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Wendy Forsythe joins T3 Group

Speaking of new gigs, looks like Wendy Forsythe has joined Swanepoel T3 Group. They have just announced a new brokerage consulting division, dubbed T3 Broker, that Wendy will lead.

Swanepoel T3 Group Adds New Brokerage Consulting Division

Wendy Forsythe, real estate veteran of 20 years and a Gen Xer, joins the Swanepoel T3 Group as the president of T3 Broker. A division of T3 Sixty, T3 Broker will provide management consulting services to U.S. and Canadian real estate brokerages regarding expansion strategies, business planning, market analysis, compensation evaluation and leadership development.

With extensive management experience in the real estate industry, Forsythe was formerly Head of Global Operations at Carrington Real Estate Services, a company with 36 offices and over $2.3 billion in annual sales. Previously she served as Senior Vice President of Network Services for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, a Realogy brand, and Vice President of Sales for Royal LePage, Canada’s largest real estate company.

This is on the heels of Kevin McQueen joining Swanepoel’s MLS Consulting division. Congrats to Wendy and the entire T3 team.

Austin and San Antonio consider consolidating to one MLS system

ABoR and SABOR Consider Merging MLS Systems

“While still in the feasibility phase, this consideration has emerged amid rapid development throughout the Central and South Texas areas, further blending Austin and San Antonio. In addition, it is driven by changing dynamics in the real estate industry, including opportunities to leverage cooperation and technology to create order across the marketplace, enhance offerings and maintain affordable rates for our subscribers.”

Interesting to see if this plays out. Getting to the point of these discussions is a huge accomplishment. In a recent post by Brian Boero of 1000watt he stated his thoughts in regards to MLS consolidation…

1. It should probably happen where MLS boundaries are significantly incongruent with natural market areas and impose burdens of time and cost on brokers and agents

2. It should probably happen if an MLS’s broker and agent customers are consistently unhappy with product, service, scope of activity or management.

3. It should probably happen if a strong business case can be made that combination will create a stronger organization with more human and financial capital directed at supporting brokers and agents.

Everything else? Case-by-case.

I think this merger idea meets a lot of his criteria. Although, having lived in San Antonio, I think culturally Austin and San Antonio are an odd fit.

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