Tag Archive for: tech

Today’s Tech Landscape Will Blow Up Companies Faster Than Ever; They’ll All Be Blindsided Too

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In 2020, the countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war - and Azerbaijan mopped the floor with Armenia in a little over a month. What made the war so fascinating (and actually less tragic than it would have otherwise been) was the fact that it was the first “drone war,” and it was something nobody saw coming. Azerbaijan tactically used a large number of drones to quickly bring Armenia to its knees, avoiding a much longer and bloodier war.Read More

Why The Mortgage Industry Is So Brutally Competitive. No Monopolies Here

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There are almost 100,000 producing loan officers in America fighting over a pie that shrank from $4.5 trillion in 2021 to less than $2 trillion now. But, a shrinking pie is not the only reason our industry is so crazy competitive.Read More

Washington State: Tech Zillionaires vs. The Forgotten Man; Motorcycle Trip Observations

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Amazon and Microsoft, both headquartered in the Seattle area, have created over 60,000 multi-millionaires through their stock options. Other tech firms like Zillow, Redfin, and Expedia are also headquartered in […]Read More

ChatGPT is “Scary Good” – Especially For Real Estate! (You Won’t Survive If You Don’t Master It)

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If you're a real estate agent and you're not using ChatGPT, then you're missing out on the biggest thing to hit the industry since the invention of indoor plumbing (or at least since the invention of the internet). As most readers know, ChatGPT is like a super-powered personal assistant, powered by AI technology and capable of doing just about anything (except maybe make coffee – but rest assured, it's working on that too).Read More

A Tale Of Two Businesses; One Rising and One DYING!

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I had experiences recently at two different businesses that were so contrasting and so fascinating that I had to blog about them. And yes – this much applies to mortgages […]Read More

Do Some Loans And Lenders Require More Work From Borrowers?

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MASSIVE TECH SPEND – FOR BORROWERS We spend about $750,000 per year on various technology applications with the primary goal of making the mortgage process as simple and as efficient […]Read More

Reduced Commissions; The Future of Real Estate & Mortgages

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At JVM, our plan is to employ far more tech (particularly artificial intelligence) and overseas virtual assistants to replace as much stateside labor as possible, to increase our speed, and to improve client experiences.Read More

Automation for Survival; Korean Restaurants In El Paso

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Our automation includes a variety of stock emails that fire automatically, our elaborate onboarding procedures, our recruiting efforts, much of our training, our FAQ responses, our follow up sequences, and much else.Read More

Why Hiring Recent College Grads In The Digital Age Is SO Necessary And Valuable

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We have a large “Technology Committee” that meets every Friday to review and discuss all of our tech issues, opportunities, and solutions.  During last Friday’s meeting, two of our newer […]Read More

Economies Of Scale; Competing In A Post-Boom World

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Last Friday, I blogged about how Ford Motor Company dominated the auto industry in the 1910s by cutting costs so much that they could sell cars for less than 1/4 […]Read More

Simple Tech Solutions That Work! Insights from Top Agent Who Uses Them

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I have attended hundreds of symposiums, talks, seminars, expos and events of every sort over the last 30 years – giving me more than enough exposure to learn what types of events are the most interesting and rewarding.Read More

2010s = Best Decade Ever? Holy Change Batman!

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We are pummeled with negative news every day b/c, frankly, it sells. Fortunately, at the end of every year numerous columnists remind us both of how much improvement we have […]Read More

When 6.875% Is a “Low Rate” Online Notary Service Too

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ONLINE NOTARY SERVICE We learned about an online Notary service today that can notarize documents for almost anyone at any time from anywhere. This is something we will take advantage […]Read More

Basketball’s Larry Bird – Hard Work Trumps Tech & Environment

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Every Friday, the WSJ has a wonderful feature called “House Call” about a celebrity and the home he or she grew up in. The articles are fascinating b/c the celebrities […]Read More