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The MLS/CLAW adds Cloud Streams as MLS member benefit

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The MLS™/CLAW Adds Cloud Streams as Free MLS Member Benefit

“Cloud Streams is a perfect way for agents to stay connected and engaged with their clients” stated The MLS™/CLAW CEO, Annie Ives. “Our members already love Cloud CMA, and know they are going to love Cloud Streams as well,” concluded Ms. Ives.

With the addition of The MLS™/CLAW now over 85,000 members have access to Cloud Streams as a free MLS benefit.”

As an MLS vendor themselves The MLS™/CLAW has found a way to grow in a very competitive environment. A couple years ago they added the Palm Springs Association of REALTORS and more recently the Imperial County Association of REALTORS signed up for their THEMLSPRO(r) system. Even with efforts to bring a statewide MLS system to California. That’s why I call Annie, The Wolf of Rodeo Drive.

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Broker Public Portal elects “board of managers”

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Broker Public Portal Elects First Board of Managers

“There is a tremendous amount of support and momentum throughout the MLS and brokerage communities to create a new choice for how and where to display their listings,” commented Robert Moline of Home Services of America. “And the formation of our Board of Managers is a significant step forward in our ability to deliver on that goal through the creation of a national broker public portal.”

Having Moline as part of this and making a statement is pretty legit. Still a bit skeptical, but they seem to be hitting their goals at a good clip.

That logo tho….

Can you spot the developers in this picture?

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#W&RStudios

Congratulations Brian Larson!

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Or should I say Dr. Brian Larson. : )

CRMLS pitches statewide MLS with video and social media

itsmybusiness 225I’m not sure how new this site is, I just ran across it in my Twitter feed this morning. It looks like Art Carter and his team at CRMLS are starting to ramp up the California Statewide MLS initiative again. The new site, dubbed, ItsMyBusiness.me leverages a lot of videos and their twitter banner is a hoot.

The first attempt at a California statewide MLS , calREDD, was a disaster. CalREDD was full of C.A.R.’s hubris, arrogance, and most of all, incompetence at running an MLS (at any size.) But Art seems to be taking a more nuanced and pragmatic approach. Plus Art’s already proven he can be successful running the largest MLS in the country, CRMLS. Here’s one of the videos from the site titled, “Why This Campaign?”

Message from Art Carter from August Partners on Vimeo.

Case in point is at 1:55 of this video, where Art states…

“I think there are some compelling reasons why the 50 or some odd MLSs in the state of California should come together as one, but if that doesn’t occur, the data needs to come together as one.”

Sounds like a reasonable person, not at all crazy.

I gotta say this is a pretty ballsy move by Art. There’s a lot of baggage left over from calREDD, and lets face it, the odds of putting together a statewide MLS in California is pretty slim. But, this type of thinking represents a change in attitudes in many MLS executives. These kind of MLS execs are not afraid of asking the “whys”, not afraid to mess with the status quo, almost looking for a big fight/challenge.

I know a lot of MLS providers will be looking at what happens in California with great interest, and so will a lot of vendors.

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1000watt Consulting may have just given the entire brokerage industry a rally cry….

Here’s a expcerpt from Joel Burslem’s post “The Zillow Effect”

“And while Zillow representatives talk about how they “don’t want to get into the MLS business,” I think that’s rather like Uber saying it “doesn’t want to get into taxi cab business.”

Both may be true statements of intent, but perhaps not of effect.

As someone who works every day with brokers to define their future, I think the effects are what really matter.

I believe Zillow has built that marketplace Barton described from the stage in San Francisco nearly a decade ago.”

Emphasis mine.

So smart, I wish I wrote it. Go read the post now.

MFRMLS and FMLS to provide Cloud CMA as a free MLS member benefit

Cloud CMA no slogan2 huge MLSs buy popular CMA tool for their members

Paul Hagey from Inman News:

“The tens of thousands of members of My Florida Regional MLS and Atlanta-based First Multiple Listing Service now receive the popular cloud-based comparative market analysis tool, Cloud CMA, for free.

By adding the 41,000-plus members of the large Maitland, Florida-based MLS and the 27,000-plus members of the big Atlanta MLS to the tally, more than 210,000 real estate agents now receive Cloud CMA as a free MLS member benefit, according to the tool’s maker, W&R Studios.”

Dan and I want to thank Merri Jo and Cantey for their confidence and support. And also our very own Katie Smithson for getting both these deals done.

I was just looking at our internal dashboard this morning. Over 2.8 million Cloud CMA reports have been generated. Hard to believe. Many of you who read this blog have helped us achieve this level of success, so many thanks to all of you too.

Read the full press release here.

Pro Tip: Features

Via @gruber

RIP Brian Wharton and Austin Drew of ARMLS.

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“The ARMLS family is sad to announce that we recently lost two of our own. Brian Wharton (62), former Business Development Manager, passed away on April 4, 2015. Austin Drew (39), Director of MLS Operations, passed away on April 17, 2015. Our thoughts and deepest sympathy go out to the Wharton and Drew families.”

I worked with them both. Just brutal. Condolances go out to both their families.

#fuckcancer

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