“There is no middle class any more,” one industry leader said of working in real estate this year. “You’re either crushing it or you’re struggling.” Here’s Part 2 in Inman’s five-part special report.
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Inventory insanity: Notes from ‘exhausted’ agents on the front lines of a crazy market
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