YES-MLS Merger Displays Visionary Leadership

WAV Group operates like the mechanical middle of a Rubik’s Cube, supporting the facets of Associations of REALTORS®, multiple listing organizations (MLO), brokerage firms, franchisors and the technology companies that serve them. As the cube twists and turns we observe change. The reward of consulting is the discovery of patterns that recur and the development of disciplined approaches to optimizing performance as change occurs. In this article, we review a successful merger of two of Ohio’s largest Multiple Listing Organization (MLO) to form YES-MLS. Looking at YES-MLS, we can observe a lot about the motivators to consolidation, and in doing [...]

By |2018-10-15T10:14:26-07:00October 15th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Kent Hanley of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Shares Broker Tech Strategy

Join RE Technology and Delta Media Group while we discuss the differences between selecting multiple vendors for your website presence vs. an all-in-one solution and how you can streamline your billing and overall processes for a successful implementation.

By |2018-10-16T21:24:03-07:00October 14th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

OJO Labs + WolfNet: “We partnered a Ferrari with fuel”

News reports yesterday disclosed that OJO Labs and WolfNet were becoming one company. The news traveled fast and furious, despite the fact that the "official" news release was issued this morning on the newswire. How cool is it that one of the hottest Artificial Intelligence startups just bought an established, 20+ year-old real estate data giant? Here are some classic quotes from yesterday news coverage of this historic event: RISMEDIA "The largest aggregator of MLS data has been acquired by one of the industry’s hottest artificial intelligence companies."  “This is probably the most impressive fundamental move toward assisting the industry [...]

By |2018-10-11T08:12:45-07:00October 11th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Are You Holding Your Organization Back?

As an executive, we all get caught up in the day to day hum of problems, challenges, opportunities and tasks.  We feel good when we get a project completed or have a productive conversation with a staff person or customer.  It’s great when we get to check something off our list!

By |2018-10-08T16:59:27-07:00October 8th, 2018|Uncategorized|2 Comments

How The FBI Foiled a Wire Transfer Scam

Wire Transfer scams continue to plague the real estate industry, but brokers are deploying countermeasures and collaborating with the Federal Bureau of investigation to catch these criminals. WAV Group was provided with an insiders’ overview of a recent victory by the FBI to shut down a huge ring of scammers. The story was amazing.

By |2018-10-09T09:39:38-07:00October 8th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Love What You Do, And Do What You Love

It’s been a remarkable past few weeks. In September I started my 5th year heading up WAV Group Communications. I can't remember a time in my PR career over the last three decades when I worked so hard but had so much fun. I've enjoyed an exhilarating streak of success for my clients that have made the long hours well-worth those moments of drudge.

By |2018-10-08T09:29:18-07:00October 8th, 2018|Uncategorized|2 Comments

Update on Rocket Homes – Agent Referral Network Adds Consumer Home Search

Doug Seabolt, CEO of Rocket Homes (formerly In-House Realty) has been a busy guy in 2018. His company acquired ForSaleByOwner.com in the spring, and now In-House Realty has rebranded as Rocket Homes to better connect with sister company Quicken Loans – home of Rocket Mortgage. Both Quicken Loans and Rocket Homes are subsidiaries of the fintech giant, Rock Holdings.

By |2018-10-04T09:49:39-07:00October 4th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Broker Gets 1019 Listings with Buyside

If you are an enterprise broker with strong website traffic and large agent footprint, you may be a candidate for Buyside. Buyside is a seller lead gen tool that can be added to your broker and agent websites. In March of 2017, that is exactly what Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona/Nevada/California Properties did and the results have been pretty incredible.

By |2018-10-01T08:00:59-07:00October 1st, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

CoreLogic Offers BoxMLS to Multiple Listing Organizations and Brokers

CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced a new agreement to offer BoxMLS to its multiple listing and broker clients. BoxMLS is a new solution that provides an alternative search interface and tools for working with listing data from multiple organizations simultaneously. Under the agreement, CoreLogic is the exclusive reseller of BoxMLS to MatrixTM and InnoVia® clients that are new users of the BoxMLS solution.

By |2018-09-25T19:04:43-07:00September 26th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

CoreLogic Trestle Web API Earns RESO Platinum Certification

CoreLogic shared some good news today. Their Trestle data distribution solution that provides MLSs with RESO compliant web API transmission capabilities was upgraded to Platinum-level certification. I am sure that they will be spreading the good news to their customers at the Council of MLS meetings that start in Orlando, FL tomorrow. Some MLSs who were on the fence about signing up for Trestle cited Platinum-level Web API as their demand. Now CoreLogic can hook them up with the highest standard.

By |2018-09-25T10:21:47-07:00September 25th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Disruptors Are Really Only Innovators and Motivators

If you have not seen the 2007 film, A Hero Ain’t Nothing But a Sandwich, don’t bother. It’s a pretty depressing story about a young boy who gets hooked on heroin. But I love the title. It takes a word like Hero, with its multiple meanings and twists it into something profound. One of most important impressions that I got from the RISMedia CEO Summit last week is that the meaning of Disruptors can be twisted around too.

By |2018-10-01T07:55:24-07:00September 24th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments