Acquiring More Profit: The Definitive Online Course for Successful Brokerage Acquisitions

Unlock the secrets of successful real estate brokerage M&A with our comprehensive online course, "Acquiring More Profit." Based on the acclaimed book by George Slusser and Victor Lund, this course delivers the same valuable content originally presented in our popular nine-part webinar series, now available for you to learn at your own pace.

By |2024-06-12T11:49:48-07:00June 12th, 2024|Acquisitions, Broker-Agent Information, M&A|Comments Off on Acquiring More Profit: The Definitive Online Course for Successful Brokerage Acquisitions

MLS Tech Goes Global: Arab MLS Sees Growth and Expansion with CoreLogic Matrix Rollout

The visionary leaders at Arab MLS, led by founder Ahmed Elbatrawy, are delivering sophisticated business solutions to real estate professionals and transforming home buying and selling in Arab nations. A cornerstone of Arab MLS’s business solutions is CoreLogic’s Matrix, the No. 1 listing management platform in North America. Now expanding into the Middle East, including Egypt and the UAE, Matrix offers Arab MLS real estate professionals—for the first time—a single source of truth property record database and more effective land record management. Core MLS listing input and search functionality, data syndication, client portal, statistics, and market analysis are all provided, [...]

By |2024-06-10T07:39:07-07:00June 10th, 2024|MLS, News, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on MLS Tech Goes Global: Arab MLS Sees Growth and Expansion with CoreLogic Matrix Rollout

MLSs Not Endeavoring to Protect Broker Listings are in Copyright Breach

Because the MLS licenses the data from the broker, they must uphold their side of the bargain.

By |2024-06-09T23:33:59-07:00June 10th, 2024|Broker Information, Data-Driven Culture, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLSs Not Endeavoring to Protect Broker Listings are in Copyright Breach

Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 23 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting weekly. Images are AI + human generated. Will AI avatars attend meetings for you? File this one under "please don't." Sometimes, just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should. Someone needs to tell Google and Zoom that – and pronto! Both firms are working on AI avatars that will attend meetings for us. The initial results are frightening, [...]

By |2024-06-07T08:39:07-07:00June 7th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

Microsoft Bing Real Estate Portal in Violation of Copyright Infringement – MLSs Must Act Immediately

This may be a make or break moment for MLS.

By |2024-06-04T14:18:15-07:00June 4th, 2024|MLS Insights, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Microsoft Bing Real Estate Portal in Violation of Copyright Infringement – MLSs Must Act Immediately

NP Dodge Teaches The Power of Community

Sharing what's happening in your community with your clients is not just about keeping them informed; it's about building trust, enhancing engagement, and fostering community spirit.

By |2024-05-31T10:45:53-07:00June 4th, 2024|Follow the Leader, Industry Observations|Comments Off on NP Dodge Teaches The Power of Community

REAL AI: New study claims most don’t use AI tools, Apple’s quiet AI push, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 22 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting weekly. Images are AI + human generated. New study claims most don’t use AI tools With all the hype generated by generative AI and ChatGPT's claims of over 180 million users, you would think it is already ubiquitous. Apparently not. At least, that's the reported finding of the latest AI study from the Reuters Institute and Oxford University. While the study [...]

By |2024-06-01T08:58:12-07:00May 31st, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on REAL AI: New study claims most don’t use AI tools, Apple’s quiet AI push, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

REAL AI: Crazy about Canva, AI Newsbytes, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 21 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting weekly. Crazy about Canva This is a brief story about the best $10 a month a real estate agent can spend on any marketing tool. Canva was the online design tool that teachers and some real estate agents were raving about back in 2015. For teachers, their accounts were free. It was all WYSIWYG for everyone else – almost the opposite [...]

By |2024-05-23T16:26:58-07:00May 24th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Computer Vision, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on REAL AI: Crazy about Canva, AI Newsbytes, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

REAL AI: ChatGPT 4ooooh, Renovation AI, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 20 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting weekly. ChatGPT 4ooooh (my goodness!) Did you see the live stream or video from OpenAI introducing ChatGPT 4o (pronounced “oh”)? The big news: the introduction of omnimodal AI. Oh, and it’s free for everyone (but much faster if you have the paid version and up to five times more capacity than the free version – more than worth the $20-a-month subscription). [...]

By |2024-05-20T08:03:03-07:00May 17th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence|Comments Off on REAL AI: ChatGPT 4ooooh, Renovation AI, facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week

WAV Group Releases 2024 Brokerage Technology Roadmap Part 4: Training and Support

If you have been following our Brokerage Technology Roadmap series, you have now assembled all the necessary pieces to build an impressive tech stack for your business.  However, the effectiveness of these technology solutions relies heavily on how well they are communicated and adopted by users.

By |2024-07-16T12:56:30-07:00May 15th, 2024|Broker Technology Research, Real Estate Technology, Research, Technology|Comments Off on WAV Group Releases 2024 Brokerage Technology Roadmap Part 4: Training and Support

An Unstoppable Legend: Ben Caballero Remains America’s Top-Performing Real Estate Agent

Ben Caballero is an improbable and incomparable real estate legend. How can an individual real estate agent based in Texas sell an average of more than 19 homes daily, every day of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays? Again, 19 homes a day, times 365 days last year, would be 6,935 home sales. Ben sold 7,012 homes in 2023. He is the sole listing agent on every sale, verified by every Multiple Listing Service he works with in Texas. He does not work with any other agent or team at HomesUSA.com, the brokerage where he also is CEO and founder. [...]

By |2024-05-14T10:40:07-07:00May 13th, 2024|Broker Information, Builder, Builders, Clients, Industry Observations, MLS, Podcast, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized|Comments Off on An Unstoppable Legend: Ben Caballero Remains America’s Top-Performing Real Estate Agent