While real estate industry layoffs largely began with companies that provide mortgages and mortgage-related services, everyone from Adwerx to Zumper has been impacted by the downturn
The San Francisco-based startup had been on an IPO track but expanded 'faster than we could train, support and develop everyone,' according to a company memo obtained by Inman
Most recently, Chiappetta served as director of partnership expansion at Side for about two-and-a-half years
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A trio of industry leaders urged agents and brokers to try new things and focus on building their roster of clients during an Inman Connect New York panel on Wednesday
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Anna Bellomo grew her company from $112 million in 2020 to over $300 million transacted in 2021 by focusing on happiness first, growth second
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Although there are always external factors that threaten the success of an indie brokerage, some of the worst problems are self-inflicted
Zinnia offers a wide range of operational structures for aspiring real estate brokerages, from brand development and technology implementation, to sales coaching and proprietary education and motivational events
Side prides itself on letting top agents function with business autonomy atop a technology-forward support structure
Other industry leaders who landed top spots on the prestigious Swanepoel Power 200 ranking include eXp's Glenn Sanford, Realogy's Ryan Schneider and Compass' Robert Reffkin
Creating a more robust teams structure, filtering out the industry noise and innovating the franchise model are all major challenges the brokerage will face in the coming year
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Finally, COVID-19 wasn't at the heart of the year's prevailing real estate technology trends. Instead, 2021 was marked by notable acquisitions and the fallout from the biggest of them all
'Cards get stacked against indies,' said Thad Wong, @properties co-founder and co-CEO, during Connect Now when discussing the challenges of being an independent brokerage
Technology themes at Connect were dominated by a new wave of mortgage providers changing the way buyers enter homebuying, brokers' mixed agreement on how to deliver technology to agents and how iBuying is opening new ways to advise clients