by Saul Klein | Jul 22, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
Lesson Plan For The Future Offer of Compensation through MLS might cease to be because it violates provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act. What will MLSs do if the Offer of Compensation is ruled to be anti-competitive? What will brokers and agents do to make sure...
by John Reilly | Jul 17, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
Lesson Plan For The Future Current antitrust litigation that might have a big effect on you and your business… Question: “What is currently possible to do in your business, and if it were impossible, would FUNDAMENTALLY change the way you do...
by Saul Klein | Jul 13, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
Lesson Plan For The Future “When a Paradigm Shifts, everyone goes back to zero. Your past success guarantees nothing, when a paradigm shifts.” Appropriate once again, I believe this is the right conversation for all of the “Stakeholders,” for...
by Saul Klein | Jun 8, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
Lesson Plan For The Future Access to MLS… Must you be a member of the REALTOR organizations (NAR/State/Local) to have MLS Access? In California, the 1976 case of Marin Board of Realtors v. Palsson, 16 Cal. 3rd 920 removed the requirement that a licensee must...
by Saul Klein | Apr 26, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
I wrote this piece in 2002, but the concepts around marketing and lead generation are still relevant. Your Listings on the Internet…For better or worse, they are there…now what? Public display of other broker’s listings via the Internet has created the potential...
by John Reilly | Mar 1, 2021 | MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
In an article on REALTOR.org, Carolyn Schwaar asked a question that is drawing a lot of attention these days. – “Can local MLSs launch public-facing listing portals that compete with the major home sites?” Walt Baczkowski, CEO of the San Francisco Association of...
