From MLS to Global Federation: Saul Klein’s Vision for Trusted Real Estate Data
“Believe it or not, there was a time when people needed to be convinced that the internet would matter. In 1995, when web browsers were first becoming commercialized, I had the opportunity to tell the real estate industry that the internet was going to change the way business was done. That turned out to be true.”
Industry Crossroads™ — PART 1
That explains why brokerages want greater control before MLS entry, why portals insist on broad consumer access, and why MLSs find themselves caught in the middle.
The Bestselling Book “The REAL AI Guide” by Kevin Hawkins
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A Chilly Night at the First Inman Connect
It all began around a campfire 29 years ago: 50 real estate leaders came together in a redwood grove in Sonoma County, California, for the first Inman Connect. There was so much to talk about the impact on the real estate industry of this new thing called the commercial internet.
When AI says ‘Turn Yourself In’: A real estate broker’s cautionary tale
What you said reflects real-world DRE culture, where the textbook answer (cooperation) and the practical outcome (heightened scrutiny) don’t always align. That kind of nuance underscores the gap between rule-based reasoning and lived experience, the very space where human judgment still matters.”
Does Your Use of AI comply with the Copyright Fair Use Rules?
In practice, it’s hard to reason about the “purpose” of a product as broad as ChatGPT, or the “purpose” of the entire internet. A better framing is: do the market harms from ChatGPT come from it producing substitutes that compete with the originals? Or is it an indirect effect, like a book critic review could have on a book?