Christy Murdock

We’re four years into one of the most transaction-starved markets in recent memory, which is running parallel with the increasing adoption of AI and fears for what that could mean to agents. The agents who are still winning aren’t outspending anyone. They’re out-relating them.

A Towson, Maryland, attorney has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in connection with a bank fraud scheme. Jacob Rappaport was sentenced on June 23 for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Rappaport represented Alexander Schultz and his company, Limitless Management on a variety of real estate transactions, including the purchase and sale of a Baltimore apartment complex and a wholesaling scheme involving 42 Baltimore homes.

From a historian’s take on rivalry (it’s a good thing!) to a call for AI adoption and more, last week’s National Association of Realtors Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C., kept one eye on the clock and one eye on the calendar. TAKE THE INMAN INTEL INDEX SURVEY We didn’t want you to miss a moment, so Inman’s Jessi Healey was there to bring you boots-on-the-ground coverage and the context that matters most when you’re trying to navigate a market as challenging as the current one.