What is the role of real estate, land use policy, public/private partnerships, and funding?

ATLANTA, NEW YORK & JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Black Knight, Inc.

CoStar CFO Scott Wheeler said the company plans to ramp up spending on its residential channels by $200 million to $220 million this year, with $110 million earmarked for content generation, $65 million for marketing, and the remainder on technology.

• Remember that you are in an Industry undergoing transition, as your role moves from sales to consulting. • Remember that you are in an Industry undergoing transition, as your role moves from sales to consulting. • Keep selling to those who need to buy or sell and keep your eye on the economic balls...The Federal Reserve Bank, Inflation, Interest Rates, Employment, Government Land Use Policies and Funding, and the drivers of your local Real Estate Market.

It is amazing how few people in the real estate industry, including vendors, fail to understand the structure of organized real estate. There often is much misinformation on FaceBook Groups.

These concepts of Data Display, Data Management, and Data Value are more relevant today than when I created this video in 2015. The technology is ready, and the acquisition patterns of some of the major players are telling

In March 2022, Elon Musk announced that you could use Bitcoin to purchase a Tesla. Then, he changed his mind. Money's value comes from, in large part, people's willingness to take it in trade or for payment.

There is some interesting history in this NY Times article about San Diego, and the increasing costs of housing and lack of affordability. The author of the article, Conor Doughtery, is the author of Golden Gates – Fighting For Housing In America.

The tax laws are anything but simple, but don't hold your breath waiting for Congress to make it easier to understand, because that will never happen. Complexity is part of the design and intent of tax policy at the Federal Level.

While we applaud Freddie Mac for having undertaken an effort to assemble relevant data to investigate the topic of appraisal discrimination, it was premature to publish a note based only on “exploratory research” limited to a single race-based correlation, with no attempt to present a rigorous analysis regarding other potential explanations.