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 how the industry feels about this. This story originally ran in the Waffle MLS Newsletter. Interested 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 plots and there is no data dictionary entry. Lawsuits over plot ownership are increasing (1,2,3,4,5), 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 our February issue, but should now command your attention for an HR reason. The opportunity for employees to 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. Their solicitation for clients is based on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), give it a read. This story originally ran 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. Travel chaos and a basketball tournament were heard reasons for NOT attending NAR’s Association Executive Institute last week. It’s always 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 submit reports to FinCEN regarding certain non-financed transfers of residential real estate (like cash sales) to legal entities or trusts. 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, not by concept, but by getting lost then forgotten (fees billing, MLS vendor promotion, core MLS platform changes, MLS rule Read more…
The applicant pool for Matt and Teresa will no doubt be deep and full. But what’s happening in small markets? Will a shortage of qualified AE/MLS CEOs accelerate consolidation? Consider this: a growing number of small MLSs (<1,000 subscribers) have open in-person CEO/AE roles, many offering $75,000 or less – Read more…
“Did you see Molly?” Public relations crisis expert Molly McPherson shined at MLS Reset, held in Scottsdale this month. Meanwhile, Rob Hahn framed the possible outcomes of brokerages + AI, attendees were stawberry red over it. Conference time = press release time. Matt Consalvo is heading out in 2027, and Teresa Kinney at the end of 2026. UtahRealEstate is taking their home-grown Read more…
Punxsutawney Phil is a rodent that can’t talk. Instead, we summoned MLS humans Oregon Kurt and Milwaukee Chris as prognosticators. What does the future hold for MLS in 2026? Renters, portals doing things (we’ve already seen it this week), de-risking and hopefully free beer: đź”® Three Thoughts from Kurt von Wasmuth, CEO of RMLS: The Year of the Renter Read more…