I spent three days in Scottsdale last week where I participated in several sessions at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Future Tense 2009 conference. Amid the golden Arizona sunshine and within the Westin Kierland, one distinct sentiment echoed throughout:
The current brokerage model is broken.
Throughout the day it danced around the panels and through [...]
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Moving beyond broken
By Marc Davison | March 31st, 2009 | 9 Comments
Categories: Agents, Brokers, Change, Consumers, Leadership, Real Estate Articles
The truth serves. It will prevail. And it will inspire
One can follow Twitter to size up the positive sentiment blanketing the United States right now. Obama told it like it is: Times are tough. They are going to get tougher. We are surrounded by hardship. And have been lead…
Crumbs from real estate’s table
Humanitarian and U2 front man Bono can now add “columnist” to his list of accomplishments. He published his first op-ed piece in the New York Times this past weekend. Considering his access to the world from places unattainable to most…
The MLS moment
By Brian Boero | January 14th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Categories: Leadership, MLS, New business models, real estate technology
We’re bullish on MLS. Or rather, the potential that lies within most MLS organizations. In fact, Marc and I think MLSs hold some of the most exciting possibilities in real estate and technology in 2009. I know that may sound…
Real estate’s year of competence and leadership
The ascent from JFK was bumpy. My back hurt. I had not slept well for days and spent inordinate amounts of time paying attention. A week at Real Estate Connect. Exhausting but great. I stared at the small screen on…
Forget transparency: Let’s find a new clarion call in 2009
By Brian Boero | January 6th, 2009 | 8 Comments
Categories: Change, Leadership, Zillow, real estate technology
That’s my mortgage broker, letting is all hang out. My Realtor? When my wife and I sold, I knew exactly what she netted. I knew her split. I asked. The closing costs on my recent refi were of course conveniently…
Brokers, it’s time to get out of the cockpit
By Brian Boero | December 31st, 2008 | 7 Comments
Categories: Change, Consumers, Current Affairs, Leadership, Real estate market, Weblogs
Brian wrote this piece just about a year ago. The title became the basis for a live presentation we have given throughout this past year on a variety of topics including branding, marketing and communication, sales and creative thinking. —-…
O Canada! One great association event can beget many more
Quebec City - night. 40-mile per hour winds blew mothball sized snow flakes, blasting the tiny slice of skin I left exposed under my lightweight winter clothing. I elected to walk from the hotel to dinner where I was to…
Eruption
By Marc Davison | April 23rd, 2008 | 14 Comments
Categories: Agents, Buyers, Consumers, Leadership, New business models
He was a grown man on the brink of tears. A broker. Relating a story to a fellow speaker after a conference session a few weeks ago. I happened into the conversation by virtue of proximity. I became engaged by…
Zillow jumps into the credibility gap, naked
Last week, Zillow lifted the veil on its much anticipated mortgage initiative halfway. The consumer-facing part is still under wraps, but we now know the company plans to screen the mortgage professionals it allows to interact with its consumer visitors….
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