When I first started in real estate, I was eager for advice. The best advice I got from an experienced agent was simple but powerful: “Do as many open houses as you can.” I took his advice to heart.

Gina Baker is an experienced content strategist, SEO enthusiast, editor, and writer focused on empowering and educating agents and brokers. Before joining HousingWire, she was the site lead at The ...

Bridget Smith, a real estate investor/agent who’s been involved in more than 80 transactions to date, never set out to become a real estate agent. In fact, she told me that when she first dipped her ...