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As our feeds continue to get bombarded with an over saturation of AI generated content, forced hooks, and posts meticulously designed to “get engagement,” the agents who stand out will just pick up the phone and post.
At least that’s what @thebrokeagent thinks…
Value based follow up converts prospects into clients.
I personally used this play to win $3.2M in business over the past 2 weeks.
Stop winging it and use a proven process.
NAR’s Q1 2026 Metro Home Price Report found that home prices rose in 71% of the 235 metro areas tracked, with the national median single-family existing-home price reaching $404,300, up 0.5% year-over-year.
7% of markets recorded double-digit price gains, while the monthly mortgage payment on a typical existing single-family home dropped to $1,979, down $140 from Q1 2025.
First-time buyers saw the share of income spent on mortgage payments fall to 32.5%, down from 36.6% last year.
Do you think real estate agents should own a home before getting licensed?
@tomtoole3rd and @byronlazine broke down President Trump’s comments on today’s Knowledge Brokers pod 👉
In three weeks, Compass locked in four MLS partnerships. The latest and biggest is Bright MLS, the largest MLS in the country with more than 100,000 subscribers across the Mid-Atlantic.
Bright MLS partnered with Compass this week, and the deal gives Bright MLS subscribers access to Compass’s full nationwide listings feed.
As Brian Donnellan, Bright MLS President and CEO stated,
“Compass has committed to making its nationwide data available to our subscribers through our system” and will “subsidize new Bright subscriptions for its agents under Compass International Holdings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, or elsewhere in the country so they can take advantage of Bright’s capabilities across regions.”
This summer, Bright plans to roll out expanded listing flexibility and pre-marketing options for its subscribers.
This is the fastest reshaping of listing data access the industry has seen in years.
Here’s how it unfolded.
What’s Actually Happening Across These Deals
On April 24, MRED, the Chicago-area MLS, announced it was opening access to agents nationwide. Compass agreed to share its full inventory feed with MRED as part of the deal, making it the first brokerage to join the endeavor.
A week later, Realtracs made a similar move. Tennessee’s largest MLS said it would allow any licensed agent in the country to subscribe, with Compass and United Real Estate named as launch partners.
Then, on May 6, California’s The MLS/CLAW updated its IDX policies and gained access to all Compass listings.
On May 13, Bright MLS made it four.
Stop trying to sell overpriced listings with charm.
Build a system, present it at the table, and let the seller decide if they want to play by rules that actually work.
Objections don’t kill momentum. Not knowing what to say next does. This Friday at 12 est @jimmyburgess_ is hosting @byronlazine for a live training on scripts to overcome the most common objections agents face today.
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Agents: if you want to create more impactful hyperlocal content that actually gets shares, ask yourself these four questions. If you’re trying to work with luxury clients in a specific area, talk about local restaurants or businesses in THAT area.
Reviewing a place that has existed for 20 years isn’t nearly as interesting as breaking news about something new.
Give your opinion. It makes the content way more interesting.
Put yourself in the shoes of the audience. Would you send this to a friend? If not, rethink it.
Inspired by @alyssacurnutt
The buyers most enthusiastic about AI tools are also the ones most likely to want a human checking the work.
Cotality’s report found Millennials lead all generations in regular AI tool use, with 63% using it at least three times a month. Gen Z follows at 58%. These are the clients who arrive at your first meeting having already run the numbers and browsed the listings. They’ve even formed opinions about neighborhoods they’ve never visited.
They’re also the most demanding when it comes to verification:
59% of Millennials rate AI as reliable for fair lending and housing decisions, the highest of any generation
48% of Millennials would still pay extra for human verification of those same decisions
50% of Gen Z say AI involvement would boost their confidence in buying
64% of Gen Z would act on human information first when it comes to natural disaster risk; only 7% would act on AI-only information
Baby Boomers lead all generations in demanding AI labeling be a legal requirement, a position held by nearly two-thirds of that cohort, vs. 25% of Gen Z
Your younger clients are looking for you to validate what those tools are telling them. Older clients want to be informed and consulted before the process moves forward.
Every generation is essentially asking for the same thing: a knowledgeable and present human being in their corner when it counts.
All these findings add up to a positioning opportunity for real estate agents. Buyers across every generation and every market in this survey said they want transparency, verified accuracy, and human accountability.
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