As featured in my monthly Inman News column, Real (estate) Talk. Crunch. Pop. Snap. That is not the sound of your morning cereal. Rather, the front bumper of your car is now mangled thanks to the driver next to you not maintaining his lane.'That was...
As featured in REALTOR® Magazine. Do your neck and shoulders tighten when someone mentions race in the context of real estate? Does your fight, flight, freeze, or fawn instinct go full throttle when discussions shift towards discrimination and...
As featured in The YPN Lounge. “There is no other organization that can end residential segregation like your organization,” Glaude told REALTORS®. “We may work in integrated places, but in the intimate spaces, we don’t know each other. We are wa...
As featured in Inman News. Jaw-dropping 'Jacobi [Windermere President] said he wasn’t aware of the existence of racist covenants until several weeks ago, despite the fact that his brokerage was founded in a formerly whites-only neighborhood.“I’m le...
As featured in Realtor Magazine. Challenging. Supportive. Scaleable. Opportunity. Possibility. Those are all words that we as firm leadership may use to describe teams and the dynamics they bring to our burgeoning realty firms. In a perfect wo...
Volatility Uncertainty Complexity Ambiguity The acronym VUCA describes our modern times well. With all of the emotional, mental, financial and physical challenges that abound in this season, it seems crystal clear that those of us that embody a s...
Opportunistic. Slimy. Capitalistic. Sleazy. These are words that at any time, especially during a global health emergency and recession like now, you likely do not want your business negatively labeled. But here is the thing: As real estate profe...
Times change. Markets change. Tech changes. People change. Yet, there are some fundamentals that are 'evergreen', meaning they are relevant despite different places, people, market conditions and times.Do you know the 7 Fundamentals Every Listing...
There are so many things in life that just have an easily identifiable process.Tying your shoes.Buying ice cream at Coldstone Creamery.Scheduling an Uber ride.Because of the ease of certain things, who can blame us for optimistically searching for th...
Rollercoasters look cool until they are in your sales numbers!If you are like me, rollercoasters are less welcoming and exciting the older you get. As a 'young'un', I remember my happy anticipation when I was finally tall enough to ride the Demon Dro...