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12 01, 2024

Real AI: No PR – AI will make you a ghost, facts, headlines and the word of the week

By |2024-05-13T13:57:14-07:00January 12th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Communications and PR, Technology|Comments Off on Real AI: No PR – AI will make you a ghost, facts, headlines and the word of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 2 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting a new edition every Friday. No PR? AI will make you a ghost While using generative AI, Victor Lund, Founding Partner at WAV Group, uncovered a new vital reason why public relations (PR) is essential for every firm, product, and service. His prompt requested AI to create information on firms that offer MLSs rev share for data aggregation and distribution. Granted, [...]

7 03, 2023

Distilling Inside Real Estate Buying Boomtown

By |2023-03-07T14:48:17-08:00March 7th, 2023|Acquisitions, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on Distilling Inside Real Estate Buying Boomtown

This BoomTown acquisition by Inside Real Estate will find two groups of great people coming together and expanding on a shared mission of brokerage profitability in the best possible way.

18 01, 2022

Constellation Driving Innovation with Investment

By |2022-01-17T14:55:03-08:00January 18th, 2022|M&A, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Constellation Driving Innovation with Investment

WAV Group had the opportunity to catch up with Constellation leader Tom George to discuss their recent announcement to extend their growth strategy into the real estate industry.

28 09, 2021

Elm Street Technology Acquires Austin-Based Digital Marketing Company OutboundEngine

By |2021-09-28T13:42:44-07:00September 28th, 2021|Acquisitions, Announcements, Press Releases, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Elm Street Technology Acquires Austin-Based Digital Marketing Company OutboundEngine

WAV Group would like to congratulate Elm Street Technology for their 5th acquisition this year. In acquiring Outbound Engine, they take the lead in acquisitions and hold the title of the most active private equity backed company in real estate by unit volume of companies acquired this year (Stone Point Capital is the leader by dollar volume).

12 11, 2019

Insider’s View: MoxiWorks Acquisition of Imprev

By |2019-11-14T09:36:13-08:00November 12th, 2019|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Business Intelligence|4 Comments

MoxiWorks Acquires Imprev. Both firms are Seattle-area based. Both have hired and developed a team of exceptionally talented, passionate, and loyal employees. These folks are super nice people whom you enjoy being around.

21 05, 2019

Ten Years From Now – The Future of Real Estate and Everything

By |2019-05-21T19:47:35-07:00May 21st, 2019|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Ten Years From Now – The Future of Real Estate and Everything

I am bullish on humanity making the right decisions, but most of all, I am willing to give up certain freedoms in exchange for allowing technology to blossom as a contributor to humanity.

16 10, 2018

Are You a Protectionist or a Progressive?

By |2018-10-16T11:10:06-07:00October 16th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Are You a Protectionist or a Progressive?

Leaders that are confident in their abilities and passionate about the value their organizations deliver welcome new competition. They KNOW in their hearts they have what it takes to deliver value to their customers.  They have strong relationships with their key stakeholders and they course correct regularly to meet the ever-changing needs of the market. 

25 09, 2018

Impact of the WolfNet Pipeline

By |2018-09-27T12:09:03-07:00September 25th, 2018|Clients|Comments Off on Impact of the WolfNet Pipeline

There is a silent battle going on in real estate search. As consumers visit multiple websites and have numerous searches saved, the website that delivers the first alert to the consumer gets the click. All subsequent alerts from other sites are rendered as old news: they’re unread and deleted. It’s only natural. Today, WolfNet announced a new service level of managing IDX data optimized for speed called Pipeline.

24 09, 2018

WolfNet speeds up Property Alerts to benefit 250,000 agents, brokers and their clients

By |2018-09-24T20:20:53-07:00September 24th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information, IDX, MLS, Technology|Comments Off on WolfNet speeds up Property Alerts to benefit 250,000 agents, brokers and their clients

WolfNet Technologies LLC has become the quiet data giant in real estate. Think about it. WolfNet provides Websites/IDX to Keller Williams (a client since 2002), the largest real estate brokerage in the world. WolfNet also is believed to be the leading company that normalizes MLS data. WolfNet’s digital footprint is massive: it’s a data goliath managing over 100 million property recordsthat covers 99% of all active MLS property listings in the U.S. and Canada. It hosts 89 million property photos for IDX solutions alone and provides more than 100,000 IDX and Websites to real estate agents and brokers – reaching [...]

19 03, 2018

A Tech View on Consolidation

By |2018-03-19T06:00:21-07:00March 19th, 2018|IDX, Strategic Planning, Technology|1 Comment

Consolidation of Associations and/or Multiple Listing Systems (MLS) at any level has its pros and cons. Consolidation can tip the scale in the way that it improves the business, the industry and most importantly, how it impacts all the stakeholders. This of course includes the consumer who is at the top of pyramid!

31 05, 2017

Upstream Adjusts and Improves

By |2018-05-03T21:22:47-07:00May 31st, 2017|Broker Technology Research, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Upstream Adjusts and Improves

WAV Group has played a humble role in the evolution of Upstream from a concept to where it is today. The effort has been shaped by the deep involvement of leading technologists from across the brokerage and franchise community. This week, we have been pummeled by questions arising out of their recent announcement during the 2017 Midyear REALTORS LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS & TRADE EXPO in Washington D.C. Upstream is a bright concept for improving data management in real estate today. If you understand the laws of America, you understand that Licensed Real Estate Brokers supervise agent and consumer real property transactions [...]

14 06, 2016

Backed by Google, Zillow Set to Become Online Brokerage

By |2018-05-03T21:23:13-07:00June 14th, 2016|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information|Comments Off on Backed by Google, Zillow Set to Become Online Brokerage

Real Estate is not just an online thing. It’s a global thing. People buy houses all around the globe, and in many nations – the notion of online real estate is hot.  In the small nation of England, companies valued at £312m, or £40m Housesimple along with easyProperty and eMoov are all trying to make a go of it with significant venture backing. Online real estate is ripe for the taking. Zillow Group will not need to go out for additional funding to pivot to online real estate.  The company is valued at over $5B and is operating at a run [...]