Ask yourself this: if a member contacts your association with a question today, will they get the same answer they would get tomorrow, from a different staff member, looking in a different system? For most organizations, the honest answer is probably not always. That gap, quiet and largely invisible in day-to-day operations, is one of the most underestimated risks in MLS management.
Bottom line: Keller Williams just embedded Lone Wolf's Transact platform directly inside Command, and the announcement matters far beyond the KW agent base. It is a working blueprint for how the largest brokerages and franchises in North America will resolve the build, buy, partner question over the next 36 months. Every CEO and board member running an organized real estate organization should spend an hour with the recording. I moderated the webinar last week with David Voorhees, who leads Keller Williams Labs, and Kyle Hunter, the Lone Wolf executive who owns the partnership on the vendor side. The conversation was unusually candid. What follows is why broker-owners, MLS executives, and franchise leaders should put the recording on their calendar and what they will take away when they do.
Clareity26 didn’t feel like a conference about change. It felt like a conference inside of change. More than 200 MLS executives, brokers, and industry leaders gathered in Tucson with a shared understanding that the rules are shifting in real time. From AI adoption and cybersecurity threats to private listings and legal pressure, the conversations weren’t about what might happen next. They were about what’s happening now. This was also the final Clareity Workshop after a 24-year run. That added weight to every discussion. This wasn’t just another event. It was a moment of reflection for an industry that is being [...]
ListTrac has been quietly delivering unified listing performance data across more than 100,000 property search sites, yet many agents fail to use it where it matters most — the listing presentation. The Seller Report transforms marketing promises into data-backed proof, reinforces the value of the MLS, and provides agents with a powerful competitive edge in winning listings.
A terrific new service crossed my desk today. Strong value proposition. Smart technology. Clear benefit for customers. The kind of launch that usually signals a company serious about growth and connection around homeownership. Then there was Ed. Ed is the local representative attached to the service. Helpful. Responsive. Apparently knowledgeable. But Ed has no head. Not metaphorically. Digitally. His profile photo is a gray silhouette. No face. No expression. No visual identity. It is the horrible epidemic whose cure alludes to a failure in real estate technology.
PropTech is now central - capital efficiency and durable growth are critical amid rate and inventory pressures.
A fusion of compliance, capital, and entertainment that could reshape how people discover, evaluate, and act on investment opportunities.
We all know that AI is moving faster than light. At WAV Group we look at new AI solutions all the time. The demo I have attached for you though is next level, though.
The real estate industry is at a crossroads. With commission structures under scrutiny and homebuyers questioning agent value at every step, agents must be more prepared than ever to articulate their worth.
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 8 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. WARNING: Beginning in LESS THAN 10 DAYS, on March 3, this content will only be available via our free newsletter, delivered by email every Monday, so please subscribe here! Turn AI into your daily habit CoreLogic’s Clareity25 MLS confab in the Arizona desert, attended by many industry leaders, just concluded. But unlike most real estate conferences, AI never really took center [...]
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By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 7 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. WARNING: Beginning March 3, this content will only be available via our free newsletter, delivered by email every Monday, so please subscribe here! AI, will you be mine? Are AI companions infiltrating Valentine’s Day? The statistics say absolutely: one in four young adults think AI boyfriends and girlfriends could replace real-life romance. AI companion apps are booming, with industry researchers expecting [...]
