I’m in Chicago at the iOi Summit.
NAR is going to stream the Pitch Battle live on their LinkedIn feed at 12:45PM PT. Below is list of the participants.
I’m a little biased but check out Tuesday. The founder Cole Boyer is second on the lineup. Each presenter will only have 4 minutes to pitch their product. Should be fun!
“I’ve had the pleasure to personally see all the Thrive speakers present before, and I wanted to bring their combined expertise to California’s elite brokerage community,” said CRMLS CEO and Thrive speaker Art Carter. “There’s a lot of understandable tension in the air about all the changes happening right now. The vision of Thrive Broker Summit is to offer actionable insights and draw a map into the future so that we can all succeed together. As we like to say; adapt through change, thrive with knowledge.”
CRMLS
Great lineup. I’m hearing that this may the first interview Phil Hawkins will be giving since accepting the CEO post at California Association of REALTORS (CAR)
I’ve always been a big fan of simple, focused software. In today’s parlance that would mean, “point solutions”. Software that does one (or two) things, and does them great. Now many of the larger companies are switching to “end to end” platforms, which also have a place. So when Vijay, CEO of co-founder of Trackxi, asked me to join him on this webinar I quickly agreed. I think it will be a great opportunity to discuss these topics and about some the changes in the industry is going through and how vendors are creating new categories to compete.
Registration Link => Why top agents are ditching transaction management software?
My good friend Audie Chamberlain is hosting a free workshop that I know many of you would benefit. He is going to show you how to submit speaker submission applications for NAR NXT and other events.
Click this link to register = > Lion & Orb Workshop: Speaker Submissions
I’m on vacation traveling with the family in the U.K. and having a blast. Quick story, my son Toby plays tennis for the JV team at his High School. Wimbledon is going this week so we thought we would try and get tickets. Tickets are distributed via a lottery system (we missed that) and are incredibly expensive if you buy them from a 3rd party (scalper) but they have a program called “The Queue” where they set aside a tickets for people who buy at the event. You just have to can come early and line.
We made the trek (along with my brother in law Tony) from our hotel at 4 AM (figured we get there early), took a cab, and much to our dismay it looked like people could camp there overnight as well. Hopefully there would still be tickets left, maybe not to see a match but get in and watch matches from the lawn.
We were given a ticket (it was all very well organized) we happened to be 1120 – 1122. The guy behind us (local) said “brilliant” when he got his ticket because apparntely anything below 1500 meant we had a chance at least for Court 2.
Well after 6 hours of waiting in line (along with a couple bacon sandwiches from the food truck) we were able to get and purchase tickets ($140 each, way below what the scalpers were asking for) and we got on to Court 1. And wow what amazing seats! Toby was thrilled.
We got to see some great tennis from Daniil Medvedev (Men’s number 3 in the world) and Aryna Sabalenka (Women’s number 2 in the world).
You can follow me on Instagram if you want to see more photos. Cheers!
As one does, I was going through my inbox and came across a gem from Marc Davison of 1000watt. The piece is entitled, The harpoon and the row boat. Marc is a great writer, and for some reason when I read anything he writes I hear the voice of Bono from U2 in my head. Are they really going to perform without Larry Mullen Jr.?? But I digress.
The article is an example of the deep thinking the guys at 1000watt put into real estate. In this case “recruiting”. But it’s more than “recruiting”. It’s coming at a problem with a design mindset. It’s asking question after question after question after question until you get to the essence of the problem you are trying to solve.
What the article also reminded me of is an event 1000watt is hosting next month in Portland, Oregon. It’s called TURN ON. I’m going and I CAN NOT WAIT! And what I have written about this event before is still true today.
“So if you want to cleanse your palette of the normal, because in 2023 we are all going to need new ideas and inspiration, then you should sign up too.”
The guys at 1000watt have been generous to give me a couple tickets to give away at a phoneomal discount. But only to those who haven’t registered already.
So if you are interested in joining me and other truth seekers be one of the first ones to reach out to me I’ll send you a link.
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A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF 2023 REAL ESTATE EVENTS
“We intend to make this list as comprehensive and up to date as possible over the course of the year. Email daniel@inman.com with events for consideration or with changes to events already on the calendar. Please include the name of the event, the date and a website as we update the post periodically.”
I’ve tried and failed at putting together a list like this hopefully Daniel and Inman News does a better job. I’m going to be optimistic and bookmark this in my browser. Thanks Inman News!
UPDATE: WAV GROUP also has an excellent resource => Real Estate Events and Happenings
I’m kinda bummed that iOi Summit and CMLS are booked for the same week. Just another scheduling victim of the pandemic. CMLS runs from September 28 to September 30 and I’m way excited about going to Indianapolis, for what feels like a back-to-normal CMLS.
That being said Drew Meyers of Geek Estate reached out to me and asked if I wanted to co-host a pre-party for iOi Summit in Orange County. Drew does these “Sorries” as part of his GEM group. I had a bunch of fun with my Orange County Prop Tech Summit so I immediately said “Yes”!
Anyway, we will be holding it at Dan and my garage/office/maker space. See the link below if you are interested in attending.
Link for more details – > GEM Soiree – OC Edition
I just hope I don’t miss my flight to Indy the next morning!
P.S. For those of you coming to iOi Summit and not familiar with the area, the location of this event (Costa Mesa, CA – Orange County) is at least 45 min to an hour away (depending on traffic) from the iOi Summit event hotel (JW Marriott Los Angeles), so plan accordingly. If you are flying into the John Wayne airport (SNA) the event is only about 10 mins away.
I’ll be at the Texas REALTORS® Winter Meetings this weekend. I’ll be giving an “Industry Update” at the Technology/MLS Forum on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 2-3pm. The event is being held at the Hyatt Regency in Austin.
I’ll give you 3 guesses of where you can find me otherwise.
