Somebody needs to say something, so I guess it will be me. Though I'm still shocked that realtors and their management are willing to stay this quiet, for this long - their silence is deafening. The disrupters are the only ones doing the talking, and because no...
The basic premise that drives the real-estate-selling industry is that agents 'cooperate' with each other, which is code for 'I'll share my listings with you, and you share your listings with me'. We have a written agreement, and subscribe to the strict code of...
Two things never discussed about off-market sales: 1) Every agent signed an agreement to share their listings with other agents. 2) Nobody reads the forms before signing. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/09/26/sell-east-bay-home-off-market-probably-not-exceptions/...
The fundraising has begun for the building of the realtor portal: https://fundrazr.com/StopZillow-PreLaunchTeam Greg should disclose the secret weapon mentioned - because if the new website isn't substantially better than Zillow, then we are wasting our time and...
Thanks daytrip for sending this in - a surprising verdict, and if it wasn't such a high ticket price, it may not have gone this way: MSNBC host and former ad exec Donny Deutsch scammed a real estate broker out of a $1.2 million commission in the sale of Deutsch’s $30...
Notorious Rob has a series of posts about the new CEO for the National Association of Realtors, and the future of the realtor industry. The interesting part is that the current president of the N.A.R. responded, which only brought up more questions. Rob's blog with...
With the big cyber-attack today, let's touch on a local security issue that is hard to believe. It didn't happen to me, but to a listing agent I know. It involves the new mobile app for our MLS, which is touted as a more convenient way for agents to access the...
This is the type of stuff that happens every day all around us. Agents make no effort to hide their shenanigans - instead, they flaunt it, to make the deal.
With so much focus on HGTV real estate shows, it's inevitable that our marketing will go Hollywood too: A woman in a red dress twirls with a dark and mysterious man through light-filled hallways. Music flutters and surges in a romantically lit courtyard overlooking...
From realtor.com: “With a record number of home buyers out there, this is officially the most competitive, fastest-moving spring housing market in decades," said Javier Vivas, manager of economic research at realtor.com. "Following a furious start to the season, the...
