Carolina One Real Estate faced a familiar challenge: too many tools, too little efficiency. Agents juggled CRMs, marketing apps, and design platforms that didn't connect, slowing productivity and weakening consistency. Leadership needed a change — and found it in a unified, relationship-driven platform.
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dave Herman, SVP of Product and AI innovation at Realtor.com, to discuss two exciting product launches that are reshaping how buyers explore properties online. If you haven't checked out these features yet, you're missing out on some truly innovative technology.
In a market where many brokerages are consolidating or playing defense, SERHANT. has moved boldly in the other direction — expanding into 13 states and Washington, D.C., growing its agent base tenfold, and significantly increasing revenue. A new case study from Rechat explores how the brokerage made it happen, and what other firms can learn from the strategy behind its scale.
The industry is undergoing a massive shift and replatforming effort, with companies racing to keep pace with technological change but lacking clear pathways forward.
CoreHome doesn’t try to replace the agent. It amplifies them with better timing, better visibility, and tools that work with the way they already operate.
It is a logical evolution of customer for life solutions, but it also raises new questions about privacy, data sharing, and competitive dependence.
AI is more than just technology; it is an extension of organizational memory, judgment, and foresight, expressed through software.
For real estate brokerages and MLSs, the parallels are striking. The same challenges Fortune 500 firms face with AI are the ones our industry must prepare for as agentic AI becomes central to brokerage operations, MLS data services, and consumer experiences.
GO Network, Keller Williams’ largest franchisee, has officially launched Creative Studio — an in-house, full-service branding concierge that takes Realtors® from generic templates to fully developed, custom-tailored brand identities. It’s a bold step that demonstrates how brokerages can move beyond standard marketing support to deliver services that truly differentiate both the agent and the company.
Rechat can auto‑generate websites, email blasts, social posts, open‑house sign‑in pages, print collateral, ads, all branded and ready—with data pulled from MLS and pre‑built into templates—and send it in a single click.
By making Rayse a standard part of every subscription, Stellar MLS is reinforcing its role as a forward-thinking MLS.
When you think about what makes a great listing, photos are at the top of the list. They’ve been a non-negotiable for years. You wouldn’t post a property without them—because buyers expect them, and sellers know they’re essential.
