Dale Kreiser We are in the midst of massive changes in the real estate industry.
Chuck Marunde, J.D. Consumers are taking control with technology on the Internet.
I’ve worked for several real estate brokers since I got started in the mid-1970s. When I started in Fairbanks, Alaska I worked for an independent broker who gave me 50% of my commissions. I got a cubicle and a phone book. I noticed that all the agents in that office struggled to scrape together deals [...]
The National Association of Realtors recently announced they lost more than 100,000 members since 2006. I believe that number only represents the tip of the iceberg. Here’s why. For every agent who stops paying their dues to the NAR, there are several agents who are on the fence, and there is a lag between the [...]
What does the real estate brokerage of the future look like? It would look like this:
1.It would be consumer-centric in every way, from the core of its business model to every substantive and procedural aspect of its business.
2.It would have numerous free services on the Internet for consumers that are easy to use, easy to [...]
Let’s take a look at the traditional real estate brokerage. Nothing stays the same, but this past few years has seen more dramatic changes in the way business is done across America than in perhaps the past three decades. Granted, many of these changes have been the result of developments over many years, but it [...]
