Steve Hawks "Straight Talk With The Hawk" Platinum Real Estate Professional

11/14/2025

College Debt Crisis: Why Young People Are Struggling

Working 80 hours a week for $60k and still drowning in debt? 😩

Why is it that if a 40-year-old invests in a business and it fails, they can declare bankruptcy, but students with $100k–$400k in loans can’t?

Most were 17 when they signed up, misled, and their brains weren’t even fully developed for life-altering decisions.

It’s not just “you signed up for it”—it’s a broken system. 💸

11/14/2025

Why Commissions Differ: Website vs. Direct Costs!
“Why did my friend pay this price and I’m paying that price?”

Oh, I don’t know… maybe because your friend came straight to me
and you took a detour through a website that charges me like it’s a toll booth.

Then they go:
“Wow, I didn’t know that.”

Yeah… no kidding. I definitely imagined paying those fees for fun. 🙃

Everyone talks about how things are getting more “transparent.”
Sure. If by transparent you mean absolutely nobody knows what’s going on anymore.

11/14/2025

Zillow The claims are shocking.

Hagens Berman, the same powerhouse law firm leading the antitrust case against NAR, is now suing Zillow over its “Zillow Flex” program.

According to the lawsuit:

• Zillow funnels buyers to “Flex Agents”
• Those agents secretly owe 40% of their commission back to Zillow
• Buyers are told the agent is free and unbiased
• Meanwhile, the public has no idea Zillow is getting paid behind the scenes
• And the agents themselves walk away with as little as 1% after broker fees and Zillow’s cut

Even worse?
Buyers are being tricked into signing a “Zillow Touring Agreement” that promises no fees — but locks them into the agent Zillow chose.

🔺 Inflated home prices
🔺 Hidden costs
🔺 Consumers misled
🔺 Agents trapped

The public thinks they’re getting help… but Zillow’s making bank, and everyone else is left paying for it.

Is this just the beginning. 👀

11/14/2025

Zillow Lawsuit Alert: Shocking Real Estate Secrets Revealed!

I’m telling you right now—Zillow is in serious trouble with the way this whole thing is being handled.

My DMs are full of team leaders sending me recordings, emails, screenshots… all showing the same thing: reps pushing for higher referral percentages, hinting at steering, and ignoring their own written guidelines.

Imagine this:
Their official booklet says 10%, but reps are literally telling agents, “If you’re not giving us 50%, we’re moving on.”
And if an agent doesn’t hand over more than half their business—
or if they refer a lender that isn’t Zillow Home Loans—
boom, their leads get cut off.

The anger I’m seeing right now is unreal.
If you don’t think a massive lawsuit is coming… just watch. 👀

11/06/2025

4% Or Bust! Buyers Commission Boom!

11/01/2025

The California Exodus Has Been Put on Pause”

Thousands of people want to move to Las Vegas, but they can’t — because they can’t sell their homes in California.
Right now, who wants to buy a house in California when you don’t even know what it’s going to cost you in six to twelve months? Homeowners have no idea what their insurance rates will be, depending on which fire or flood zone they’re in.

California has long been the number-one source of homebuyers in Las Vegas. But now, sales activity has dropped — Los Angeles alone has seen about 70% fewer sales transactions.

So if you’re selling in Las Vegas, price your house right to attract those California buyers who are still looking to move.

10/25/2025

Realtors MLS & CHATGPT! 😂

🚨 Zillow just pulled another power move.

They’ve officially integrated ChatGPT into their property search. You can literally type, “Find me investment properties in Henderson with X, Y, Z,” and boom — Zillow delivers.

Meanwhile… the MLSs? Still arguing over data standards. NAR? Still forming committees.

We’ve been saying it for years — they move like dinosaurs. And today’s news? 🦕 Proof.

King Zillow sets the stage again.

Tech moves fast. Real estate doesn’t. Guess who wins that race?

🦕 What the MLSs (and NAR) Are Doing

By contrast, MLSs and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are often constrained by:

Legacy infrastructure — Many MLSs run on older systems that don’t easily support real-time API integrations or AI tools.

Fragmentation — There are hundreds of MLSs in the U.S., each with its own rules and data access protocols.

Policy lag — Innovation tends to move slower due to governance, compliance, and data ownership concerns.

This creates the perception that MLSs and NAR are “dinosaurs,” as you put it — slow-moving compared to agile tech giants like Zillow, who can innovate quickly and control the narrative.

10/24/2025

Realtor Lie or your fired!
💭 It’s not that realtors want to lie…
But the system kind of forces them into it.

The marketing says:
👉 “Act like you’re the listing agent.”
👉 “Say what the buyer wants to hear.”
Because if you don’t? You lose the lead.
Your conversion drops.
And suddenly, you’re not getting any more leads.

Realtors are being put in a bad spot.
It’s basically: “You wanna eat, or you wanna starve?”

The only thing you should really be mad about —
is when someone tries to find your listing online. 👀

08/08/2025

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04/18/2025