The Blockchain and Real Estate series continues. I speak with John DiMichele, CEO of Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, the largest REALTOR Association as well as the largest single-Association MLS in North America, about their efforts to include blockchain technology in the MLS. As John has long been one of the biggest proponents of this technology … Read more
The Blockchain and Real Estate series continues with a conversation with the CEO and Founder of Propy, Natalia Karanayeva, and the Chief Revenue Officer of Propy, Joe Budelli. Fair Warning: This conversation is filled with rather technical topics about blockchain technology, smart contracts, Ethereum blockchain, layer-2 scaling, transaction fees, stablecoins, DeFi and its impact, etc. … Read more
This is the first of my Blockchain and Real Estate investigation series. I hope to conduct a number of these as this new technology seems to be much talked about in the world of finance and computing. I’ve written on the topic in the past, but I didn’t see the impact a couple of years … Read more
As the country steadily moves towards #RenterNation, the future of brokerage may be in a combined horizontally integrated company that offers services in property management, leasing, and property sales. I speak to Scott Brady, owner of Progressive Property Management, Progressive Association Management and Partners Real Estate Group, and a pioneer in the combined prop. mgtm … Read more
I interview Prof. Scott Hemphill, Moses H. Grossman Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and co-director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy. There aren’t many human beings who would be a better expert to speak to regarding the various lawsuits in the real estate industry. We discuss the various class … Read more
In this episode, I speak with Jeff Sibbach and Phil Sexton of the Sibbach Team in Phoenix, AZ. We talk about the realities of today’s real estate, how top agent teams are functioning today, and why he believes Zillow is in fact a competitor. We get into a lot of issues including data, IDX, competition … Read more
In this episode, I speak with my good friend and mentor, Phillip Cantrell. He is the CEO and founder of Benchmark Realty, the #1 brokerage by market share in the Nashville area. We discuss a sensitive and touchy topic — the NAR Speech Codes (10.5 and beyond) and how conservative REALTORS feel about the direction … Read more
In this episode, I chat with my good friend Keith Robinson, also the Chief Strategy Officer of NextHome. We discuss the housing market, why Keith doesn’t believe there’s a housing bubble, banter about what is actually going on with the insanity that is housing today, and where he sees things headed. Quite a topic for … Read more
I saw a Facebook post talking about a common problem with real estate agents — buyer disloyalty. That got me wondering, why aren’t we moving towards agents getting paid by the hour? It would solve so many problems. The way that real estate agents are getting paid leads to a lot of issues, one of … Read more