RE/MAX Q2,2020: What Just Happened?
August 11, 2020
Thanks to the research I’ve been doing for the Q2 Report (releasing soon, I swear!), I kind of figured that RE/MAX was going to have
Articles filed under Brokers & Agents
Q2/2020: EXPI Just Slays It… But…
August 5, 2020
Let me get this quick hitter out, as the numbers posted by EXPI for Q2/2020 are awesome. I mean, they just killed it. There’s no
Redfin vs. Realogy: The Key Trend Beneath Different Results Q2/2020
August 3, 2020
I’ve decided to change up how I go about analyzing the quarterly earnings reports from the five public companies in residential real estate. Part of
Is a Compass-Keller Williams Merger In the Works?
July 29, 2020
[UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM COMPASS] This will be a brief one, but it’s so interesting I had to share. I just got off the phone
A Few Thoughts About Rentals
June 25, 2020
This morning, I woke up to not one but two emails about Rental Beast, a new startup that proposes to become the MLS for rentals
iBuyers and Brokers: A Rebuttal to Mike DelPrete
June 11, 2020
After the past week, it is rather delightful to be writing about real estate issues for a change, rather than big social questions and difficult
The Hard Stuff: Systemic Racism and Real Estate
June 9, 2020
This is the followup to the first post, in which I asked whether the real estate industry was serious about race and racial issues. I
Is the Real Estate Industry Serious About Race?
June 6, 2020
Every American of good conscience is hurting now, both from the evil of police brutality and the evil of looting and rioting. I have been
Thinking Through Platforms in Real Estate, Part 2: Contenders
June 1, 2020
In Part 1, we looked at what a Platform in real estate might look like, having been inspired by Ben Thompson at Stratechery who talked
