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When the due diligence is being done on a brokerage, it is critical that the sources of all of their business and revenue be examined. And not just the obvious sources. Here are some key elements to help with The Acquisition Inquisition.

When managing a real estate firm and the services delivered by it, we have a lot of elements to consider as we measure the sales data and metrics. Ensuring our agents and our counselors over-communicate during the relocation process and ‘take the pulse’ of everyone involved is the only way to keep feelings at the surface and transparent.

When we are in charge of a company, department, office, committee, or whatever, it carries with it a lot of pressure and responsibility. We have to walk a fine line between pleasing our leadership and our employees or associates and that doesn’t even factor in all of the other stakeholders involved. But one thing I learned along the way is that we can’t always lead by democratic rule. Problem-solving requires a deep dive and everyone doesn’t always get a vote.

The Drama Queen! Everyone has known someone like that in their life. Drama seems to swirl about them and they manage to suck the most unsuspecting people into their vortex. Here’s how to deal with them for your own sanity and to keep your other employees from being caught in the fallout.

A lot of Relocation Directors struggle with the challenge to cover the volume of work in their department when they have staff out or if they want to take a vacation. Some Directors feel that can’t detach to take a vacation, so they end up working while on paid time off when they should be decompressing. There are ways to ensure your business keeps moving when you or your staff are out.