Happy Monday, everybody! I’m completely jammed with preparation for CMLS where something big is going to be happening. I can’t tease more than that, sorry, but… watch the interwebz later this week. In any event, I saw something interesting on Facebook, and thought I’d jot down just a few initial thoughts. These are not heavily … Read more
I am delighted to present this Notorious Interview of Mark Schacknies, CEO & Co-Founder of Remine, a real estate data and technology company. We discuss MLS data, MLS technology, and what is going on in this tiny-yet-important space of PropTech. Remine has been challenging the incumbents in this space for a while now, and making … Read more
I’m quite excited to bring you this post, largely because it is about showcasing someone else’s work that needs showcasing. This is an interview of Nicole Lopez, the team leader/owner of The PR Group with Compass in Houston. She is not just a successful REALTOR, she is also a rising leader in the local and … Read more
I’ve decided that most of the Interview series will be available to VIP members only, because… it takes a good amount of work to put these together. A few, with wider industry implications, will be made public but I think most of these are really of interest to serious industry observers (who I think are … Read more
In my last post on the NAR MLS Policy Statement 8.0, I wrote that offering a solution would take a few thousands more words and that I was already at 3,000 or so. Well, here is that offering of a solution… or at least a way forward. It might not be the only solution, or … Read more
In case you haven’t already heard, the U.S. Department of Justice has taken the rare step of intervening in a civil case with a Statement of Interest on Behalf of the United States of America. Interesting note: the intervention was in the Sitzer case out of Missouri rather than the Moehrl case in Illinois, which … Read more
(The following are the personal opinions of the author, Sam DeBord. They do not necessarily reflect the views of RESO or its members.) The “Clear Cooperation Policy” proposed by the National Association of REALTORS’ MLS Technology and Emerging Issues Advisory Board is creating plenty of industry discussion. The policy would ensure that MLS participant brokers … Read more
So a number of you have messaged and written me to say positive things about the two interviews I did with Fred Bin of Zoom Casa and Rick Rudman of Curbio last week. I know I’m a writer first and you come here to read overly lengthy posts about various real estate topics, but I … Read more
I feel pretty certain that anybody that is reading Notorious likely already knows that the legislature of California has passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) that tries to rein in the so-called “gig economy” workers. The bill is headed to Gov. Newsom for signature, and it appears that he will indeed sign it, especially given statements … Read more