Please Stop Fighting the Last War
September 21, 2017
One of the recurring problems of the real estate industry is that it is almost entirely reactive when it comes to problems. We continually look
Articles filed under 2017
Show Me The Money!
September 15, 2017
It’s been weeks since I’ve put pen to paper — or rather, pixels to the vast electronic swamp that is the interwebz, but you know
Realtors, Get Your Boats
September 3, 2017
Rob has been asking me to step into the Notorious ring for months. And while I have a lot of things to say, I don’t
Glasnost Comes to NAR: Bob Goldberg and the Culture of NAR
August 18, 2017
So as most of my readers know, the Coronation of Bob Goldberg just happened. Sure, he’s been in the job officially since August 1, but
The Impact of Redfin Post-IPO: Part 3 — Technology Vendors
July 25, 2017
Okay, it turns out that Part 2 was the difficult one to write, because of how complicated organized real estate is. Part 1, the impact
The Impact of Redfin Post-IPO: Part 2 — MLS & Associations
July 23, 2017
I have to be honest here. I thought this post would be easy to write after Part 1, where I talked about impact on brokerages.
A Ray of Sunshine: Krista Kenner and the Power of Storytelling
July 18, 2017
Okay, so look, I know that I have a certain reputation in the industry. Pot-stirrer, trouble-maker, truth-teller, all around pain in the ass, and so
The Heat Is On: A Response to Sam DeBord
July 17, 2017
I know, I know… another post about Redfin… that isn’t Part 2 which deals with the impact on parts of the industry that aren’t brokerages.
Follow-Up to the Redfin Post-IPO Post: BooM!
July 14, 2017
I had planned on my second post about Redfin to be its potential impact on Associations, MLS and maybe tech vendors. But you know, this
