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 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 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 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 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 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)? Read more…
Last March we asked, “Your new HR manager just used ChatGPT to select five candidates… Is this okay?“ Since then, law firm Berger Montague has been searching for class action plaintiffs. Read more…
Good news for many, bad news for the golf monoculture, your putting opportunities have been cut in half, as the Spring-in-Arizona Clareity MLS Workshop is stepping aside for the Spring-in-Arizona MLS Reset conference. Read more…
Starting March 1, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will enact the Residential Real Estate Rule. It requires some professionals involved in real estate closings to Read more…
Once your value of MLS campaign has launched – how long (and often) will you promote it? Can you blend it with all-the-things you must communicate (IMC)? Many campaigns fail, Read more…