Diversifying When REO Inventory Is Low

Jim Hastings, Advisory Council Vice Chair and Broker/Owner of Hastings Brokerage, tells us how members can supplement their income through diversification when REO inventories are low. Read on to see which three services he suggests you add to your portfolio today. Short Sales A short sale refers to the sale of a real estate asset [...]

How to Grow Your Business

Nancy Braun, Advisory Council Chairperson and Broker/Owner of Showcase Realty, shares best practices and advice for running a growing business. Her recommendations will help you reduce liability and support the expansion of your company. Preventative Industry Practices to Keep You Out of Court Running a small business is more than bringing in the business—owners are [...]

Work Assignment Program

The numbers say it all. With over 2,000 referrals and counting, the Federation of REO Certified Experts (FORCE) has been keeping members busy in 44 states and over 600 cities across the country. The FORCE Work Assignment Program connects residential REO agents and brokers with asset management, investment, and government clients with potential listing assignments [...]

New Faces, New Opportunities

Each month, the FORCE features some of its new members in its newsletter. Here are some of the agents we’ve recently welcomed to our network. Diana Klotz Keller Williams Realty I have been in real estate in the New Orleans area since 1997. Having moved here from Jackson, Mississippi in 1987, I have an interesting [...]

Agents Helping Agents

2017 FORCE Advisory Council member Tara Nagelhout explains the importance of ethics in REO. As real estate agents, we help people customers achieve the American Dream of Homeownership. Not only can we refer to real estate as a commodity or an asset, but for some people in the transaction, it is also a home. We [...]