One of my favorite people in the industry, Joe Rand, a broker-owner from New York, a corporate lawyer by training, and an amazing singer has penned an article for Inman titled, “Be resilient in the face of disruption: My big takeaway from Inman Connect New York.” It’s worth a read, so go do that. Given … Read more
Happy Monday, everybody! So if you haven’t seen it yet, Inman ran a big article last Friday talking about a statement by Bryan Greene, NAR’s director of Fair Housing policy: “We’ve seen homeownership rates among racial groups steadily rise, but I think many of us would have expected rates to have risen more,” Greene added. … Read more
It’s good to be home and be able to write and think out loud on issues that might impact the industry. It’s doubly good to be able to do it with the best audience out of the most informed readership in the industry. I’m actually a bit surprised that others who are far more tech-focused … Read more
I realize writing has been light because of travel, and because of Inman Connect that just finished last week. My apologies, but I hope to put some thoughts down before my next roadtrip. Now, I didn’t attend any sessions because, well, #lobbycon for one and meeting after meeting for another. But what I’ve heard from … Read more
In a previous post, I talked about pretty lies that brokerages tell themselves to feel better about things, even though they know deep in their hearts that none of those will actually solve their problems. If you read that post, you know that I’ve been telling myself pretty lies about my weight and physical condition … Read more
If you managed to make it all the way through the massive post that was Part 1, let me thank you first of all and congratulate you on your powers of focus and concentration. I must warn you that this Part 2 is quite likely to be very, very long as well. We might start … Read more
Earlier this year, Sunny and I made her third (my second) move across this great country of ours in three years, landing in Las Vegas. I have to say, so far, we’re quite in love with this city. Most of you only know Las Vegas from The Strip… which is unfortunate. It’s quite like judging … Read more
Over at Forbes, Peter Smirniotopoulos, a Contributor who writes about real estate, penned an article titled, “AI, and iBuyers, Oh My! Are There Structural Limits to PropTech?” It is such a great example of how mistaken Wall Street people are about the iBuyer phenomenon and how confused some of the smartest people in the world … Read more
In today’s episode of the Notorious Interview, I have a fantastic conversation with a pair of economists from Zillow Research, which publishes an annual Consumer Housing Trends Report. It is one of the best research studies on what is happening on the ground with buyers, sellers and renters. Ms. Olsen is the Director of Economic … Read more