Third Parties May Have Lots of Traffic, but MLSs Deliver Significantly More Serious Customer Inquiries

For those that read our blog regularly, you know that I am a BIG fan of the MLS marketing results that ListTrac delivers in an easy-to-read weekly report. ListTrac is a key tool in helping MLSs take credit for the business generation opportunities they provide by supporting IDX, mobile apps like Homesnap, third-party syndication as well as their own prospecting delivered via the MLS system and local Consumer-facing websites. Recently, ValleyMLS added reporting on views, inquiries, saved listings and shares for Paragon and the Client Collaboration Center to its ListTrac reporting platform.

By |2021-05-20T16:07:52-07:00May 20th, 2021|Marketing, MLS, Technology|1 Comment
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TRIBUS Joins Zillow, Redfin, and Compass with Collaborative Search

If there is an emerging trend in broker websites today, it is collaborative search. TRIBUS had the functionality a decade ago, but really improved the product with a release announced this week called Households Collaborative Search; it is the beginning of home ownership portals. One spot for everything that includes all members of the household.

By |2021-05-14T12:00:38-07:00May 17th, 2021|Broker Technology Research|1 Comment
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Victor Lund Interviews Lone Wolf Executives Matt Keenan and Jimmy Kelly

In this video interview, Victor Lund of WAV Group meets with Lone Wolf CEO, Jimmy Kelly and Chief Revenue Officer, Matt Keenan about their recent announcement to acquire Lion Desk and HomeSpotter. The interview digs into many important strategic trends in the real estate industry; including point solutions vs. platforms, and Lone Wolf’s people, process, data philosophy. This strategy influences Lone Wolf acquisitions and is the guiding principles of the Lone Wolf marketplace and workflow integrations.

By |2021-05-17T10:09:36-07:00May 17th, 2021|Acquisitions, Announcements, News|Comments Off on Victor Lund Interviews Lone Wolf Executives Matt Keenan and Jimmy Kelly
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CoreLogic® Helps Californians Find American Dream Elsewhere as they are Leaving L.A. in Droves

The cost of homes, heavy traffic, and high taxes and gas are driving Californians to reassess their shelter choices, now that “work from home” is probably going to be an option for most workers. At some point, California is going to need to draw back from their excessive commitments to government spending that is making the state unaffordable for so many. As always, CoreLogic brings incredible insights on these movements. I received their permission to share this article that shows what is happening.

By |2021-06-14T15:27:32-07:00May 14th, 2021|Technology|2 Comments
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eXp Gets Creative With Quarterly Results Announcement

On Tuesday of next week, eXp will be releasing their earnings. By all accounts they are expected to join their peer group and beat analyst estimates. If you look at the trends, you would say that eXp is likely to stay flat when they issue their quarterly results. Apparently, the larger looming financial influence of COVID on the market is dampening the market performance of companies who have clearly benefited from COVID. Real Estate is at an all-time record high.

By |2021-05-13T17:07:51-07:00May 13th, 2021|Announcements, News|1 Comment
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Online Conferences Suck – Let’s Meet at Leading RE in Vegas

Conferences are the most fundamental learning opportunities for business leaders. WAV Group was built on conferences, relationships, conversations, and sorting out the direction of each business throughout the year.

By |2021-05-12T18:45:34-07:00May 12th, 2021|Conferences|1 Comment
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Marilyn Wilson Joins Board of Trustees for National Small Business Association

Marilyn Wilson, Managing Partner of WAV Group, Inc, is re-joining the Board of Trustees for the National Small Business Association (NSBA),the nation’s oldest small business advocacy organization. Marilyn will also serve as NSBA’s Chair of the Economic Development Committee.

By |2021-05-10T19:54:24-07:00May 10th, 2021|NSBA, Press Releases|Comments Off on Marilyn Wilson Joins Board of Trustees for National Small Business Association
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Is There Real Strategy in Your Strategic Planning? It May be Time for Another Tough Love Look Inside Your Organization

If you’ve done quality time in politics or at a publicly traded company, you know that strategic thinking is embedded into leadership roles and into the roles of those who support leadership. But the looming question is, how do some of them get it right and others get it terribly wrong? Let us also ask: is this process going deep enough within the institutional thinking of organized real estate?

By |2021-05-05T15:27:54-07:00May 6th, 2021|Strategic Planning, Thought Leadership|2 Comments
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Real estate tech integration survey: What firms are at the top?

When I was head of Marketing and PR at Imprev, now part of MoxiWorks, we polled industry brokerage leaders twice a year about their challenges and their take on emerging technology trends. One of the most common pain points that topped the majority of broker-owners lists year after year was that real estate tech didn’t “talk” to each other. Most real estate technology was in silos, they complained. Double, triple entry of the same data by agents into different tech tools was commonplace. The challenge remains daunting enough that the Real Estate Standards Organization formed the Cross-Platform Interoperability Workgroup. Its [...]

By |2021-05-05T07:48:36-07:00May 5th, 2021|Broker Technology Research, Suveys and Research, Technology, Technology Evaluation, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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Webinar: Creating an M&A Brokerage Strategy

WAV Group held a well-attended webinar last week on how to acquire real estate firms and creating a successful M&A Strategy. The panelists included: Larry Rideout, Chairman of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, Victor Lund, Founding Partner, WAV Group, and George Slusser who leads our M&A Advisory Division.

By |2021-05-04T11:16:04-07:00May 4th, 2021|Mergers & Acquisitions, Webinars|Comments Off on Webinar: Creating an M&A Brokerage Strategy
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Broker Trend for 2021 Is All About Playbooks

It is funny how trends emerge in real estate. New terms pop up and suddenly everybody is jumping on board. The latest trend that we caught wind of is the word playbook. A playbook is a grouping of activities, and in this context, playbooks are a proven, automated, and integrated set of actions that drive outcomes faster.

By |2021-04-28T15:14:18-07:00April 27th, 2021|Broker Technology Research, Technology, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Broker Trend for 2021 Is All About Playbooks
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Maine Listings – Building Stronger Broker Partnerships with Fast and Easy Agent Onboarding

Maine Listings, one of the 6 statewide MLSs in America, now recognized they could make it easier for their brokers to onboard and transfer agents. They built a self-service portal to make it simple for brokers to add agents to their roster.

By |2021-04-26T14:21:01-07:00April 27th, 2021|Broker-Agent Information, Technology|Comments Off on Maine Listings – Building Stronger Broker Partnerships with Fast and Easy Agent Onboarding
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