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Points of View in MLS Consolidation

22SeptemberMatt CohenProfessionalconsolidation, mls

Typically, it’s the larger multiple listing services that call upon me for professional services regarding MLS consolidation – but I’ve also been lucky to have been called on by some small MLSs to help them explore consolidation with a larger neighbor, and it has provided me some perspective that all MLSs may find valuable. The

What Matt Does in the Real Estate Industry

24MarchMatt CohenProfessionalassociation, brokerage, compliance, mls, risk management, security, strategy

The other day I was talking with a client, a successful consolidation project came up in the conversation, and they said something along the lines of, “You still do that? I hired someone else and they bleeped it up entirely.” That was my inspiration for this blog post. Who Do I Help? I still serve

The Importance of Security for Single Sign-On (SSO)

8MarchMatt CohenProfessionalsecurity

At the most basic level, single sign-on (SSO) lets people log in once and then easily access an organization’s numerous applications, eliminating the need to remember multiple logins and passwords. For end users, SSO improves convenience and workflow. Some multiple listing organizations have adopted SSO without security designed for real estate industry challenges. This is

Writing a Multi-Purpose Business Continuity Plan

12OctoberMatt CohenProfessionalrisk management

Recently, at the CMLS conference, a speaker was talking about the chaos COVID had recently caused, and asked “Who would have thought to have a pandemic plan at the ready?” I thought to myself “ALL of my clients who had me in to engage in risk management and business continuity planning in the past 14

Cybersecurity for Home-based Workers

9OctoberMatt CohenProfessionalsecurity

The pandemic has many companies’ employees working remotely, and – in the rush to transition to work-from-home – not every company fully explored the resultant information security ramifications. Following are some steps companies can take to reduce the cybersecurity risk for those workers, helping protect against disruption or loss of control over sensitive information assets.