A few weeks back, Drew Meyers and I had discussed how many technology ventures are exciting and groundbreaking, but they don’t necessarily solve a specific problem that the average real estate professional is facing.  These “solutions looking for a problem” often languish in terms of…

I’ve always thought I think big. But it’s all relative. I’m thinking small compared to Elon Musk. Jason Calacanis wrote a thought provoking post about Google, with some crazy huge ideas included. You should read it. Franchises getting into the travel concierge game is an…

I stopped into Starbucks on Monday morning before heading to the office and seated inside were 8 of my Agents conducting business. – Broker, Austin, Texas. The Realization This one visit to Starbucks prompted this very successful Broker/Owner to go back and conduct an internal…

AGBeat – Eight Austin real estate firms terminate listing syndication (PS: if you read AG, you should really join the AGBeat community page) Inman – 8 more Austin real estate brokerages turn off flow of listings to portals So, more brokers are shutting off the listings faucet to…

The real estate industry is one of the most complex industries on Earth to gain market share in. The reason for this is the fact that hundreds of real estate agents are all competing against each other in their local market every day, yet they…

Those of you who have an indexable IDX product on your website know how powerful it can be. It can help drive traffic to your site for long-tail search phrases such as addresses, as well as MLS number searches. Early adopters of indexable IDX got…

Sure, my post about real estate franchises getting into the travel concierge game is a bit absurd. But sometimes the absurd ideas are the best ones. I had quite a few offline discussions with people in the industry about the travel concierge idea, and it…

If the answer is yes, then you should certainly read this; my entire thought process of how we were thinking about approaching the relocation vertical if we pivoted Oh Hey World. That said, we’ve officially bagged the idea of pivoting to a relocation scenario. We’re…

Creating a great name for your company can be difficult.  For start-ups and technology companies in fast-changing environments, it can be hard to find a stable moniker that represents what your company is today, and will still be appropriate years down the road. As someone…

Go Walk a Mile, by Greg Fischer — go read it NOW. You will thank me later. Or not. I’ll be fine either way. You’ll be better off if you read it.