A repeat we don't mind, Benchmark Realty LLC has been named again the Nashville Business Journal's 2016 Best Places to Work based on nominations from the public and surveys completed by employees. The Benchmark broker team accepted the award at a luncheon last week. From culture and freedom to proprietary systems, here are the reasons they

At Benchmark Realty, we take great pride in each of our agents. Realtors® with Benchmark routinely exceed their clients' expectations and outperform others across the country because they're just that committed to success—and we'd like to offer our sincerest congratulations

Millennials – those we've come to know as Generation Y – are those who were born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s.

And they're buying homes.

According to NAR, they're buying more homes than baby boomers are. So what does that mean to us?

The Nashville Business Journal “identified the companies that set the standard for growth, service, quality, innovation and executive of a superb business strategy.” Benchmark Realty LLC was honored to be chosen as one of those companies and a finalist in the 2016 Nashville Business Journals “Best In Business”

Lots of great Realtors® write bad bios.

Are you one of them?

It's tough to write about yourself. As Realtors, though, we're in the business of earning trust and showcasing our expertise so people understand that they need to work with us – so if you're staring at an empty screen (or you're looking at a bio that doesn't really express who

In the past, we've talked about Realtor® blog post topics you can use to kick off an awesome set of posts.

We'll give you 10 more blog post ideas at the end of this post – but in the meantime, we have a few simple ways to make blogging part of what you do every day. Regular blogging can help establish you as the subject-matter expert; you

If you're like most Realtors®, you've put together Just Listed/Just Sold postcards – or you've paid someone to handle them for you. (If you've done it yourself, you know how tough it can

In this line of work, you know it's important to brand yourself, market your real estate business and keep in touch with your clients.

If you're neglecting the online portion of modern marketing, though, you might be missing out on a significant amount of business.

Here's why.

As a Realtor®, you're probably inundated with phone calls, emails and direct mail that tries to excite you about “supercharging” your marketing efforts or getting to the top of Google's first page of search

It's that time of year again. You know, when everyone is setting their New Year's resolutions—both professional and personal. Many people are purchasing gym memberships. Others are vowing to get rid of a bad habit. I've even noticed many of my friends and fellow Realtors® taking some time off to sit down and set some of those New