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VOW and IDX Rules: Security Compliance in the Trenches

18AprilMatt CohenProfessionalcompliance, mls, security

As a consultant often called on by MLSs for help with VOW and IDX compliance audits as someone who is always pushing for improved information security in the real estate industry, I love that information security is featured prominently in the VOW rules, section 19.5: “A Participant’s VOW must employ reasonable efforts to monitor

Expanding Agent-Client Collaboration in the MLS

7MarchMatt CohenProfessionalmls

Buyers and Sellers Deserve Better Agent-Client collaboration inside the MLS has mostly been stalled since 1998, when MLS systems ﬁrst started providing an area for clients to view agent-saved searches and suggested listings and provide listing ratings back to the agent. Since that time, some systems have added minor enhancements, such as built-in messaging

Tying Concerns in the Real Estate Industry

7MarchMatt CohenProfessionallegal

Important Considerations When Adding Products and Services Clareity was privileged this year to have an amazingly smart yet approachable anti-trust attorney, Claude Szyfer, speak at the 2012 MLS Executive Workshop. There are potentially anti-trust considerations for real estate industry organizations in day-to-day operations and policy making, especially as they expand the scope of products

Syndication to Real Estate Portals: Problems and Solutions

17AprilMatt CohenProfessionalbrokerage, mls

Is it Time for a Syndication Bill of Rights? The MLS industry is a buzz about syndication, especially after Clareity Consulting’s MLS Executive Workshop in March teed up the topic and a vibrant discussion among MLS executives ensued. Matt Cohen, the Chief Technologist at Clareity, gave an overview of syndication today and blew up

Security Burnout

11OctoberMatt CohenProfessionalsecurity

Take a look at the Google chart below – it’s interesting to see how, while information security, authentication and privacy issues continue to grow and news articles call ever more attention to privacy, the number of searches being performed on the subjects – an indicator of interest – decreases. It’s so easy to close