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.
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…
RESO Spring was in LERA’s backyard, they also won an award. Meanwhile, FBS announced their MCP server, while Steve Byrd attended in spirit(s) as a cocktail stirrer. We’re 30 days on since RESO/CMLS ended merger talks (AI slop version). We’re unclear on Read more…
Death is big business at $20 billion annually. In some states cemetery plots are real property and require passing the general real estate exam for licensing. Very few MLSs have a property class for burial Read more…
What is your company policy on employees using pending sales price data (which is most often only visible to MLS staff) to make event trades and/or sell it to others (1,2,3,4)? Prediction markets briefly appeared in Read more…
James Marcus - General Manager
JMarcus@theMarkt.com
623-810-3491