Vrbo parent company Expedia reports ‘best-ever’ quarter
Despite Vrbo itself struggling, Expedia, the travel booking company that owns the short-term rentals platform, recorded $425 million in profits during the third quarter.
Better launches digital home insurance product with partners
Available in Arizona, Oregon and Illinois at launch, Better Insurance will expand into Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin in the next four weeks. The goal is to be in all 50 states in a year.
Inspired, purposeful productivity app RealtyTek is a good start: Tech Review
RealtyTek is a mobile app for real estate agents and their customers to help automate transaction business functions, but it struggles with growing pains in a few critical places.
Exemplary agents will see commissions grow: NextHome CEO
NextHome CEO James Dwiggins points out that the final chapter of the bombshell commission lawsuits hasn’t been written in this interview with Bernice Ross. Find out what you need to know to plan ahead.
7 phrases happy and successful agents say daily
Jimmy Burgess helps you tackle your stinkin’ thinkin’ and elevate your vibration with positive attitude techniques that can transform the way you do business.
This trend has cost New York City over 100,000 apartments
Two or more smaller apartments being combined to make one bigger living space has cost the city over 100,000 housing units according to “The New York Times.”
The verdict: Inman’s Top 5 stories of the week
With Inman Top 5, you’ll find the week’s most essential stories, as chosen by our readers. Here are the most-read articles for Oct. 27 – Nov. 2, 2023.
That’s a lot of zeroes. So where do we go from here? The Download
This week, we’re breaking down the aftermath of that $5 billion verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in Sitzer | Burnett.
Big drop in mortgage rates as unemployment hints at recession
After breaching 8 percent in mid-October, 30-year fixed mortgage rates have plummeted to levels not seen since September as more investors expect Fed policymakers to lower rates in the spring.
Great questions are the key to winning negotiations
Some negotiations go beyond the deal itself. Learning to effectively navigate them can positively impact your productivity and growth, writes broker Nick Schlekeway.
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 2, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google AdSense Launches New Ad Review Center
Google has announced it launched a new Ad review center for AdSense, Ad Manager, and AdMob. The new Ad review center should make it easier for you to approve ads, Google explained.
New Google Reviews Update Coming Next Week; It Will Be The Last Confirmed Reviews Update
Google announced a new reviews update is going to roll out sometime next week and this new update will make the reviews update more real time. Thus Google will stop giving periodic notifications of improvements to its reviews system going forward.
Google Ads Editor Version 2.5 Is Now Out
Google has released version 2.5 of the Google Ads Editor, this comes 17 weeks since version 2.4 was released in Jul 2023. The new version gains campaign level broad match, search themes, DSAs to PMax and much more.




