Musings is a solo version of the Notorious POD in which I think out loud about issues in the economy, technology, and real estate industry. In this episode, I look at a report from Morning Consult on where consumers are with banking and finance, and zero in on two sections. The first section is on … Read more
My friend Sam Debord, with whom I debate a lot as I do with most of my friends, recently published an excellent piece on what crypto, nfts, web3 and the rest mean for real estate. He’s a very thoughtful guy, and it’s obvious that he’s done his homework on this post. He tries to make … Read more
A great pleasure to be able to record a conversation with my good friend Keith Robinson, Chief Strategy Officer of Nexthome. We actually argue quite a bit about all kinds of topics, and this was a public capture of discussions we have privately. It turns out that friends can have healthy back-and-forth debates and learn … Read more
I’ve got a packed afternoon, but wanted to get this up for your weekend reading pleasures. It’s mostly me looking at some data and asking what the hell? Came across this very interesting infographic while surfing the interwebz on the cost of space flight: The key phrase for me was the “Today, launching a spacecraft … Read more
Musings is a solo version of the Notorious POD in which I think out loud about issues in the economy, technology, and real estate industry. In this episode, I answer questions from a listener/reader from Ep. 33 with Jim Klinge, where we had discussed his predictions about the end of buyer agency from market forces, … Read more
It’s late at night. I do my best thinking right about now, when most sane people are asleep in their beds. And one topic that I was discussing with a friend earlier today keeps me awake. That topic is privacy. I read comments from time to time talking about privacy concerns. A recent comment on … Read more
In this episode, I chat with Jim Klinge of Bubbleinfo.com about his prediction that the end of buyer agency is nigh *without* government action. Jim has been a real estate broker in the San Diego area for decades and has seen the industry change from the ground up. We talk about how the market has … Read more
Happy (?) Bloody Monday. Seems that as of this writing, the Dow is down over 630 points, NASDAQ down 273 points, and the S&P500 is down 90 points. The stock market is tanking like a mofo, and Gold is up $7.80 per ounce. (Though Bitcoin, which should be digital gold, is down sharply as well.) … Read more
Happy Friday, everybody. Recently, a reader sent me this Inman article from last week in which celebrity real estate broker Ryan Serhant predicted that 50% of all transactions will be done on the blockchain: In his annual letter to clients, the luxury broker and star of Million Dollar Listing New York sang the praises of blockchain technology and its … Read more