I just had a very interesting conversation with some well-heeled luxury brokers from Los Angeles. They told me that since the new requirement to sign a 14-page State-sponsored Buyers Agency Agreement before showing a property has gone into effect, they have seen a dramatic rise in dual agency deals.
Although brokers may not be seeing the recruiting performance they want, it does not mean that they should not be out there hunting for great agents.
After receiving about my 15th call is as many weeks from a distraught Association Executive telling me they just been fired, mostly for irrational and indefensible reasons, I just had to get my thoughts down to see what we can do to fix this systemic problem. I wrote an article entitled Why are so many of our strongest Association Executives getting fired?, about the ill-fated careers of many amazing Association staff leaders.
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 34 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. Top AI tools for real estate agents I just got back from speaking at the Florida Realtor Convention in Orlando. The topic was “Top AI Tools for Realtors," and I attempted to pack a plethora of tips into a one-hour session while allowing time for [...]
They are moving the customer base over to the Lofty platform - that is really good news for the Firefly customers.
In this season of 2025 budgeting and year end planning, you may want to take a look at WAV Group’s Brokerage Technology Roadmap Report to start to think about what you should be thinking about for your brokerage technology solutions moving forward. The good news is the leading brokerage technology vendors have been working to help brokers operate more efficient and profitable businesses.
The truth is that humans convert leads. And to have a high rate of conversion, those humans need to be managed and trained.
September will be the first month with an industry conference to be held after the offer of compensation is removed from the MLS systems nationwide.
Now that the attorneys have been awarded nearly $1 billion, I believe we are going to see a lot more attorneys come out the woodwork to try to find additional vulnerabilities in our policies and procedures/traditions. I believe the attorneys and DOJ are just getting warmed up. Here’s one potential vulnerability that keeps me up at night….
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 33 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered to your inbox every Monday. FMLS launches CoreLogic’s new AI Image Search in OneHome Jeremy Crawford continues to champion practical AI solutions for real estate. The CEO of First Multiple Listing Service, the largest MLS in Georgia and the fifth largest in the US, is bringing to 57,000 agents one of [...]
Since the Biden Administration announced their priority to “un-tie” real estate 4 years ago, I have been urging my MLS clients to get serious about opening up their subscription services to all licensees.
Today brokerages representing over 600,000 agents cannot or will not require NAR membership because of their proposed lawsuit settlements. Whether from litigation, DOJ rulings or the belief from brokerages (especially the $2 billion crowd) that NAR let them down, it is anything but business as usual right now. All Association leaders need to be open to new ways to doing business to be able to ride out this storm. Forward-looking, strategic AE’s recognize these vulnerabilities. They are effectively partnering with their volunteer leaders to push the envelope, eliminating outdated or poorly attended programs and focusing their attention on preparing for future scenarios that may be foisted on the industry from lawyers, the DOJ or some other unknown threat.
