REAL AI: State of AI in real estate marketing, AI agents for agents, AI facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 4 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. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. Please subscribe here! The state of AI in real estate marketing As artificial intelligence reshapes real estate marketing, at the Inman Connect NY conference this week industry leaders are urging agents to experiment, integrate, and refine their AI use. One standout panel, moderated by Craig Rowe [...]

By |2025-01-27T12:07:30-08:00January 24th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|Comments Off on REAL AI: State of AI in real estate marketing, AI agents for agents, AI facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

REAL AI: Year of the AI Agent, AI facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 1 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. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. Please subscribe here! 2025 is the "Year of the AI Agent" We predicted that “AI Agents will be the next big thing" eight months ago at the beginning of May 2024. The following month, Apple announced Apple Intelligence at its developer conference, which we covered here, [...]

By |2025-01-03T11:57:02-08:00January 3rd, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|Comments Off on REAL AI: Year of the AI Agent, AI facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

REAL AI: AI for a better home search, ChatGPT non-content uses, Practical AI Videos, Headlines and AI Quote of the Week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 42 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. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. AI for a better home search The typical way almost all buyers search for a home online has remained the same since property listings appeared online. AI is about to turn search on its head. Over the decades, many attempts have been made to "reimagine" [...]

By |2024-10-18T09:26:36-07:00October 18th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on REAL AI: AI for a better home search, ChatGPT non-content uses, Practical AI Videos, Headlines and AI Quote of the Week

An Unstoppable Legend: Ben Caballero Remains America’s Top-Performing Real Estate Agent

Ben Caballero is an improbable and incomparable real estate legend. How can an individual real estate agent based in Texas sell an average of more than 19 homes daily, every day of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays? Again, 19 homes a day, times 365 days last year, would be 6,935 home sales. Ben sold 7,012 homes in 2023. He is the sole listing agent on every sale, verified by every Multiple Listing Service he works with in Texas. He does not work with any other agent or team at HomesUSA.com, the brokerage where he also is CEO and founder. [...]

By |2024-05-14T10:40:07-07:00May 13th, 2024|Broker Information, Builders, Clients, Industry Observations, MLS, Podcast, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized|Comments Off on An Unstoppable Legend: Ben Caballero Remains America’s Top-Performing Real Estate Agent

Real AI: The magic of the prompt, AI dominates Connect NY, facts, headlines and the Quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 4 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. The magic of the prompt There’s a secret to maximizing the effectiveness of generative AI that every real estate practitioner who uses AI must know above all else: the key to unlocking the best AI has to offer is in your prompts. This is a universal AI truth. It does not matter if you are using [...]

By |2024-05-13T13:53:45-07:00January 26th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Broker Information, Broker-Agent Information, Communications and PR, Computer Vision, Industry Observations, News, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Research, Suveys and Research, Technology, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Real AI: The magic of the prompt, AI dominates Connect NY, facts, headlines and the Quote of the week

Real AI: AI Turbo-powered, new AI research and top AI headlines

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 1 Post 13 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. GPT-4 Turbo: What real estate pros need to know Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, during its first in-person developer event, launched a more powerful AI model dubbed GPT-4 Turbo, currently in Beta, among other advances. What will these AI improvements do? GPT-4 Turbo is said to be a smarter model than ChatGPT-4. It will let [...]

By |2024-05-14T14:43:39-07:00November 17th, 2023|Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, MLS, News, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Real AI: AI Turbo-powered, new AI research and top AI headlines

Remembering LA Times reporter Dave Myers

The caller ID on my cell displayed the name of a friend of 30+ years who calls randomly, and I always answer. This time, the news was unfortunately sad. A friend and business colleague we had known for decades had passed away. Dave Myers, former real estate reporter for the Los Angeles Times, died at 62 years young. Another dear reporter friend, Ralph Bivins, editor of Realty News Report, noted that Dave shared in Pulitzer Prize wins for team coverage of the 1992 riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Dave Myers with NAREE friends on a trip to Napa [...]

By |2023-10-13T11:39:24-07:00September 25th, 2023|Industry Observations, News|6 Comments

The Best Inman Connect Moments

Flying back to Seattle from San Francisco gave me a couple of hours to reflect on Inman Connect SF. When I bumped into founder Brad Inman mid-way through the event, he looked at me and said with a proud smile and on his face and in his eyes, “It reminds you of the original Connects, doesn’t it?” It sure did.

By |2018-08-04T18:18:13-07:00July 22nd, 2018|Main category|1 Comment

Imprev Hosts Stellar Learning Labs at Inman Connect SF

One of the greatest innovations that Brad Inman added to Inman Connect in recent years is a hidden treasure that not everyone may be aware of: the Learning Labs. These are held on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, August 9 and 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Learning Labs have become, in my experience, one of the best places where agents and brokers can learn tangible business practices that can be implemented immediately. A company that perfected the Learning Lab concept out of the gate is Imprev, a pioneering sponsor of the Inman Labs. Imprev, America’s largest real estate marketing [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:43-07:00August 2nd, 2017|Main category|Comments Off on Imprev Hosts Stellar Learning Labs at Inman Connect SF

Independent Brokers Find Their Secret Sauce

Real Estate is among the most competitive industries in America. On Main Street in America, only clothing stores and restaurants have as many offerings. Although Leading Real Estate Companies of the World is the clear leader in the independent broker category; they focus primarily on the largest independent brokerage in a given community. Franchise Organizations have set their eyes on the Independent Broker for many years, offering their brand, technology services, and business guidance as reasons to give up independence and join their flock. For too many years now, the independent broker has been isolated, alone, without a family to [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:55-07:00February 27th, 2017|Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on Independent Brokers Find Their Secret Sauce

2017 Inman Influencers List, SP200 Honors WAV Group Clients and Leaders

The impact of the annual reveal of both the Inman Influencer List and the Swanepoel Power 200 is like a social media cannon shot: you can hear the buzz everywhere. The fact that this year, these leadership lists were released nearly simultaneously makes the buzz near deafening. The rush you get seeing your name on either – and in some cases, both – of these prestigious lists never gets old. And nor does the surprise of discovering those who are “missing” – exceptionally worthy influencers and incredibly powerful leaders who didn’t make either list. For many, it must be a [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:57-07:00January 6th, 2017|Main category, Suveys and Research|Comments Off on 2017 Inman Influencers List, SP200 Honors WAV Group Clients and Leaders

Hacker Connect Agenda Released

WAV Group is excited to sponsor Hacker Connect. If you want to get the most out of Inman and you are in the technology side of the real estate industry. You want to attend this one day event on Monday before the full conference. Note: You can attend this for one day, or send your technical staff for one day without doing the entire conference. Connect is one of my favorite conferences in the industry for scheduling meetings with clients and leaders in our industry. It’s a conversation that is stimulated by counterpoint. Inman Connect breads thesis and antithesis in [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:59-07:00December 29th, 2016|Broker Technology Research|Comments Off on Hacker Connect Agenda Released