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April 29, 2025 24 mins

Summary 

The conversation tackles NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy and how some brokerages may be skirting the rules. It explores market inequities, delayed marketing exemptions, and the DOJ’s ongoing scrutiny of real estate practices. Strategies for thriving in niche markets are also discussed.

Highlights 

* Clear Cooperation Policy mandates full MLS submission for transparency.

* Compass and others may be sidestepping the rules, causing inequities.

* DOJ continues investigation into NAR and industry monopolies.

* New “delayed marketing exempt” listings stir concern.

* Zillow’s market power sparks frustration among agents.

* A national MLS may level the playing field.

* Agents urged to own niche markets Zillow can’t dominate.

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Tristan Ahumada and Nick Baldwin, founders of the Lab Coat Agents Facebook Group, Lab Coat Agents, the largest real estate-related community group on Facebook with 140,000 members and growing.

What Tristan and Nick bring to the table is unique. They both run top teams in their markets of Malibu, CA, and Clarkston, MI. They are investors and Team Leaders at Keller Williams Market Centers and have a combined sales volume of over a billion dollars.

Their focus is on internet lead generation and conversion by leveraging automation in their real estate businesses. They firmly believe leverage is the new hustle.

Tristan and Nick aren’t simply speakers who talk about what agents should be doing to grow their business. They are agents who are implementing what they teach and have the results to show it. They also consult multi-million and billion-dollar companies on real estate tech and understanding the real estate agent as a whole.

They both have families that they support. Tristan's wife is Janice and his two kids are Aliyah and Ansen, and Nick is married to Anne and has two kids, Levi & Gus.

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