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I almost passed out laughing when I first read this. Thanks Art, I needed that!

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FMLS- Senior Staff Accountant

“The Senior Accountant is an organized and motivated team player with strong initiative and communication skills, a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”).
The Senior Accountant conducts financial activities, including month closes, journal entry preparation, reconciliations, variance analyses, financial statements preparation, and other special projects.”

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Gene Millman selected to be REColorado’s new CEO

Gene Millman

Gene Millman Named REcolorado CEO

“Gene comes to REcolorado with more than 30 years of real estate experience. Before transitioning to MLS executive, he served in the roles of agent, broker-owner, and MLS Board of Director. Currently, Gene is the CEO of the Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS) where his focus has been on guiding the success of the organizations members by providing a variety of products and services that create an efficient and successful marketplace. Prior to leading NNRMLS, Gene served on the Board of Directors for TREND and was Chairman from 2013-2016. He also served on the MAPS Task Force/Vision Team/MLS Evolved to successfully form Bright MLS and was Vice Chair of the Bright Board of Directors.”

I interviewed Gene about a year ago on my podcast Listing Bits almost exactly a year ago. Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS) furthers its reputation as being a fountainhead of MLS talent in the industry. Congratulations to Gene and REColorado.

Industry Relations Episode 47: 3 Predictions for the Future of Real Estate – with Errol Samuelson

The Coronavirus forced many of us to work from home, leveraging technology to do our jobs remotely. Not only has this made us more comfortable with digital tools, it has us rethinking the need to commute to our offices on a daily basis. So, what do these changes mean for the real estate industry? 

On this episode, Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer at Zillow, joins Rob and Greg to share his top predictions around the post-pandemic future of real estate. He explores how commercial real estate is likely to change in light of COVID-19 and speaks to the potential to make transactions 100% digital moving forward.

Errol weighs in on how different geographies experienced the pandemic in different ways and how he thinks about the crisis’ potential long-term psychological impact. Listen in as Errol shares Zillow’s most recent stats on the changing consumer preferences for homes and learn how our growing comfort with virtualization will impact the way brokers and agents do business in the future.

What’s Discussed: 

Errol’s top predictions re: the post-pandemic future of real estate

How commercial real estate will change in light of COVID-19

The potential to make real estate transactions 100% digital

The accelerated consumer use of digital tools in the home search process

How Errol thinks about the possibility of virtual appraisals 

How virtualization is likely to impact brokers and agents

Zillow’s stats on how working from home is shifting consumer preferences

How cities may look different in a post-pandemic world

The possibility for COVID-19 to have a long-term psychological impact

How different geographies experienced the pandemic in different ways

What sci-fi technology is likely to change real estate in the near future

How Zoom is driving changes in the way we communicate

Connect with Errol:

Errol on Zillow

@ErrolSamuelson

Connect with Rob and Greg:

Rob’s Website

Greg’s Website

Resources:

Dotloop’s 8 Predictions About the Post-Pandemic Future of Real Estate

The New York Times Article on Working from Home

CMLS Events

Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Atlantic Piece on the ‘Patchwork Pandemic’

Glenn Kelman’s Diary of a Pandemic Part 1

Glenn Kelman’s Diary of a Pandemic Part 2

Glenn Kelman’s Diary of a Pandemic Part 3

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