Real AI: AI fairness is a huge hurdle, AI can’t count, fast facts, top headlines and Quote of the Week

Real AI: AI fairness is a huge hurdle, AI can’t count, fast facts, top headlines and Quote of the Week By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 1 Post 18 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 a new edition every Friday. AI fairness is a huge hurdle Of all the obstacles AI faces to continue its rocket-speed integration into our lives, the largest one it will need to overcome is fairness. In 2023, “responsible AI” became a [...]

By |2024-05-14T14:36:27-07:00December 22nd, 2023|Artificial Intelligence, Fair housing, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Research, Technology|Comments Off on Real AI: AI fairness is a huge hurdle, AI can’t count, fast facts, top headlines and Quote of the Week

The Devastating Effects of Dropping Unilateral Offer of Compensation

A dark cloud is coming to real estate in America, and it’s hitting our shores at the worst possible time.

By |2024-02-06T05:57:23-08:00December 21st, 2023|Broker-Agent Information, Legal in Real Estate, MLS Insights|Comments Off on The Devastating Effects of Dropping Unilateral Offer of Compensation

MLSs truly ARE Business Generation Partners to their Subscribers.

Always love to share quantitative data that proves that MLSs truly help dial up business opportunities for their customers. ValleyMLS.com, an MLS that takes its job of generating views, leads and listing exposure very seriously, is a great example!

By |2023-12-19T07:55:18-08:00December 19th, 2023|Business Intelligence, MLS, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLSs truly ARE Business Generation Partners to their Subscribers.

Ben does it again: The world’s most productive agent invents SpecDeck for homebuilders

For almost a decade, we've been working with Ben Caballero, the No. 1-ranked real estate agent in the US since 2013 by RealTrends/HousingWire. If you haven't met Ben, he is one of the hardest-working people in real estate. He also possesses one of the sharpest, most innovative minds. It will come as no surprise to people who follow Ben that he did it again last week. No, Ben didn’t announce a new record-breaking sales record. He's done that multiple times as the first agent to eclipse $1 billion, then $2 billion (several times), and finally $3 billion in sales in [...]

By |2023-12-18T10:25:37-08:00December 18th, 2023|Builder, Builders, Marketing, MLS, Press Releases, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on Ben does it again: The world’s most productive agent invents SpecDeck for homebuilders

Real AI: Evil AI, Holy Gemini, a great way for agents to use AI, fast facts, top headlines and Quote of the Week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 1 Post 17 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 a new edition every Friday. About Evil AI… WAV Group founding partner Victor Lund just published a provocative post called “Evil AI.” It's a vital topic to keep at the forefront of AI development. The underlying current is frightening. Evil AI demonstrates the enormous downside that has some of the most brilliant minds of our times warning us about the dark [...]

By |2024-05-14T14:38:39-07:00December 15th, 2023|Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Computer Vision, Cyber, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Suveys and Research, Technology|Comments Off on Real AI: Evil AI, Holy Gemini, a great way for agents to use AI, fast facts, top headlines and Quote of the Week

Scott Feldman Joins Collabra Technology Leadership Team as Chief Revenue Officer

Congrats to our friends Russ Cofano and Scott Feldman for coming together at Collabra Technology, Inc. Scott has just been hired as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer - a task he is well-equipped for!   If you aren’t caught up with what Russ is up to these days, you definitely need to check out his new product called Ad-Builder, the  Company’s MLS-integrated digital advertising solution. It's a completely integrated way for MLSs to enable agents to promote their listings with a click. 

By |2023-12-13T13:14:12-08:00December 13th, 2023|Announcements, Industry Observations, Press Releases, PropTech, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Scott Feldman Joins Collabra Technology Leadership Team as Chief Revenue Officer

COUNCIL OF MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS FOR 2024

Council of MLS elects two progressive, emerging MLS leaders to their Board of Directors Congrats to Justin Haag and Chris Haran, two of my absolute favorites to the Council of MLS Board of Directors! I am confident Justin Haag, soon to be the new CEO of Northwest MLS in Seattle and a leader in advocacy and promotion of Buyer’s Agency along with Chris Haran, one of the best and brightest technology strategists and visionary in the industry are going to be terrific additions to the leadership team of CMLS. 

By |2023-12-13T08:06:32-08:00December 13th, 2023|Announcements, Industry Observations, MLS, MLS Insights|Comments Off on COUNCIL OF MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS FOR 2024

OneKey® MLS Expands NY Regional Coverage With Acquisition of Mid-Hudson MLS

Congrats to One Key and Mid-Hudson for coming together to better serve real estate professionals in the Hudson Valley - we love to see logical blends of organizations like this that better serve brokers and agents with reduced cost and complexity, broader data transparency and increased marketing potential for listings. Great job!

By |2023-12-13T06:11:57-08:00December 13th, 2023|MLS, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on OneKey® MLS Expands NY Regional Coverage With Acquisition of Mid-Hudson MLS

Real AI: AI specializes, 5 fast facts, top AI headlines and Quote of the Week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 1 Post 16 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 a new edition every Friday and as a newsletter every Monday. AI specializes: gets smaller, smarter While Craig Newmark, founder of Craiglist, may not have changed his UI in decades, he has become an advocate of responsible AI. One of the nonprofits he supports, Moms First, announced an AI pilot to help people in New York secure paid leave with benefits: PaidLeave.ai. [...]

By |2024-05-14T14:39:28-07:00December 8th, 2023|Artificial Intelligence, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on Real AI: AI specializes, 5 fast facts, top AI headlines and Quote of the Week