Disruption
Thank You Austin Board of REALTORS — Here are your “Agents Fight Back” Slides
My thanks to Kelea Youngblood and Emily Chenevert for letting me be a part of the Austin Board of REALTORS Roundup today. I had a great time. For those of you who asked, here are the slides from the event in both powerpoint and PDF form. Here is the Powerpoint Here is the PDF And…
Read MoreThe Ethos of Professional Courtesy
Is it fair for a real estate agent to try to steal another agent’s client? What if it’s in that client’s best interests to switch? This issue came up recently in a discussion on the Inman Coast to Coast group on Facebook, sparked by a comment from a broker complaining about a Redfin practice. Apparently, when…
Read MoreNo One Can Disrupt Our Industry Without Our Permission
If real estate brokers get disrupted and marginalized out of the real estate industry, we have only ourselves to blame. To paraphrase Ann Landers: No one can disrupt your industry without your permission. So how did we give permission? By ignoring what our clients needed. For a generation, the real estate industry has been focused not…
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