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Steve Marcinuk
17 Apr 2025

“People have been working on instant title searches for 25 years. The race is on to do an instant search, with underwriters well-positioned because they own all the data, and data is king,” says Erich Wiedel, President of Mortiles, describing the technological competition reshaping the title insurance industry. The title insurance sector, traditionally methodical and ...

Steve Marcinuk
17 Apr 2025

“Technology adoption in real estate operations has been traditionally slow, so you have to make it so easy that anyone can do it,” explains Tiffany Mittal, Founder and CEO of Utility Ranger. This insight captures the central challenge facing small-scale real estate investors who collectively control approximately half of America’s rental housing stock. The Hidden ...

Steve Marcinuk
15 Apr 2025

For over a century, the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) has served as the backbone of residential real estate transactions in America. Now, that foundation is showing signs of stress as multiple forces—from technology platforms to policy changes to the strategies of large brokerages—challenge this long-established centralized system. Courtney Poulos, founder of ACME Real Estate and ...

Steve Marcinuk
27 Mar 2025

“Sustainability is not a scalable approach if it’s just about thoughts and feelings and the idea of being green,” says Joselyn Lai, Co-Founder and CEO of Bedrock Energy. “Sustainability is actually something that will grow because you have the dual benefit, or sometimes even triple benefit, of being clean, but also healthier for occupants, and ...