Last week, I had what was probably my fifth conversation of the week with a proptech-brokerage-disruptor startup that went something like this: Save somebody (consumers, agents, brokers, MLS) a lot of money Build a large userbase Make money from referrals to service providers (appraisers, movers, mortgage, etc.) As a general matter, I don’t really see … Read more
Happy 2022! May it be infinitely better than 2021 was! I thought to kick this year off with a podcast making predictions… or more accurately, discussing and debating predictions already made. My guest is Brian E. Adams of Hooquest, who also made his 2022 Predictions. We talk about his predictions, which are intended to be … Read more
For the first post of the New Year, I thought I’d start with something I expect to have to refer back to periodically throughout 2022. There’s a lot of confusion, and as a result a lot of FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) about all things crypto, blockchain, NFT, the Metaverse, etc. etc. Just today, I saw … Read more
I have had one of the more interesting and exciting things in a while happen on my recent post, The Metaverse is the Future: The Office is Dead. Long Live the Office. A couple of readers left lengthy comments disagreeing with my take, and criticizing it besides. I love it. It isn’t through polite agreement … Read more
Welcome to yet another edition of the Seven Predictions, sure to be wrong or your money back. This is one of my favorite annual traditions around this time of year, and whatever the changes in focus to the blog, I’ll have to keep this one up. For those keeping track at home, I just published … Read more
A few nights ago, Sunny and I were talking about the Metaverse. As a former MMO gamer, I posited that it will be the future of the workplace. As someone who had a social life and dated in high school, Sunny thought otherwise. Turns out, she just couldn’t see herself piloting a little cartoon character … Read more
Yes, it’s that time of year again. As always, in advance of my 2022 predictions, I like to grade my 2021 predictions and see just how wrong I was with them. I have a feeling it’ll be bad. But still, one must soldier on, consoled by the fact that all of my predictions are sure … Read more
Welcome to another installment of an annual tradition around here: the Seven Most Interesting People in Real Estate in 2021. I look forward to this post, as well as my Seven Predictions post, each year. Last year, I went out of my way to select interesting people who weren’t the Obvious Choices. This year, I’m … Read more
For the past few years, the attention of the industry leadership has been focused on the issue of commission compression. The Moehrl lawsuit was the beginning, but the involvement of the DOJ and now the FTC is raising real concerns about what happens to the 6% real estate commission that has been the default for … Read more