James Dwiggins

Contributor

James Dwiggins is the Co-CEO of NextHome, Inc, and Rayse, Inc. He’s third generation in real estate—his grandmother and grandfather, father and mother all in the business. He’s been in real estate franchising since 2006, originally joining Realty World Northern California & Nevada as director of technology and strategy, where he was promoted to vice president five years later. In May 2014, he purchased Realty World Northern California & Nevada, and cofounded NextHome, Inc. - an independent national real estate franchise that now has over 600 locations. NextHome has been named the number one real estate franchise (and number one across industries) in owner satisfaction by Franchise Business Review. Prior to joining Realty World, James cofounded VREO, Inc. developer of groundbreaking enterprise-level internet applications for agents and brokers. VREO pioneered biometric signature software for paperless transactions and garnered numerous industry accolades, including the coveted Inman Innovator Award for its breakthrough technologies. Previously, James cofounded USA Virtual Tours, which he helped to grow nationally until its acquisition in 2001. James is a highly regarded national speaker and is a frequent media expert on real estate and other cross-industry franchise and technology advancements. He has received multiple awards, including as a “futurist” and “trailblazer” by RISMedia, and is noted as one of the top 50 real estate executives in the country by the Swanepoel Power 200 list.

How politics and policy are fueling the housing crisis in 2025

On this episode, American Property Owners Alliance’s Colin Allen breaks down the government's approach to the housing supply crisis, partisan divides and surprising bipartisan collaboration

Sep 10

How this agent gets 98% of his business from referrals

Top producer Charlie Wills has successfully systematized relationship building, so almost all of his business is referrals. On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, he shares his playbook

Sep 8

How Glenn Sanford built eXp into a billion-dollar brokerage

In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered — exclusively on Inman — the founder and CEO of eXp World Holdings gets raw and unfiltered about his journey from housing crash to CEO

Sep 3

The secrets behind RE/MAX’s top team and its billion in sales

On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered — now exclusively on Inman — Gary Ashton and Debra Beagle raise the curtain on The Ashton Real Estate Group’s playbook

Sep 1

Opinion

Dwiggins: Latest changes to CCP are 'exclusionary and predatory'

NextHome CEO James Dwiggins looks at the latest changes to Clear Cooperation and offers predictions for how they'll impact the wider real estate market

Apr 3

WATCH: How agent compensation works in a post-lawsuit world

James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson discuss the shifting landscape of agent compensation following the proposed NAR settlement with Ed Zorn, VP and general counsel for CRMLS

Apr 9

Opinion

Zillow, show us the Instant Offers beta test results

A call for transparency in an announcement that shook the industry

Jun 6

You provide portals your listing data, but what are you getting in return?

Why the sellers, buyers and agents suffer due to big portals

Mar 23

Zillow Group's game of 'chicken'

What will happen if the featured listings placement disappears?

Mar 2