Reader Real Estate, and Christina Welch, owner of the Welch Team at Keller Williams. Laurie Reader | Photo credit: Laurie Finkelstein Reader Real Estate Reader stressed that building her real estate team h...

!  When real estate broker Terrence Murphy was an athlete in high school and college and it came time for him to decide which coach to work with, one main question was: Who stayed in touch the most? “That was a basic principle that I took from recruiting being an athlete to being in business and being a Realtor,” Murphy, broker and founder of TM5 Properties in Texas, told attendees at Inman’s Connect Now conference on Thursday. “The statistic is 87 percent of Realtors don’t stay in touch with their clients after the transaction.” Murphy, who played in the National Football League...

“I swallowed hard when I heard the news,” one agent told us.  For agents, the deal raises concerns about who owns their data, as well as what Zillow has planned for software that many people consider part of their daily toolbox.  At a time when Zillow’s power has never felt more ascendant, that’s just the start of the questions that we’ll have for Zillow’s Errol Samuelson and ShowingTime president Mike Lane, both of whom will take the stage at Inman Connect Now on Thursday.  They’ll face no-holds-barred questions from our own Clelia Peters as well as respond to some of the in...

!  One of the hallmarks of every Inman event is the sharing of hard-won learnings from people facing the same challenges you are. This Thursday, interactive workshops at our February Connect Now virtual event include a session on how to engage with old leads to create new business, and a brand-building mastermind that will teach you how to broaden your online footprint. You won’t want to miss it. For a taste of what to expect this Thursday, enjoy the above video from our January Connect event. In it, real estate experts Jeff Lobb and Stacie Staub share tips on how to find inventory in toda...

and so much has happened.  I’ve been having conversations with so many in the Inman Community, I’m really glad to see these hot topics on the agenda for Inman Connect Now next week (with a great lineup of speakers.)  Here are a few buzzing conversations that come to mind:  Zillow’s  There are so many questions and not quite enough answers, yet. Is this a data play? A consumer move? A brokerage move? What happens now? Speculation is never quite as healthy as facts, so we’re asking Errol Samuelson of Zillow the hard questions LIVE at the event. I already know how many of you will...