It bears repeating: MLS is more than technology
Inman News recently issued a call for essays on on a “new look for MLS”, asking: What changes do you believe are necessary and imminent...
Check out the MLS track at Inman Connect in San Francisco
I’ll be moderating the MLS track (track 3) at Inman Connect in San Francisco on August 6th, and I hope you consider coming to participate...
NAR’s Real Property Resource: ReaPeR or Ready (or both?)
Last week at Connection 2009, I listened to a presentation from Dale Ross about NAR’s Real Property Resource (RPR), which previously has been referred to...
Homerun! Great response to our 1004 Market Conditions Report in flexmls Web
We released a new 1004 Market Conditions option for the statistical CMA in flexmls Web a week ago, and the response has been so positive...
Why the economy isn’t ruined
As I was coming home from the Clareity conference last Friday, I was struck by how many people there were in the airport given the...
Inman Advocates More Bureaucracy and CalREDD is Announced
I’ve been meaning to write more thorough posts on both of these topics, but I just haven’t focused enough to get them written. I think...
Russell Shaw, Speaking Clearly (and a personal story too)
Russell Shaw just posted a great series of articles I highly recommend to agents, brokers, MLS execs, and anyone else involved in real estate: The...
More on CRM data ownership in a web 2.0 world
A few days ago, I commented about the uproar and retraction following Facebook’s attempt to clarify their terms of service so users would know what...
Who owns CRM data, broker or agent?
Brokers own listings but who owns the contact management data, is it the broker or the agent? My guess is that the practice is the...
A Wealth of Ideas
I awoke early this morning and decided to peruse my feed reader. Because I follow quite a few blogs, I usually skim very rapidly over...
FBS Welcomes Telluride AOR and Aspen Glenwood Springs MLS (giving me skiing on the brain)!
We’re very fortunate to now be serving the Telluride Association of REALTORS and the Aspen Glenwood Springs MLS, and I want to extend my welcome...
Poll: Most Value-Adding Mobile Phone Applications
Back in November 2008, Mark Lesswing predicted that mobile applications would be big for 2009. The better browsers in the iPhone, Blackberry devices, and other...