The Killer Listing Tour?
Is this the next killer listing tour? These images are produced by a regular digital camera attached to a robotic arm called Gigapan that automatically...
Is Facebook Today’s MLS Book Or Are MLSs Tomorrow’s Facebook?
Facebook is the darling of nearly everyone, it seems, especially after the site “opened up” to allow outsiders to develop software for use inside Facebook....
Does size matter?
Re-reading my post this morning Are Competitive MLSs Possible or Desireable?, I feel like the end of the post lacked some clarity. The real question...
Where’s Justice When You Need It?
As Matt Bester of the Department of Justice was making his case yesterday in Seattle to the Council of MLS as to why the DOJ...
Since When Is Justice About Propaganda?
The Department of Justice has posted a new rant against REALTORS. I used to practice law and had many cases with the SEC and a...
The Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange
Blogging is a powerful way to connect with others. I understood that before but now it’s burned into my consciousness. First, the response from Phoenix...
I’ve got a headache
Seriously. Long flight, short layover, rushing here and there, all the while thinking about MLS regionalization. Michael Seguin from Tales from the Techside writes today...
Good Standards Break Monopolies, Not Make Them
The discussions across the country about consolidating MLSs rages on. In some areas, however, the focus appears to be more on who leads the consolidation...
Agent Decline?
There’s a running joke in our office about my repeated failure to predict the beginning of the downturn in the number of agents. I’ve been...
Allowing The Outside Web To Come In
The technical blogs are buzzing about Six Apart’s call to use open standards for social networks and Google’s leaked announcement that it will be creating...
Interviewed by Glenn Roberts from Inman About the Future of MLS Wiki
I just got off the phone with Glenn Roberts from Inman News, who called to learn more about the FBS Blog and the Future of...
Future of MLS Wiki
I meant to get more content into the wiki before announcing it, but Jim Duncan’s post today about the NAR’s MLS Presidential Advisory Group prompted...