• Iowa just reset property taxes to assist first-time homebuyers,Richard Lawson

    Iowa just reset property taxes to assist first-time homebuyers

    Home builders now have a sharper incentive to pitch to prospective first-time homebuyers in Iowa after lawmakers passed a sweeping property tax overhaul on Sunday, the final day of the legislative session. A provision in the bill replaces a nearly decade-old first-time homebuyer savings program with

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  • How real estate agent Deba Douglas turned buyer education into a 100-transaction business,Jonathan Delozier

    How real estate agent Deba Douglas turned buyer education into a 100-transaction business

    After 16 years in education, Deba Douglas walked away from the classroom because she saw a different kind of learning gap. Today, the former high school and middle school principal runs Dallas-based Deba Douglas Realty Group and teaches a course called Roadmap to Real Estate Investing. The program h

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  • Century 21’s Mike Miedler: Recruiting Latino talent is a growth strategy, not a diversity talking point,HousingWire Automation

    Century 21’s Mike Miedler: Recruiting Latino talent is a growth strategy, not a diversity talking point

    Photo by AJ Canaria for HousingWire The Gathering Right now, the real estate industry is consumed by consolidation, capital and the next big brokerage model. Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler is focused on a more grounded question: Who will be sitting across the kitchen table from tomorrow’s homebuyer? Fo

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