Byron Lazine

Don’t wait for clients to reach out to YOU 🫵

@ryanserhant has secured $45 million in funding for SERHANT. Technologies, the holding company behind his innovative brokerage, media, and tech ventures. The funding round, led by Camber Creek and Left Lane Capital, aims to supercharge S.MPLE—an AI-powered workflow automation platform designed to streamline administrative tasks for sales professionals. “As you know, we started this company (SERHANT.) in the depths of COVID in 2020,” Serhant said in an Instagram Reel. “But what you might not know is we bootstrapped the whole thing—up until now….We just raised $45 million dollars in funding to build the greatest firm on the planet.” Full reaction on today’s Real Word episode 👀

HAPPY THANKSGIVING @nardotrealtor !

Just Announced: Court grants final approval to NAR’s landmark settlement deal 📣 Earlier This Week: We found out that the DOJ does NOT approve of today’s announced approval ❌ So where does this now leave agents and brokers?

Don’t be that agent who just collects links from your buyers…actually find them the right opportunity!

Agents need to dive into what separates the great agents from the average agents and it’s not coming from Netflix of IG

🚨 Emergency episode: Comment “WOW” to watch the full Real Word breakdown of the New York Times article on NAR’s spending 👇 Debra Kamin’s latest article— released today—dives into NAR spending habits, something we’ve also examined here at BAM. As a nonprofit trade organization, NAR’s tax filings are public, offering a window into its financial priorities. The latest documents from 2022 reveal significant salaries, along with tens of millions going to independent contractors. For her latest report, Kamin spoke to 18 former officers and former and current employees of NAR, and examined spending practices that have left many Realtors questioning, “What am I paying for?” When Bob Goldberg became CEO of NAR, he gained not only a substantially higher salary but a lavish compensation package, including: Membership fees for private clubs in Chicago and Washington, as well as a country club of his choice—including an initiation fee of up to $75,000 💰First-class airline tickets for him and his wife 💰Monthly car allowance of $1,500 💰$2,250 a month to cover utilities and insurance at his Chicago pied-à-terre 💰Paid pet sitting for when Mr. Goldberg was away from home on business All that came on top of his $1.2 million salary, which more than doubled to $2.6 million in five years.

NAR NXT Event Sparks Controversy Across the Industry 👀

Professional service is setting a deadline and living up to that deadline no matter what 🕕

“So, once we get past today, I encourage everyone to get involved locally around the housing affordability issue. The data is clear that it’s at the top of everyone’s mind. You need to be leading that conversation and sending out the data...so people in your community know you are addressing the issue of housing affordability.“ 40% of voters say housing affordability impacted their vote for local elected officials 👀 🔥 Via today’s Hot Sheet with @byronlazine

Do you think the process for getting a real estate license should be more rigorous? 👇 Watch the full episode of this week’s Knowledge Brokers Podcast with @byronlazine @tomtoole3rd and the CEO of T360 @jackmilleraustin 🧠

Main Stream Media is influencing your clients and customers.. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN! Want to be the expert? Make sure you’re educated daily on the macro and micro ✅ Make sure you’re the source of data in a 24 hr cycle ✅ Make sure they get the actual facts from you, not MSM headlines ✅ Agents of Change understand this! It’s our job to close the knowledge gap and leave MSM media behind, as the world continues to create a new media landscape. Let me know, who is paving a new path in their market as an Agent of Change? 👇