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…
California’s Assembly Bill 723 became law on Jan. 1. You won’t find MLS in the text, however, MLSs in Cali needed to act (1,2,3) as the bill states a broker/agent “who includes a digitally altered image in an advertisement or other promotional material for the sale of real property shall include in the advertisement Read more…
If 2025 was the year of show you value, 2026 might be the year of positioning. How should the world view your MLS? The budget option? The friendliest? The flexible? The Porsche of platforms? Ironically, in a universe where the masters of self-branding (brokers & agents) control MLSs as volunteer board members – MLSs haven’t nailed positioning. There Read more…
2026 will not be a repeat of “AI is going to take our jobs,” rather, AI augmented roles will trend. Think ARDI, for example. HR pros need to look at job descriptions before the finger-pointing begins. It’s hard to shame AI co-workers for errors, but it should be clear which part of the job 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…