Realtor associations across the country are facing sharper questions about their value proposition. Dues are rising, member counts are under pressure, and agents are weighing every dollar against the tangible benefits they receive. Advocacy, education, and networking remain important, but they don’t always feel immediate or indispensable to the average practitioner.
From Left to Right: Rajeev Sajja, Rajeev Sajja from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Michael Hickman from Seven Gables Real Estate, Matthew T. O’Connor from Terrie O’Connor Realtors, Kevin Greene from Cotality Real Estate Solutions, and Kevin Hawkins from WAV Group Communications Some of the best conversations happen behind closed doors. That's probably why one of my absolute favorite events for years has been the RISMedia CEO & Leadership Exchange. Unlike our industry’s bigger conferences, this gathering is more intimate. It attracts the top brokerage leaders, many of whom you rarely see at other events. What really [...]
WAV Group recently had the opportunity to sit down with Todd Teta, Chief Product and Technology Officer at ATTOM Data. Todd has spent his career at the intersection of product and technology, with deep roots in real estate, mortgage, and property data. Since joining ATTOM in 2016, he has guided the company’s transformation from RealtyTrac, a foreclosure portal, into one of the industry’s leading pure-play data licensing firms.
The lesson for brokerages is clear: owning the AI orchestration layer is how you future-proof your business and create experiences that Compass is previewing here. The stakes are high.
PropTech is now central - capital efficiency and durable growth are critical amid rate and inventory pressures.
Brokers are adopting AI. If the MLS doesn’t provide compliant access to the data they need, they’ll find workarounds.
Both firms already dominate consumer search in their regions, and the addition of HomeSearch AI strengthens that position by delivering a search experience that feels conversational and intuitive.
If you haven’t started yet, this is the perfect time to design your AI strategy and deployment plan with tax credit eligibility in mind.
Over the past year, a wave of AI experts have suggested that the major LLMs – ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini – are poised to replace Google Search. Even at HousingWire’s excellent AI Summit this week, the myth that AI is already killing search was also stated as fact on stage by at least one AI speaker. The implication is that SEO as we know it is dying. Some go as far as to claim that SEO is dead. The reality? The data tells the truth. The numbers don’t lie Even as ChatGPT’s usage explodes, now processing more than 2.5 [...]
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Together, these features aim to save time, reduce manual entry, improve listing accuracy, and make search more intuitive for buyers – all without changing how agents currently use their MLS.
What if you could harness dozens of hours each month without cutting a single corner in your client service? For real estate professionals, this is fast becoming a new reality as AI transforms the way agents manage their daily workflow. It all starts with one surprising number: 179. AI versus the checklist: What can be automated today NAR’s widely circulated list of 179 tasks that a REALTOR® may perform during a transaction is a powerful reminder of how comprehensive – and often irreplaceable – an agent’s role really is. But when you look at this list through the lens of [...]
