Dale Ross Dale Ross takes the podium; he’s an imposing man. He says it took 4 months to negotiate with LPS/Cyberhomes. There are seventeen separate agreements, which cover topics like license terms, source code ownership, and so forth. Ross stresses that while RPR has partners, they are partners via contract rather than by having equity … Read more
As many of you know, I wrote a wee little post the other day about REALTOR Property Resource or RPR. That was the first post based on my impressions from a webinar held on November 6th. With some further thought, and with the ability to review the actual webinar/webcast itself, I have some further questions. … Read more
On November 6th, at roughly 3:15PM Eastern Standard Time, the National Association of REALTORS declared war on the rest of the real estate industry. To be fair, NAR probably did not realize that it did so. Judging by the initial responses, it doesn’t appear to me that most people see what I saw. But, probably … Read more
If you’re on the RE.net, then you know that the hottest topic within the community right now is the issue of NAR’s ruling that search engines are no different from scrapers. Even my post on this blog talking about social media process using just the NAR handling of the issue as an example got enormous … Read more
So here I am cruising the Interwebs, checking out various posts from around the RE.net, and I run across this jewel of a post from Marc Davison and Brian Boero, then gents behind 1000watt. The post itself is interesting reading, and I’m not sure if I agree 100% or not, but there’s much food for … Read more
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more. – … Read more
I think I might have fallen in love with Larson/Sobotka. I haven’t the faintest idea who they are, but it looks like they combine some business consulting with legal work with something else involving MLSes and such. Bears looking into more. But they have done a great service for the RE.net by compiling a guide … Read more
The conversations continue. It appears there are a whole bunch of folks who want to talk about the future of listings. And rightfully so — listings are important to the modern practice of real estate. The latest salvo marks the return of David Harris of Geek Estate to blogging, and it’s a good one. Read … Read more
I went to post a lengthy comment on FOREM regarding this excellent post, but something went wacky with Joel’s Captcha system (socket not found or something?) and I lost it all. 🙁 Argh. So I’ll just respond to Joel here. But do read his whole post, as it is excellent. My comment, which I attempt … Read more