Does Thanos, I mean, RealScout Want a War?
As many longtime readers know, Andrew Flachner is a good friend of mine, and a wonderful young technology executive. I like Andrew, I respect Andrew, and I thought both of […]
The Problem with “Good Agents Will Adapt”
I mentioned blogging would be light because I’m at the annual Realtor Quest conference that the Toronto Real Estate Board puts on. It’s a truly wonderful world-class event, I think, […]
iBuyer and the Issue of Concessions
In a couple of recent VIP posts, I looked through limited number of iBuyer transactions of both Opendoor and Zillow. I then took the most interesting conclusion one can draw […]
iBuyer and Conflicts of Interest
It seems pretty obvious now that the rest of the industry is waking up to the fact that iBuyer is not a blip on the radar, is not We Buy […]
[VIP] REMAX Q1,2019 Earnings: Refusing Greatness
I don’t often talk about RE/MAX, because it’s not a brokerage. It’s a franchisor, with a business model that doesn’t tell us a whole lot about what’s going on with […]
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You
I just spent an hour glued to the TV, absolutely fascinated by what I was seeing and hearing. And no, it wasn’t the latest episode of Game of Thrones (which […]
[VIP] Zillow Q1, 2019 Earnings: Confidence and Clarity
Zillow reported its Q1/2019 earnings yesterday, and it was the first “real” earnings call with Rich Barton at the helm. As much as I missed hearing Spencer Rascoff on the […]
[VIP] Redfin Q1, 2019 Earnings: Mystery Inside an Enigma Within a Puzzle
Redfin reported its Q1/2019 results earlier today… and it’s like one of those Russian nesting dolls, except it’s a bit of a mystery inside an enigma within a puzzle kind […]
[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 […]
