“You have to be constantly looking for that next thing. What’s the next thing?” says Brad Weisman, Associate Broker/Owner at Keller Williams Platinum Realty and host of The Brad Weisman Show. This philosophy of continuous reinvention has guided Weisman through over three decades in real estate, helping him not just survive but thrive amid technological ...
“It’s just as easy to do something big as it is to do something small. So you might as well pursue something that truly excites you,” says Matthew Aitchison, quoting Blackstone CEO and co-founder Steven Schwarzman, as he explains his philosophy on commercial real estate investing. As founder and CEO of Imagos Group and host ...
The real estate brokerage model is facing unprecedented change as artificial intelligence reshapes traditional tasks, but human relationships will remain central to success, according to one industry veteran. “It’s not hard today. It’s hard looking into the future,” says OB Jacobi, President of Windermere Real Estate, discussing the evolving role of brokerages. While current operations ...
“When you can’t see what you’re breathing, you need technology that makes the invisible visible,” says Steve Levine, President and CEO of AtmosAir Solutions. His company’s air purification systems are now installed in over 12,000 buildings worldwide, from the Empire State Building to Norwegian Cruise Lines, addressing what has become a critical concern for real ...
“The deed to your home is just a flimsy piece of paper that validates the ownership of your most important asset,” says Dan Silverman, CEO of Balcony, a blockchain technology company that recently announced the largest blockchain deed initiative in U.S. history with Bergen County, New Jersey. This groundbreaking partnership will tokenize approximately 460,000 properties, ...
“Many home buyers we interviewed struggled to understand the necessity of working with a buyer’s agent,” says Arman Javaherian, CEO and Co-Founder of Homa. “They understood the role of a seller’s agent on the listing side, but questioned the need for a buyer’s agent.” This observation, gained during Javaherian’s six-year tenure at Zillow and Trulia, ...
“The majority of our clients are charging too little. They’re leaving money on the table without knowing it,” says Robert Tinterov, Founder and CEO of Priceagent, a pricing intelligence platform that’s revolutionizing how real estate professionals approach property valuation. In an industry where pricing decisions directly impact both time-on-market and final sale value, Priceagent offers ...
Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Vintory, says the vacation rental industry faces a predictable pattern of unpredictable disruptions that demands new thinking about business resilience. “Every seven to 10 years, there’s some kind of a black swan event,” Pfautz observes, drawing on his 17 years of industry experience. “Look at 2001 with 9/11, 2007-2008 with the ...
The vacation rental industry is facing a transparency crisis that’s holding back both property owners and managers, according to Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Comparent, who draws a striking parallel with the evolution of car buying. “It’s never been a transparent process,” Pfautz says. “Just like buying a car used to be, you’d waste weekends going ...
A groundbreaking analysis of over 6,000 vacation rental companies reveals an unexpected truth: mid-sized operators are consistently outperforming larger competitors in key quality metrics, according to new data from Comparent. “Most market leaders are middle-sized companies, from 50 to 200 properties,” says Brooke Pfautz, CEO of Comparent. “Some of the larger companies like Casago and ...
“Sometimes, a simple design adjustment in the parking plan can make the difference between a stalled project and one that moves forward.” This insight from Christopher Tiessen, President/CEO of KLAUS Multiparking America Inc., captures a reality that’s reshaping the development landscape across the United States. As headlines continue to chronicle delayed and canceled construction projects ...
“$2 billion isn’t enough to stop me from running you over. Wells Fargo and Bank of America… I’ve been up against trillion-dollar companies. A $2 billion company really stands no chance against me,” declares Kevin Ra, CEO and Co-Founder of CloseAbility Data Solutions, a company redefining how investors approach distressed real estate. Ra isn’t making ...
“We are a project data hub,” explains Ron Nussbaum, Founder of BuilderComs, with the confidence of someone who’s found a critical gap in the market. “We collect all this data around the project, the information that is either sitting on your phone, sitting on your desk, or lost in your emails somewhere, we give it ...
“I wanted my voice to be heard. That was my biggest priority,” says Nauz Magdaleno, Team Lead at 1Vision Real Estate, explaining her journey from law school graduate to real estate leadership. “I wanted to be able to say A, B, or C, and then see it actually put into action, and witness tangible results.” ...
“AI will be a major component in our industry,” says Annie Ives, CEO of Vesta Plus, reflecting on the future of Multiple Listing Services (MLS) and property data management. “I don’t think AI will replace the agent. AI will become your assistant, but on a high level, not on a smaller, lower level.” With nearly ...
