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Compass clues, ChatGPT listings, white-collar crime: Inman’s Top 5

Oct 10, 2025

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

$100M fraud ring busted, hundreds displaced by foreclosures

Oct 10, 2025

A New York State investor group is at the center of a burgeoning foreclosure crisis in Baltimore, according to an investigative report from "The Baltimore Banner."

Private listing networks are the newest pet rock: Bess Freedman

Oct 10, 2025

Not all trends are worth following, the Brown Harris Stevens CEO writes. The pet rock had its moment, but private listing networks create a conflict between fiduciary duty and financial gain.

5 adorable listings that let you live at the ocean for $425K or less

Oct 10, 2025

Wishing you could rewind the clock to summer vacation? These totally affordable beachy listings make it possible.

7 lessons I learned from a fitness influencer about lead generation

Oct 10, 2025

Stop limiting your learning to real estate, Josh Ries writes. Look at what other industries are doing, adapt it, and recognize that we’re entrepreneurs.

Hit the AI ‘easy button’: A practical playbook for agents

Oct 10, 2025

AI for real estate agents doesn't have to be complicated. Jimmy Burgess shares strategies to simplify and speed up adoption.

How to help sellers prepare to list a tenant-occupied property

Oct 10, 2025

Working with a tenant-occupied property may be more hands-on than others, Cara Ameer writes. Be prepared to pivot based on the circumstances at hand.

Feds charge Trump nemesis Letitia James with bank fraud

Oct 10, 2025

James calls allegations over $109,600 mortgage baseless retribution, and a "continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system."

5 ways real estate agents can attract, and keep, buyer clients

Oct 9, 2025

At Inman on Tour Texas, three star real estate agents and brokers shared how humor, knowledge and mindful follow-ups are key to building an enviable buyer pipeline.

How to give children a voice in the real estate process

Oct 9, 2025

Troy Palmquist talks with Texas real estate professional Ashley Willis about her book series and activity guide designed to help kids navigate the moving process.

Companies must ‘get big in order to compete’ with Compass-Anywhere

Oct 9, 2025

For now, it's business as usual for real estate agents affiliated with Anywhere-owned brokerage brands. But as Compass moves to acquire them next year, some real estate leaders say it may place pressure on competitors to ramp up their own expansions.

Majority of Americans now use AI to learn about the housing market

Oct 9, 2025

Despite incorporating the use of AI more and more in their market research, most Americans still see the real estate agent as the best resource when it comes to buying and selling, a new study by Realtor.com says.