Archive for April, 2012

I have a lot of respect for my friend, John Mosey, who has more than 30 years in the MLS Industry as a vendor  and as the CEO of Northstar MLS® in Minnesota. John shares his wisdom and experience with us in the latest interview with Susie Hale, Frogpond. (another wise person in our business).  Take a few minutes to learn from John and comment. Click here to read John’s interview  Read More →

  I recently saw the 2012 Academy award winning best picture, “The Artist”, and I couldn’t help but see many similarities between the movie and the real estate industry.  It’s a great story about change and what happens to those in the world who resist it. Consider the character George Valentin, who is in the prime of his life and his career.  He is popular; he is loved by all. His movies are always big hits.  Everything is going his way.  Isn’t this like MLS’s several years ago before the Internet and consumer’s access to information?  Realtors... [Read more]

Kevin is excellent as a facilitator especially when bringing in several MLSs to work together.  He is very knowledgeable and insightful, he will make you and your team work and be engaged throughout the entire process; which is exactly what you want!  He delivered exactly what we wanted and it is working great.  Of the three MLS’s in our area, we all saved money but more importantly we added services at a lower cost to the members.  In my market, the biggest winners were the Brokers. The one key point that if I could go back and change is that I would have hired Kevin... [Read more]

Over my career I have been to countless planning sessions.  Kevin did a great job preparing for the meeting so that in less than a day and a half the participants went straight to the meat of the matter and garnered frank and honest conversations with the entire group.  He also did a wonderful job assuring everyone in the room participated.  Great job!  Read More →