'Million Dollar Listing' star Ryan Serhant said Tuesday that during a period of crisis, agents should turn to everything from Instagram to phone calls
The 'Million Dollar Listing' star said during Inman Connect Now that Americans need to proactively fight racism
The firm also indicated its industry appears to be recovering from the lows of the coronavirus pandemic
The company was founded nearly 4 years ago and struck up partnerships with numerous real estate organizations. But it couldn't weather the economic turmoil of the pandemic
San Francisco in particular has experienced a historic drop in rent amid the pandemic, though rents are also down in New York, Boston and other cities
Smaller landlords form the 'backbone' of the residential rental industry. But they have been largely excluded from the Paycheck Protection Program during the coronavirus pandemic
The Lead Qualify Program can create customizable email campaigns that are meant to generate new business from agents' existing databases
In cities with floodplains but no recent catastrophic events, few homeowners actually have flood insurance
4.2 million Americans are now using forbearance programs. However, the rate at which loans are going into forbearance is slowing, suggesting conditions are stabilizing
The New York-based company will use the funding to fuel its expansion and build up its technology
The market hasn't fully recovered yet, but agents in luxury markets around the US told Inman that deals are still happening and activity appears to be on the rise
The company, which was founded in 2016, plans to use the money to beef up its machine intelligence technology
The pandemic's market impacts have varied across the country. Inman has put together data on those impacts, and talked to dozens of agents on the front lines
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The coronavirus pandemic hit Louisiana hard, and the real estate industry there suffered. But agents say their business is now on the road to recovery
The listing asks would-be buyers if they 'like fun and adventure.' And with both castle- and starship-themed rooms, it offers both in spades
Agents in New York state can't do in-person showings or open houses. But they told Inman that at least some price points are still seeing a lot of action
Buyers are looking for homes in different places, and with different characteristics, than they did before COVID-19 brought chaos to the US
The pandemic's chaos has upended many parts of the economy, but luxury agents believe international buyers will still gravitate toward the relative safety of the U.S. market
A panel of industry leaders said Thursday that real estate agents should be using the pandemic to increase the amount of contact they have with their current or future clients
