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Pocket Listings: Smoking gun outs conflict of interest in real estate
The first round of Real Estate is Broken, a hard-hitting agent-to-agent critique of the residential industry last week in Boston, began with this one-two punch: “When I grew up in the industry,...
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Collaborating with housing & real estate labs to save BILLIONS annually!
Concept Drawing: reVRM2020 Ecosystem. Open ecosystem in real estate will be informed by personal data and create unprecedented money-saving opportunities for DIY homebuyers and sellers. Concept...
View ArticleFooled again? Let’s use tech to reform real estate / BLIND biddings wars
After nearly two months on the road, this April Fool’s Day finds me playing the Who’s classic to psyche myself up: Won’t be fooled again! / http://bit.ly/FooledAgain1978 As aging baby boomers know,...
View Article“Consumer, Protect Thyself” with #CustomerTech, Enrich Thyself too
As our flurry of recent blog posts below attests, Real estate is the Sleeping Giant of the Consumer Movement! We tried sharing those links with the National Association of Real Estate Editors before...
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Homebuyers: Need offensive & defensive game plans or occasional coaching?
Thinking about buying a home in 2019? Yes, it’s pre-season — but got a game plan? Last night’s Super Bowl victory was also a lesson in the importance of systems or game plans. The offense and...
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WSJ exposes privacy issues in real estate, need for Consumer Bill of Rights
The @WSJ reported today that popular phone apps like #HRMonitor, #Flo and #Realtor sent private data to @Facebook without users’ knowledge. No wonder advertisers are addicted to FB audience targeting...
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Transitioning to #UUtopia post-Pandemic
As reflected in the juxtaposition of images above, the extended #StayAtHome has caused many to conclude they #DontFeelAtHome where they live so they’re ready to explore transitioning to a better...
View ArticleP2P Movement: Reset Real Estate on Consumer Rights
CROWDSOURCING: Fellow real estate consumer advocates and #RETech innovators, miss #REBarCamps, the unconferences that preceded large real estate conferences over a decade, roughly 2006 to… The post P2P...
View ArticleWhat will happen to housing prices when artificially low inventory hits a...
Real Estate Cafe has used the hashtag #Covid_ImpactRE to tweet about market distortions during the totally artificial housing market of the past year. Yesterday’s tweet… The post What will happen to...
View ArticleReal estate is still Broken — Time for mass movement to fix it?
As a long-time real estate consumer advocate, it’s obvious that the pandemic has exposed Peak Real Estate Dysfunction and calls for change are coming from inside and… The post Real estate is still...
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