NAR Organizational Realignment PAG Report from 7DS Associates A reader sent me a copy of the official report from NAR’s Organizational Realignment Presidential Advisory Group, and asked for my thoughts on it. This particular document and associated initiatives have been generating quite a bit of conversation, as one might expect. I heard about the main … Read more
NAR Organizational Realignment PAG Report from 7DS Associates A reader sent me a copy of the official report from NAR’s Organizational Realignment Presidential Advisory Group, and asked for my thoughts on it. This particular document and associated initiatives have been generating quite a bit of conversation, as one might expect. I heard about the main … Read more
While I was traveling, I got the following press release from MLS Listings: CRMLS and MLSListings Alliance in Real Estate Announced New Era in Cooperation Creates Property Listings “Gold” for REALTORS®, Buyers and Sellers San Dimas, Calif. and Sunnyvale, Calif., April 28, 2014 – In a landmark agreement that redefines the concept of cooperation, California Regional … Read more
Inman reported on 4/30 that Redfin was going live in Las Vegas – going live, meaning they would have real agents with boots on the ground rather than relying on just one broker to give them a virtual presence in the market and access to the MLS. In a blog post entitled “Redfin and the Seeds … Read more
My friend Seth Price, aka, Best Dressed Man in Real Estate, works for a startup called Placester. Many of you know the company, as it makes IDX websites for brokers and agents. High quality design templates and custom websites is Placester’s game. Or rather it was Placester’s game. This morning, Placester announced that it had … Read more
Consider this a Easter present to my readers. Sort of like a colorful egg, hidden amidst thorns and brambles of Gen-Y DOOOOOOM that I get into sometimes. Barbara Gray is one of those friends one makes on the Internet in the 21st century. That is, I’ve never met her in person, and with whom I … Read more
(with apologies to Bob Dylan for plagiarizing his lyric) An industry veteran who was unable to attend the T3 Summit in Las Vegas this past week asked me today if the event lived up to its promise of becoming one of the “can’t miss” industry events of the year. I told the Vet Stefan Swanepoel and company made huge … Read more
This will be brief, as I am in Las Vegas and both the dinner reservation and the craps table are calling me. But if I don’t write this now, I’m afraid it’ll never see the light of day. At Stefan Swanepoel’s T3 Summit event that just finished yesterday (a wonderful couple of days of really high-level … Read more
File this one under: “There Is No Box” kind of thinking. The reason why this isn’t a Black Paper (yet) is that I haven’t checked with enough lawyers to see all of the possible pitfalls, but that might happen sooner rather than later. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was having an … Read more