Parsing NAR’s Organizational Realignment PAG Report: Part 1

NAR Organizational Realignment PAG Report from 7DS Associates   A reader sent me a copy of the official report from NAR’s Organizational Realignment Presidential Advisory Group, and asked for my thoughts on it. This particular document and associated initiatives have been generating quite a bit of conversation, as one might expect. I heard about the main … Read more

Parsing NAR's Organizational Realignment PAG Report: Part 1

NAR Organizational Realignment PAG Report from 7DS Associates   A reader sent me a copy of the official report from NAR’s Organizational Realignment Presidential Advisory Group, and asked for my thoughts on it. This particular document and associated initiatives have been generating quite a bit of conversation, as one might expect. I heard about the main … Read more

Free Consulting to NAR and Move

The Notorious B.O.B.’s series of posts on Move “giving back” REALTOR.com to NAR (one here, one on his blog) plus a Facebook conversation got me thinking. Which results in free consulting advice. Worth exactly what you paid for it, of course. NAR should take Move private and buy it outright. It eliminates a lot of … Read more

What L’Affaire d’Errol et Curt Means: Brief Thoughts

I’m really, really, really slammed with work so this won’t be as in-depth and searching as I’d like, but I do think it’s important to put down these semi-brief thoughts, so I can figure out what I think about what Zillow’s recent personnel moves means. Let me not bury the lede. L’Affaire d’Errol et Curt … Read more

What L'Affaire d'Errol et Curt Means: Brief Thoughts

I’m really, really, really slammed with work so this won’t be as in-depth and searching as I’d like, but I do think it’s important to put down these semi-brief thoughts, so I can figure out what I think about what Zillow’s recent personnel moves means. Let me not bury the lede. L’Affaire d’Errol et Curt … Read more

In Which I Speak to Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Move, Inc.

It’s now been a couple of days, and Errol Samuelson’s defection from Realtor.com to Zillow remains the top story in the world of real estate. I posted two questions about the move yesterday (and had one answered very quickly), and reached out to both Errol and to Move for comments. As of this writing, I … Read more

A Good Step… First of Thousands on the Long Road

Just saw on Facebook that NAR has renamed the “Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo” — its annual meeting in Washington DC — to “REALTOR Party Convention & Trade Expo“. Seeing as how I’ve been preachin’ (to the choir, mostly) for quite some time that the REALTOR Association needs to focus on its core competency … Read more