REAL AI: KW and practical AI, AI washing, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 38 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. KW and practical AI At the burgeoning Blueprint VC-tech conference in Las Vegas this week, I had a chance to meet with Chris Cox, Chief Technology and Digital Officer at Keller Williams. KW is the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, with over [...]

By |2024-09-23T07:36:41-07:00September 20th, 2024|Agent Recruitment, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on REAL AI: KW and practical AI, AI washing, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 23 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 weekly. Images are AI + human generated. Will AI avatars attend meetings for you? File this one under "please don't." Sometimes, just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should. Someone needs to tell Google and Zoom that – and pronto! Both firms are working on AI avatars that will attend meetings for us. The initial results are frightening, [...]

By |2024-06-07T08:39:07-07:00June 7th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, 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

GO Network Grows Through Training

One undeniable superpower of the Keller Williams brand is training. Keller Williams GO Network has taken education of their agents to the next level. While Keller Williams is not the only company focused on training, they do happen to be revered by many, to be the leader in education and training in the real estate industry.

By |2022-10-19T13:48:48-07:00October 20th, 2022|Broker Information, Broker-Agent Information, Business Intelligence, Follow the Leader|Comments Off on GO Network Grows Through Training

Keller Williams Forms New Holding Company 

Gary Keller announced today that he has stepped into a new role as executive chairman at KWx, a holding company that will represent the collection of all Keller Williams affiliates and subsidiaries.

By |2020-10-07T12:32:37-07:00October 7th, 2020|Broker-Agent Information, News, Press Releases|Comments Off on Keller Williams Forms New Holding Company 

Keller Williams Command CRM

Command, the Keller Williams’ smart CRM-plus solution, recently launched to limited availability (100K Agent Lab) in mid-February 2019, and WAV Group looked under the hood.

How Realogy and Keller Williams Will Win With AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be in the early days of its development, but this brand-new area of technology already promises to transform the way people and machines work together. Divergent AI strategies emerge from two of the largest real estate organizations in America: Keller Williams and Realogy.

By |2019-06-23T07:17:46-07:00June 22nd, 2019|Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Main category, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on How Realogy and Keller Williams Will Win With AI

SERVICE: The Real Secret Weapon to Broker Profitability

Our industry loves shiny objects! We’re also looking for the next goose that is going to lay golden eggs at our feet. This year the promise of greatness has been tied to technology investments. From Open Door to Compass to Keller Williams and a whole bunch in-between, brokerages are lining up to claim their rightful place as a technology company. 

By |2018-11-19T12:42:20-08:00November 18th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on SERVICE: The Real Secret Weapon to Broker Profitability

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|Comments Off on Disruptors Are Really Only Innovators and Motivators

Flashback Feature 2004: Keller Williams’ Gary Keller Teaches His Way to the Top

This Flashback Features series unearths profiles from the past of real estate and technology leaders. A version of this story was first published in California Real Estate magazine. This profile of Gary Keller, founder of Keller Williams Realty International, is from 2004.

By |2018-04-02T14:00:16-07:00April 2nd, 2018|Main category|1 Comment

Keller Williams Betting $1 Billion on Voice

Keller Williams had another great family reunion, their annual convention in Anaheim drew more than 17,000. Perhaps the most remarkable information conveyed is that they have hit a lot of their ambitious targets for growth, and are now re-targeting to leverage data and technology as their next conquest. According to Teresa Metcalf, their big bet is on the underlying framework and Platform – and the AI component is on top of that.

By |2018-03-20T05:00:03-07:00March 20th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information|Comments Off on Keller Williams Betting $1 Billion on Voice