Markt is a professional services organization and agency dedicated to supporting MLSs and associations. While it initially just served its MLS owners (ARMLS, Metro MLS, realMLS), Markt has significantly expanded, completing projects for over a dozen other MLSs and associations across the United States. Its wide range of services includes email marketing, employee recruitment, member surveys, market research, branding, and more. “Markt” is the Dutch word for “market,” symbolizing a place where parties gather to exchange goods, services, or information—aligning perfectly with our MLS vision of facilitating a thriving marketplace.
A pair of now settled industry lawsuits (1,2) are front of mind this week. The latter case involves the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”). Don’t dismiss the relevance: the law can provide a path Read more…
Flywheel. Bring sanity to your MLS staff by developing self-generating marketing. Here’s one example: (1) send your annual subscriber survey. (2) Parse areas-of-improvement, misconceptions, gaps in knowledge and requests. (3) Plan campaigns to address Step Read more…
Putting aside the false conspiracy theory that Reffkin was reading from a paper script because his neural brain implant couldn’t connect to the CMLS Wi-Fi, what do we remember about Open House 2026? The Consalvo Read more…
Text message threads have become common evidence in court. It’s time to rethink text message conversations about business (1,2,3). Texts often exclude important context. Emojis arrived to help with context, but even they can fail to have a common meaning. Outside Read more…
What’s the difference between an MLS fee and a fine? Fines attempt to modify behavior (and can imply moral disapproval). Fees are payments in exchange for services. Fines can masquerade as fees. Are reinstatement fees actually fines? In cases where the MLS Read more…
Do we even need HR at the MLS? Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow said firing his entire HR team made the company’s problems disappear, “We had an HR team, and that HR team was creating problems that didn’t exist, those problems Read more…
James Marcus - General Manager
JMarcus@theMarkt.com
623-810-3491