Computer Vision and Improving Real Estate Search

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) Creates New Opportunities Last week I was on a panel at the RESO conference where we talked about software personalization as an important trend. Back in 2008, I wrote some articles about improving prospecting and real estate, one aspect of which was that we needed to get smarter about understanding consumer … Read more

Beating the Drum in 2014

  Professionally, I tend to operate in the background over long time-frames, and I’m happy with the improvements I’ve been able to make with that level of influence. But there are some issues on which I’ve been waiting too long for change, no matter how long I’ve been beating the drum. So, I’m going to … Read more

Real Estate Document Management in 2012

  Clareity Consulting has always been of the opinion that online transaction management – especially document management – has been a critical technology for the real estate profession. This paper examines the real estate document management space in 2012, how the solutions providers and their products are differentiated, ongoing challenges to success of the category, … Read more

Future of MLS Features (2008)

  A Look Ahead – Far Ahead Introduction The purpose of this paper is to generate discussion on possible MLS system future features by providing a big picture view of the changing relationship of real estate professionals with each other and with consumers, the changing relationship of local and regional MLSs with each other, and … Read more