Where Real Estate Gets Its Dirt

REColorado sends “cease and desist” to Trelora for posting commission for all area homes.

REcolorado tells Trelora to shut down broker-commission database

“REcolorado, the Denver metro area’s multiple-listing service, has sent a cease-and-desist emailed letter directing residential brokerage Trelora to shut down a database it launched last week revealing the buyer-broker commissions of every listed home on the Denver market.”

Classic! I wonder how long before Redfin copies this! It will be interesting how this plays out.

Also in case you didn’t figure it out “Trelora” is a letter scramble of “Realtor”.

RIP Bob Hewes

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Robert Hewes Obituary

“He then moved to Naples in 1989. Bob joined Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. on August 5, 1992. Over the years, he won numerous company awards. Since 2009, Bob has been one of the trainers for DowningFrye agents. His expertise was focused on technology. Since 1992 Bob was an active member of the Naples Area Board of Realtors (NABOR). He served on many committees at NABOR and was inducted into the Florida Association of Realtors Honor Society and NABOR Honor Society in 1992. His numerous accomplishments include NABOR Educator of the Year in 1995, Realtor of the Year in 1997, President’s Award Recipient in 1999 and REALTOR Committee Contribution Award in 1999 and 2011. He received the Member Spotlight Award in 1999 and 2002 and was awarded the Task Force Contribution Award in 2009 and 2013. He has been a Director at NABOR since 2010. He received the Committee Member Spotlight in 2010 and was inducted into the NABOR Hall of Fame in 2013.”

A couple of vendor friends have reached out to me about Bob’s passing. Any vendor over the last 10 to 15 years doing business in Florida had worked with Bob. For some reason I always thought he had been an actor previously. He kind had that old school “leading man” look. Just recently Katie and I worked with him on getting Cloud CMA available in the Naples area. Such a loss to the industry, he really cared and gave a lot. I’m sure everyone shares my heart felt condolences for his family. May he rest in peace.

I want my Cloud __________!

Hack WeekIn December 2014 W&R Studios did a “Hack Week”. The premise was to pick two product ideas, have the ideas be worked on 2 teams of developers, and then see what they come up with.

The two products chosen were:

Cloud MLX – An alternative front end to MLS systems.

Cloud Open House – A beautiful way to track your Open House from start to finish.

In this 4 part series you got to meet the developers, their backgrounds and how they approached the challenge. W&R Studios also recorded a live raw video of their final presentations to “pitch” their product to the company.

In Part 4, W&R Studios is asking people to vote on the product they would like to see built. There’s a great recap video and you can also check up on previous “Hack Week” posts. It was a lot of fun, hope you enjoy.

W&R Studios’ “Hack Week” – Part 4. Vote!

Looking for a new gig?

RESO is looking for a new Executive Director.

“The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the successful leadership and management of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and promulgation of its standards and products. The ED will act according to the guiding principles of RESO and take direction from the Board of Directors, fostering the coordination, development, implementation, compliance, marketing and training of RESO’s standards.”

Find out more on the Vendor Alley Job Board!

Ohan Antebian leaves RPR, joins HomeSpotter.

3adb415Homespotter (formerly Mobile Realty Apps) has scooped up one of the best dressed vendors in real estate, Ohan Antebian, as their new VP of Industry Relations.

Ohan Antebian Joins HomeSpotter as Vice President of Industry Relations

““Mobile real estate applications are still in their infancy. HomeSpotter can lead the way in developing the tools our industry really needs,” said Ohan, on his decision to join the company. “In the next few years, we will see solutions emerging to serve our changing industry. I am looking forward to working with the amazingly talented group at HomeSpotter to deliver practical, valuable, mobile tools to all segments of our industry.”

Nice to see Ohan back in the game. He had a good run at RPR. Great win for Homespotter!

Also, seems like “VP of Industry Relations” is a thing now….

Bob Gottesman leaving RESO as Executive Director

This is a bummer. RESO has made some giant steps since Bob step in to this role. Looks like RESO will begin searching for a replacement.

Gee, wouldn’t it be cool if there was a place you to post real estate industry related jobs? Oh wait, there is…

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