Tracking expenses is a tricky endeavor for real estate pros. For one, your income is extremely variable, which makes it challenging to manage and monitor finances. It also makes it much tougher to save for a rainy day when you never know with absolute certainty what's coming down the pipeline. Luckily, there are lots of great mobile tools (and powerful apps for real estate pros) that simplify the process.

Here are 3 great options:

In order to run a successful brokerage, you need to attract top agents who will consistently put up great numbers, but how do you do that? First, you need to ask yourself, “Why would a top agent come to my firm rather than go to a competitor?” Once you’ve identified what you have to offer your agents, build a welcoming brand and environment focused on the benefits your brokerage has to offer.

If you're like many real estate pros, you understand the concept behind and benefits of search engine marketing and search engine optimization, but you have barely scratched the surface on understanding how to get the best return on your marketing investment. Let's dig a little deeper with a look at some real estate search engine marketing definitions and strategy FAQs.

In today's Agent Insights - Debbie Reynolds -  a Real Estate Agent in Clarksville, Tennessee - talks about how having a house up for sale for too long (and having a for sale sign collecting cobwebs) can damage your reputation.

Here's Debbie:

Have you ever considered working as a real estate team, or are you already part of one? If so, there are a lot of benefits to working as a dynamic duo, and if not, you may want to think about it. Stats from around the industry show that team agents tend to get more leads than solo agents... but why?