This article was originally posted on The Real Daily:
by Sam DeBord
Liar. Cheater. Loser. Choker. Incendiary rhetoric seems to be in vogue this year.
“The consultants are like bloodsuckers. They’re ten times worse than a real estate salesman …
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Don’t Go Solo, Tech Bro: Do Your Homework
- Someone else already failed at it. Why will you succeed?
- Real estate is a collaborative business.
- Look to profitable precedents for true tech investment opportunities.
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Broker Public Portal: Angling for a new face
- Accuracy isn’t enough. BPP needs attractive tools and media content.
- BPP has valuable exclusive data that could be leveraged for exposure.
- Public relations will generate earned
Let’s All Open Doors for REALTOR® Safety
It happened again last month. A real estate agent took a call from a potential new client, went to the property for a showing, and was kidnapped at
… Upstream and RPR: the smart grid to power the real estate machine
This article was originally published on Inman News:
by Sam DeBord
The negotiation, dissemination and confirmation of an agreement to build Upstream this past week between brokers and NAR’s board of directors was shocking in its speed. Virtually the …
A National Open-Door Policy
This article was originally published in Realtor Magazine, and recapped in The Chicago Tribune:
The murder of REALTOR® Beverly Carter saddened us all. However, most were not shocked. While these occurrences are rare in absolute terms, the frequency …
NAR has an opportunity to create the primary, trusted source of Realtor research
This article was originally posted on Inman News:
by Sam DeBord
Quelling the angry mob part deux: NAR New Orleans edition
There’s a lot of commotion this week at the National Association of Realtors’ annual convention in New Orleans …
Real estate agent matching, rating and ranking: the big data placebo pill, and quelling the angry mob
This article was originally published on Inman News:
by Sam DeBord
It seems that businesses worldwide are turning to big data for answers in an increasingly frequent fashion. Big data has been credited with a wide range of professional …
As real estate boards bare their teeth, the grand MLS experiment begins to illuminate the future of listing display
This article was originally published on Inman News:
Recent moves by Realtor and MLS boards have ignited the national conversation about the proper use of real estate listing data in mass-display formats like syndication and Internet Data Exchange (IDX). …
Open real estate agent data generates vast new liability for ‘pocket listing’ brokers and agents
This article was originally published on Inman News:
A new twist in the expanding market of pocket listings and private listing associations may start to cause real estate brokers to reconsider their positions on the practices. Scrutiny over “whisper …