Notorious R.O.B.

Concerning A Challenge for Positive Change, A Few Thoughts

Rob Hahn — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:02 +0000

Every once in a while, some thought leader in the real estate industry issues a challenge, a plea, a lamentation about the inability of various parts of the industry to work together. If only we could set aside petty politics, set aside irrational suspicion, and figure out how to work together for mutual benefit, things could [...]

Why A National MLS Is Quite Unlikely: The Road Trip Edition

Rob Hahn — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:39:45 +0000

Blogging has been very light as I’ve been at the wheels of a large Penske truck driving across half the United States. The reason: my mother is retiring and moving overseas, and there is a piano that I could not allow to be sold or taken out of the country. Tons of sentimental value to [...]

Fun with Abbott Realty Group Listings

Rob Hahn — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:07:19 +0000

If you haven’t heard the name of Jim Abbott and of his company, ARG Abbott Realty Group, located in San Diego… well, I’d like to welcome you to the real estate industry. Because you have to be brand spankin’ new not to have heard of him and seen the famous video in which he announced [...]

Brokerage Control Over Listings: One Small Data Sample

Rob Hahn — Tue, 28 May 2013 23:03:48 +0000

At the Midyear meetings, I got into some conversations with fellow attendees about the whole MLS public website debate. Obviously. Again. Still. It was a lot of fun, and interesting thoughts were shared. But given that I have written that agent teams are the biggest threats to brokerages, I kinda got curious about something. Just [...]

Pocket Listings and MLS Accuracy

Rob Hahn — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:24:22 +0000

After all the chatter emerging out of Midyear, there really is no shortage of topics to think and talk about. There is merely the shortage of time. But I thought this topic needs to be addressed, and I’m quite surprised none of the usual commentariat has tackled it. At some point, we are going to [...]

NAR Mid-Year: Cry Havoc, and Let Slip the Dogs of War

Rob Hahn — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:56:06 +0000

I have been asked for a recap of the events at NAR Midyear, but as I did not attend the Board of Directors meeting, and as I was busy doing other things, I felt it wasn’t really my place to give a recap. It is, however, my place to offer some thoughts — high-level, unusual, [...]

Brief Report from NAR Midyear MLS Policy Committee Meetings

Rob Hahn — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:29 +0000

Let’s just say that Internet access where I am is shaky, at best. So I’ll try to keep this as brief as possible. A couple of interesting things happened today at the MLS Policy Committee Meeting. I’m sure the full report will be available after Midyear, but these are my initial brief thoughts. MLS [...]

Notorious P.O.D. Episode 3: Gahlord Dewald

Rob Hahn — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000

For anyone who doesn’t know, which is unlikely amongst my readers, Gahlord Dewald is the Founder, CEO, and Janitor of Thoughtfaucet. He’s also one of the hosts for the Trialogues podcast. Because we’ve been missing doing these, as Matthew Shadbolt, our dear friend and Trialogues partner, is temporarily out of commission, we decided to [...]

Words Matter: The Case Against “Listing Data”

Rob Hahn — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:15:32 +0000

Not that there’s anything truly new under the sun when it comes to the old warhorse topic of listing syndication, but… something did occur to me while wading through this nugget on Inman News’ Facebook Page. Is it possible that so much of the discussion is confused because of the word “data”? For example, Saul [...]

Notorious P.O.D. Episode 2: Krishna Malyala of TLCEngine

Rob Hahn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:18:49 +0000

So… I’ve decided to start doing podcasts. Because it’s fun, it allows me to get really in-depth on some topics without having to write 50,000 word posts, and because some things (like interviewing cool and interesting people doing cool and interesting things, or arguing about some topic or another) are easier on audio than [...]