Will COVID Finally End Local School Districts?
July 30, 2020
THE hot topic in my small cul-de-sac over Wednesday night happy hour is whether schools will ever come back. Here in Las Vegas, the Clark
Articles filed under Futurism for Fun and Profit
Is a Compass-Keller Williams Merger In the Works?
July 29, 2020
[UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM COMPASS] This will be a brief one, but it’s so interesting I had to share. I just got off the phone
The Big Yawn: Realtor.com Dips Its Toes In to iBuyer World
July 24, 2020
It appears that Realtor.com has finally made a foray into the most important thing to happen to real estate since the invention of the 30-year
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Story of Innovation in Real Estate
July 20, 2020
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I apologize to you all, but I’ve been neck-deep in a very important project that’s taken months of my
A Few Thoughts About Rentals
June 25, 2020
This morning, I woke up to not one but two emails about Rental Beast, a new startup that proposes to become the MLS for rentals
iBuyers and Brokers: A Rebuttal to Mike DelPrete
June 11, 2020
After the past week, it is rather delightful to be writing about real estate issues for a change, rather than big social questions and difficult
Thinking Through Platforms in Real Estate, Part 2: Contenders
June 1, 2020
In Part 1, we looked at what a Platform in real estate might look like, having been inspired by Ben Thompson at Stratechery who talked
Industry Relations Ep. 47: 3 Predictions for the Future of Real Estate, with Errol Samuelson of Zillow
May 28, 2020
This was a fun one, for sure, as Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer of Zillow, is one of the smartest guys in the industry.
Thinking Through Platforms in Real Estate, Part 1: Definitions
May 28, 2020
Ben Thompson at Stratechery is a great read, and he really does get my gears turning. Today’s email/post is particularly interesting as it raises some
