More than 30,000 real estate professionals and their guests attended the National Association of Realtors convention in Las Vegas in mid November. Out of all those agents, only a rare few close more than 100 transactions in a typical year - and Brad Korb is one.

That kind of success in the real estate industry requires a lot of smarts and talent, which why the NAR has made a practice of assembling "mastermind" groups made up of the industry's top-producing agents throughout the country. At the recent convention, Korb was part of a mastermind group made up of about 50 agents.

"We talked about what's new, what successful agents are using in technology, media, and the internet," Korb said. "We want to find out what we're doing correctly, what we're doing differently, and to bring it all to the table so we can tell our counterparts around the country. As a result, they can serve their clients better, and that's good for everybody."

This was Korb's second year as a member of a mastermind group with NAR.