Inman Top 5: The biggest stories of the week of Jan. 14-20, 2022

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories of the week, according to Inman website visitors.

Our ability to grow our businesses can be enhanced by tech tools. Here are 22 tech tools that Jimmy Burgess’ business uses, plus what he considers the greatest real estate tech tool of all time.

If you’re curious what tens of thousands of other real estate agents are reading (and what strategies they’re leaning on), we’ve got you covered. Here are the most-read how-to’s from 2021.

The ability to understand the psychological influences buyers and sellers are facing helps you serve them better. Here are the lessons you can learn from Robert Cialdini’s must-read book on influence and persuasion — and how to apply them to real estate.

Latin descent realtor with home for sale. She places a “sold” sign in yard. Home in background in spring or summer season.

Fannie Mae economists project sales of existing homes will fall by 3.2 percent this year to 5.945 million, which would still be the second-best year since 2006.

Record-low inventory dragged home sales down by a seasonally adjusted 3.6 percent nationwide in December, according to a new Redfin report released Friday.