Independent real estate brokerage FirstTeam has announced the next phase of its strategic national expansion in Kansas and Missouri. Led by broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate, the expansion establishes the company’s first Midwest presence with a community office in Kansas City. “From our initial meetings with FirstTeam®, it was clear that they saw…
California independent brokerage FirstTeam® Real Estate has announced a joint partnership with Purlin®, an AI-operating layer for real estate. According to a release, by deploying PurlinOS, Purlin Close and Purlin Offer & Negotiate across the brokerage, FirstTeam is unifying workflows and software within a single intelligent AI operating foundation that connects agents, teams, clients, contracts…
There is a moment every successful real estate team leader knows. Production is strong, the team has momentum and the future looks wide open. Then, almost without warning, growth stops. The calendar fills up, transactions pile on, hiring feels impossible and training feels like a luxury. The leader finds themselves trapped inside the very machine…
Above, Bess Freedman, left and Michele Harrington Brown Harris Stevens (BHS) and FirstTeam®—based in New York City and Southern California, respectively—today announced what they are describing as a multi-year marketing partnership meant to “unite” the two storied independents from coast to coast. Focused on “cross-marketing initiatives, advertising, public relations, networking, and shared insights,” company executives…
Real estate people love to extol the limitless potential of a career in the business. Michele Harrington’s story makes the hype a reality. While Harrington’s path from U.S. Marine to CEO of Southern California’s iconic FirstTeam Real Estate was anything but predictable, there was one constant that fueled her momentum every step of the way:…