Shiva Wept: NAR Reach 2019 and Industry Mindset
A couple of weeks ago, NAR’s Second Century Ventures announced the 2019 class of companies in its REACH program. What is REACH? Here’s the official description: “The REACH® accelerator focuses […]
[VIP] Don’t Tell Yourself Pretty Lies, Part 2: Opendoor Sales Analysis
In Part 1, I looked at the economics of iBuyers generally, and concluded that we need to analyze them as market makers, using market maker economic models, rather than as […]
[VIP] Realogy Q1/2019: Things Done Changed
In my final Red Dot, where I looked at the full year 2018 earnings results for the public companies in real estate, I titled the section on Realogy as “The […]
[VIP] Don’t Tell Yourself Pretty Lies About iBuyers, Part 1: Economics of iBuyer
Recently, there was an excellent post about iBuyers from Homebloq, a company that appears to sell some sort of a mobile app “connecting Chicago brokers and buyers” according to the […]
Are Brokers Screwed?
The other day Rob wrote a post on how Competition in Real Estate is Changing. I don't think anyone would disagree. And it reminded me of a comment that I [...]
The Most Important Article for REALTOR Leaders to Read: The End of Aspiration
I’m busy and about to head off to a strategy session, but I had to share this with you all — especially with those who are in leadership positions in […]
Some Interesting Numbers from Swanepoel’s Mega 1000
Earlier today, T360 released the Swanepoel Mega 1000 report, ranking the top 1,000 brokerages by volume and transaction sides. Obviously, this report is competing with the current industry standard, the […]
The Curse of Experience, the Real Estate Edition
I was recently at a real estate conference for a major brand watching a panel discussion. I’m leaving names out because it’s not important to the question/point I’m making and […]
Important Lesson for Brokerages from Opendoor’s Eric Wu
Over the weekend, I saw a video from a session at Startup Grind Global Conference in which Eric Wu, the CEO and Co-Founder of Opendoor.com, was interviewed by Elad Gil […]
Do Not Minimize Ragnarok: Very Serious Legal Threat, Part 2
So my flight is delayed… for hours… which usually leads to drinking. I thought I might do something else instead. Since I posted about the antitrust lawsuit filed against NAR […]
