Realtor.com tests replacing its lead-gen with Opcity, angering brokers

Some brokers who rely on realtor.com’s lead generation service are reeling after learning from the company that the service will no longer be offered in their area but instead replaced with one from Opcity, a startup that was acquired by News Corp., th… Continue reading

WATCH: What did we learn at Indie Broker Summit?

Round up the major takeaways from Inman Connect New York’s Indie Broker Summit, and discuss how you can take action on them with First’s Mike Schneider, Nest Realty’s Jonathan Kauffmann and Adwerx’s Jed Carlson.  Continue reading

Meet the trailblazers leading the way at Disconnect in the Desert

Disconnect will not only be guided by real estate mavericks, but also outside-the-industry trailblazers with insights that will redefine the way we do business. Continue reading

WATCH: APIs from vision to reality

Get an inside look at tips for process and strategy depending on your long-term product goals from CoreLogic’s Lucie Fortier, FBS Data’s Kim Prior and Contactually’s Lauren Kreisberg onstage at Inman Connect New York.  Continue reading

New startup wants to automate lead prospecting with chatbots

The team behind My Home Agent and Commersh unveiled Briepher, a new automated text messaging bot that allows agents to reach 400 consumers a month. Continue reading

Meet the agents behind Netflix’s latest TV series ‘Selling Sunset’

Selling Sunset, a show that follows broker Jason Oppenheim and his agents on celebrity real estate sales, premiered on Netflix Friday. Continue reading

Gen X: Least Happy at Work, Most Financially Stressed

Generation X, the often-ignored generation between boomers and millennials, also turns out to be the least happy at work and most financially stressed generation. Those are a few topline findings about Gen X workers — the 53 million who are now age 39 … Continue reading

‘Living Memorials’ Allow Tributes Before Loved Ones Die

Linda Singer has been battling ovarian cancer — and beating it — for nine years. In recent months, though, it became clear that the battle finally had been lost. Rather than dwelling on looming death and planning a traditional funeral service, the ever… Continue reading

10 Years After the National Alzheimer’s Report: Any Progress?

Navigating the chaos inside our garage this winter, I stumbled on a box brimming with artifacts from my 40-odd years as a Washington journalist. Staring back at me was the cover of one of those blue-ribbon commission reports, the kind that are collecti… Continue reading

WATCH: Can big data and privacy coexist?

Take a look into current methods of collecting and using data, the unintended consequences of current practices and what we can expect going forward in this Inman Connect New York panel. Continue reading