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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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…

MLS conferences in 2026, map and timeline here. There’s no shortage of airline miles to be earned in 2026, however, we predict that MLSs/AORs will reduce conference travel next year. We also predict a cut Read more…

NAR circa 2018. HBO Max in 2023 and 2025. Cracker Barrel, today. It’s not fun when rebrands fail. Cracker Barrel’s intention was a simpler logo that played well on mobile. Read more…