A Few Thoughts About Rentals
June 25, 2020
This morning, I woke up to not one but two emails about Rental Beast, a new startup that proposes to become the MLS for rentals
Articles filed under The Fun World of MLS Associations and Organized Real Estate
The Hard Stuff: Systemic Racism and Real Estate
June 9, 2020
This is the followup to the first post, in which I asked whether the real estate industry was serious about race and racial issues. I
Is the Real Estate Industry Serious About Race?
June 6, 2020
Every American of good conscience is hurting now, both from the evil of police brutality and the evil of looting and rioting. I have been
Thinking Through Platforms in Real Estate, Part 2: Contenders
June 1, 2020
In Part 1, we looked at what a Platform in real estate might look like, having been inspired by Ben Thompson at Stratechery who talked
Rethinking How MLS Rules Get Made, In Light of NOW Model
May 29, 2020
Over on Inman, Sam Debord, CEO of RESO, longtime friend of ours (even if we argue a bunch in public), and all around great guy
Thinking Through Platforms in Real Estate, Part 1: Definitions
May 28, 2020
Ben Thompson at Stratechery is a great read, and he really does get my gears turning. Today’s email/post is particularly interesting as it raises some
A Question for REALTOR Friends
April 20, 2020
Earlier today, I posted a request to speak to some of my Facebook friends who are deeply involved with REALTOR Associations, local, state and national.
Real Estate in the Time of Cholera: The Aftermath, Part 3 – The Taxman Cometh
April 7, 2020
I wrote a VIP post recently talking about the Durable investment into Redfin and what it signaled for the future of brokerage. But while writing
Real Estate in the Time of Cholera: The Aftermath, Part 2 – MLS & Associations
March 17, 2020
In Part 1, I looked at the possible aftermath for real estate brokerages in the wake of the current crisis with COVID-19. In this part,
