What does the Ritz-Carlton have to do with your real estate business? Maybe nothing — yet. But if you’re the type of Realtor who would overnight a child’s lost stuffed giraffe, you might be on the right path.  …

What happens when a handful of top producers join forces to conquer the luxury real estate market? If you’re anything like the six driven agents who founded Seattle-based boutique brokerage Avenue Properties, what happens is $65 million sold in one week …

It takes nine months from conception to birth to have a baby. If you had to build a business from the ground up in less than nine months, how would you do it? West + Main Homes is a brand-new brokerage in the Denver metro area — broker-owner Stacie Perrault Staub decided in January to “take the next year to develop a brand totally from scratch.” …

To compete on price with real estate agents, high-tech investors known as “iBuyers” will need to figure out ways to sell their homes very fast and for top dollar. Leading iBuyer Opendoor, which makes quick offers on homes and can close in days, has taken another step in this direction …