By Jeremy Conaway
April 2, 2013 – 9:11 AM
One of the real joys of being engaged with the real estate industry, at this particular moment in its history, is the opportunity to understand the course of the industry’s current migration while, at the same time, being able to identify the behaviors and adaptations that will allow certain of its present brokers and practitioners [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
March 8, 2013 – 1:38 PM
It happened towards the end of a business lunch at a popular lunch spot. There it sat, hidden from view between a glass of Diet Pepsi and a bowl of salsa, a small printed note on a card in a plastic stand. A simple question; “How are we doing?” Every one at the table immediately [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
November 13, 2012 – 5:40 PM
Over the past several months, the traditional real estate media and real estate related social media channels have been increasingly critical of the industry’s apparent unwillingness to consider either the natural or even unnatural expansion of its traditional brokerage business model through one of the many service opportunities [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
July 20, 2012 – 4:37 PM
Many industry participants have now had the chance to hear and learn about the new Pinnacle Group Program. Sponsored by the National Association of REALTORS® and over 50 state and local REALTOR® associations the Pinnacle Program is focused on reengineering both the state and local REALTOR® association. The goal of this ambitious program is to [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
May 19, 2012 – 3:48 PM
It was a stunning start to an even more amazing gathering. Real Trends was celebrating its 25th anniversary. The opening session of the 2013 Real Trends Gathering of the Eagles Conference demonstrated why, year after year, this is the place to be if you want to understand the depth and breadth of the American real [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
March 24, 2012 – 1:51 AM
It is spring, a time of new growth, new opportunity and new ideas. The setting was a five star ocean resort in Mexico. The event was the annual senior executive and management retreat for one of North America’s oldest and most successful real estate companies. The subject on the creatively designed printed agenda was simple; [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
February 21, 2012 – 11:41 AM
I recently had an opportunity to attend the annual meetings of two of the real estate industry’s largest brokerage communities. One of these organizations has a very traditional formal “civic centric” culture while the other has a much more contemporary, diverse and frankly “immersion” style culture. The first evidence of the impact of the two [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
February 11, 2012 – 6:16 PM
It is not too late you know. Remember that the first draft of your 2012 “To Do” list was created in the hustle and bustle of the year-end business cycle and the chaos of the holiday season. Before we slip out of the first quarter there is still time to take another look at the [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
May 6, 2011 – 2:50 PM
The Internet has been growing on the mysterious side of the American real estate experience for well over ten years now, and every inch of our exploration of that mystery has brought with it the pain and joy of the following discoveries: It was a significant achievement for the industry to initially accept the Internet [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
March 31, 2011 – 4:23 PM
One of life’s greatest experiences occurs when one has a chance to share the success, wisdom and knowledge of friends. So it has been with our friend Stefan Swanepoel and his newly published book Surviving Your Serengeti. Released at the end of last month the book is already gracing a number of “best seller” lists [...]
