In the comments to this post, I’m getting some rather interesting thoughts from a variety of real estate agents and brokers. The question I asked was, “Why should I, as a consumer, care if you’re tech-savvy or not?” The most popular answer was along the lines of, “Because tech-savvy agents have speed and ease of … Read more
As a longtime watcher of real estate and technology, but still just a consumer in every respect, I have a question for the technology-savvy realtors. What does it matter to me, as a consumer, if you’re a tech-savvy agent? It’s a real question, actually, because at this point, I’m not sure what the answer is. … Read more
As a longtime watcher of real estate and technology, but still just a consumer in every respect, I have a question for the technology-savvy realtors. What does it matter to me, as a consumer, if you’re a tech-savvy agent? It’s a real question, actually, because at this point, I’m not sure what the answer is. … Read more
Recently, I mused on the nature of innovation and how it goes hand-in-hand with destruction. The key thought, as pointed out by a savvy commenter, in that post is: Or thought of another way, when you look at the innovations in the industry today — whether mobile apps, CRM technologies, social media, RPR, or whatever … Read more
We worship creativity. In describing a business, a leader, a product, or a service, I can think of no higher praise than to say it is creative, or visionary, or innovative. Whether in marketing, or technology, or business process, or a blogpost, all of us admire creativity, strive for creativity, and think about creativity. The … Read more
This might be the most exciting technology I’ve run across in a while… maybe since I came across this mysterious “internet” thing back in 1988 in a computer lab at school. The post there goes into more of the technical details, which are completely over my head. But this promotional video from Verizon hints at … Read more
In Part 1, I explored how large law firms and big brokerages are similar, based on the forthcoming paper by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor and blogging pioneer. Then in Part 2, we looked at how they’re different in some fundamental ways, particularly compensation models, that makes the size of Big Brokerage appear to be … Read more
In Part 1 of this series, I examined a scholarly paper by one Glenn Reynolds(aka, Instapundit, who is a law professor, the author of Army of Davids, and one of the most important and influential bloggers in the United States today) about the future of big law firms and drew some lessons about how big … Read more
Aaaaand I can hear the tee-hee’ing going on in Costa Mesa from here. While I’m not above making cheap jokes in order to erect a logical argument about brokerage performance, business dysfunction, and customer satisfaction, this post is actually about serious issues in real estate, technology, and marketing. So stop giggling. We begin with a … Read more