…is an article that’ll be written by someone in 10 years. Based on what Dennis Schaal at Skift just did to detail the history of online travel & the impacts on the broader industry, the bar is high. He just put out a 40,000 word piece on…

Something to think on this Tuesday morning…Slock.it. Is there a residential real estate sales angle to this technology?

The other day I randomly looked to see if Realius still existed (see this, this, and this). It doesn’t. For those of you that never played with Realius, it was a game that allowed people to guess the value of homes. I was always a…

I think a lot about long term strategic defensibility when evaluating any business (& building my own). The best companies, focus on what they do better than anyone else, that is extremely hard to duplicate — and stay focused on executing on increasing that defensibility. You’ve…

Those in Canada, and certainly those in Toronto, are likely following the story of the upcoming expected ruling by the federal Competition Tribunal against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) that would open MLS data to external parties. Further details can be found at Global and…

I came across WikiHouse via reading through James Dearsley’s proptech review this weekend. Wikihouse is an open source building system which gives people the digital tools to create cheap homes. It’s clear there is a deep, deep social mission behind this Wikihouse. One of not only affordable homes, but…

Some of you may have heard the recent news Facebook launched a bot platform for messenger (see GeekWire post here). The developers/technologists reading should head over and learn more here: https://messengerplatform.fb.com/ What are some of the uses for the bot platform in a real estate context? How…

There’s a recent article (& 300+ comments) in the Washington Post about commissions, the topic everyone always loves to debate. You may also find my analysis from 2014 interesting. Do you think anything has changed in terms of consumer behavior/adoption for discount services in the last…

From Brian’s most recent post at 1000Watt: This week I sat in a conference room with a bunch of really smart people who showed me a future without online real estate leads. It was a transcendent experience. The “online lead” has been dangled over the…

When was the last time you worked with a travel agent? Unless you’re doing some unique, specialty trip or are a total technophobe, it’s probably been well over a decade since you engaged a travel agent when booking any part of a trip. There’s a…