Compass and Opendoor CEOs won’t attend controversial Saudi tech conference this month

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin wasn’t invited. Opendoor CEO Eric Wu was, but won’t attend this year’s Future Investment Initiative event. Continue reading

What you need to know before investing in a damaged home

Some expect to do one or two repairs and forget about it while others specifically seek out properties that have been damaged in hurricanes and fires as a modest property investment. Continue reading

Opendoor needs agents more than agents need Opendoor

Opendoor’s latest proptech partnership demonstrates another nail in the coffin of traditional agency. With every iBuyer offer that gets invited into a listing presentation via CloudCMA, the industry collectively sacrifices a little bit more of its soul. Continue reading

Opendoor appoints new batch of executives, board members

The new leaders — none of whom have backgrounds in real estate — have previous experience working at Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and in the venture capital industry. Continue reading

In late-night Instagram spree, Justin Bieber attempts to unload $8.5M mansion to 120M followers

While some followers offered low-ball $1 bids, at least one user sagely advised him to, “Get a Realtor my guy.” Continue reading

Las Vegas MLS to give agents new CRM, mobile app products

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors will now provide members with Prospects CRM and MLS-Touch, it was announced Monday. Continue reading

All Bright MLS members to get Remine Agent Pro

Remine Agent Pro includes a host of tools including a feature that predicts the likelihood a home will sell. Subscribers to Bright MLS now get it for free. Continue reading

Inman Success Stories: MoxiWorks

It’s not an overstatement to say that MoxiWorks plays well with others. As a complete broker platform, they pride themselves on being able to securely and elegantly partner with other tools — including competitors. “Let’s face it,” said Marc Chouanier… Continue reading

OutboundEngine gets social with automated ad campaigns

Digital marketing solution OutboundEngine has released a new feature that automates advertising campaigns on social media for real estate agents. Continue reading

Zillow to shift ‘from Google mindset to an Amazon mindset’

With iBuying, Zillow must move to a low-margin model that targets ‘mindbogglingly larger’ market than advertising, CEO Rich Barton proclaims in new interview Continue reading