The transaction is no longer the center of the business
For a long time, real estate was a transaction business. You found the client, worked the deal, closed it and moved on to the next one. Success was measured in volume, and relationships were a byproduct of doing enough deals. That model still works, until it doesn’t. The clients sitting across from
Stay independent, compete at scale: AI is rewriting the brokerage playbook
For many independent real estate brokerages, competing with national franchises’ market insight has long meant a painful choice; stay boutique or surrender your brand and hang a new sign. But Tim Rodland — founder of Rodland Real Estate in The Bahamas — believes artificial intelligence (AI) has chan
The MRED Zillow legal fight just hit agents and sellers directly
Real estate professionals across the Greater Chicagoland area awoke Wednesday to find their listings removed from Zillow, as the fight between the listing portal giant and the local MLS, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), which already includes an antitrust lawsuit, escalated. On Wednesday morning, M
New brokerage Showings bets on buyer leads over listing commissions
A new real estate brokerage aims to eliminate traditional listing agents and listing fees altogether — a model its founder says could challenge decades-old assumptions about agent compensation. Showings announced it will officially launch May 22 in New York City, Atlanta, Chicago and Orlando. The co