By Chuck Curtiss
September 21, 2012 – 3:57 PM
REALTOR AEs are invited to take our free 5-minute survey and find out how recent changes in your compensation compare with your peers. RECON has been providing this service for over a decade, and all responses are strictly confidential. You have until September 30 if you would like to participate and receive the report. The [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
September 11, 2012 – 9:13 AM
Crucible: a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures. These are complex, bold and very confusing times for the North American real estate industry. On one side we can see the invasive forces and increased influence of engaged consumerism, applied technologies, generational demographics, informational expectations, forced economics and global [...]
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
July 17, 2012 – 5:16 PM
Starting on September 1st of this year something very exciting will be happening in over 50 REALTOR® communities across the country. September 1st is the date that the Pinnacle Group Project, an extraordinary experience for REALTOR® associations, is set to begin. Although only a few months old, this project has already earned and, based on [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
April 9, 2012 – 8:30 AM
The following article continues this column’s ongoing series about our transitioning industry, marketplace and transaction. Last month readers were encouraged to recognize the benefits that their REALTOR® membership provides and the potential of REALTOR® organizations to represent their interests moving forward. This month’s article will focus upon a new program designed to provide participating state [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
March 6, 2012 – 6:27 PM
The American real estate industry is in the midst of a significant reconfiguration of relationships, alliances, arrangements, constituencies and partnerships. Traditional relationships are being dissolved as both firms and agents discover that the realities of today’s online and digital world is increasingly inconsistent and incompatible with the shapes, sizes and nomenclatures of yesterday. Every existing [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
October 12, 2011 – 10:56 AM
Like many boomers I have generally ignored the growing “occupy Wall Street” movement. By virtue of age, gender and entrepreneurial bent I have been unwavering in my support of no holds barred free enterprise as the ultimate American business tool. The system has been good to my wife Marlene and me. Despite meager beginnings we [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
September 7, 2011 – 11:40 AM
A convergence is the process by which projections, objects, forces or trends converge to create a new outcome that redefines the original environment or condition. A convergence is currently being played out on the Internet in the real estate space. How might this drama play out and how it might impact your career or business? [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
August 16, 2011 – 10:19 AM
It was a wonderful summer afternoon with the midday heat allowing the daily “power read” to occur on the deck overlooking Rennie Lake, a classic northern Michigan setting. As I worked my way through my “must read” list Inman News came up and I begin the often-arduous process of working through the most recent postings. [...]
By Jeremy Conaway
August 10, 2011 – 9:38 AM
The events of the past month, relating to the national borrowing limit and the nation’s credit score, have provided one of the most dramatic wake up calls in American history. For both those who have understood the connection and those who have denied the growing evidence, there is now irrefutable proof that our nation, our [...]
