Mollie Wasserman's (molliew) Blog

...whether they are dealing with Health Care or Real Estate Services. I was chatting with a friend of mine last week when he admitted that he had been without health insurance since he got out of college. Given that he's a real estate agent, that's not so surprising: as an independent contractor ...

As I write this, the US government is embroiled in wrangling over how to overhaul our health care system. It seems to me that the system is not so much broken as it is hopelessly dated because as times changed, it never adapted. Our health care system was designed in years past, when you would ho...

I was pleased to see that ACRE made Inman News today: Timing the Real Estate Transaction http://tinyurl.com/lttej5.

I just got through reading World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott. What an amazing book! I've been struggling over the last few months trying to figure out the best way to get my book, Ripping the Roof off Real Estate, as well as the ACRE Course and Coaching Program, more notice. Especially on a ...

Recently on the ACRE® Coaching Exchange, our coaching platform for ACRE® graduates, we had a very interesting discussion about where our value today lies as agents. It seems that in the tough market that we are working in, many agents are competing for listings by charging less than the competiti...

If you are out in the market trying to make a living in real estate, I don't need to tell you that our industry continues to go through tremendous changes that are challenging our most basic of real estate practices and assumptions: Revolutionary growth in technology which continues to transform ...

The Republican primary in the state of Michigan was held this past January and the way that the two leading candidates approached this primary provides a fascinating primer on how real estate will fare in the next few years, depending on our reaction to the systemic changes that confront us. Like...

I've noticed that during the last few months of every year, agent list-serves and forums begin popping with posts regarding the newest and greatest software, tools, and must-have cool gadgets to buy for their businesses. This crazy rush to purchase the newest and greatest is in full swing by the...

Last week, in "Broker proposes new real estate marketing platform: Universal MLS", Inman News Writer Glenn Roberts discussed a "Universal MLS" that is the brainchild of Colorado real estate broker Creed Smith, a specialist in bank-owned foreclosure properties. A real estate broker since 1987 who ...

Or Just "Fee-For-Service"? Think Again.A few years back when I was teaching "Introduction to Real Estate Consulting" at boards and associations, it was common for agents, brokers, and managers who didn't understand consulting to dismiss it as "discounting". This type of comment was always amusing...