The Noise Is Loud. Stay In The Game Anyway. You will see it this week. Maybe you already have. The agent who cut corners and still closed the deal. The MLO who overpromised and somehow kept their clients. The recruiter who hired fast, skipped the culture fit, and got away with it. And somewhere in […]
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What happened in the US Senate today: the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in an 89–10 vote
A few of my readers have asked me to re-cap what happened in the U.S. Senate today – here is my take: On March 12, 2026, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in an 89–10 vote. This landmark bipartisan legislation led by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member […]
You Are Not Built in the Wins
“Successful repetitions build competence. Failed repetitions build resilience.” Read that again. We talk a lot about confidence in this business. We talk about the mindset it takes to knock on a door after a rejection, to pick up the phone after a dead lead, to walk into a listing appointment after losing the last three. […]
When You Need Clarity, Subtract.
Your pipeline is full. Your calendar is stacked. You have three offers pending, two listings coming, and a referral partner who wants lunch this week. And somehow, nothing is moving. Here is what most high performers do in that moment. They add. Another system. Another tool. Another meeting. Another strategy session with themselves at midnight. […]
AI Is Taking the Process. Your Job Is to Be Human
A brand new study dropped this week that every real estate professional needs to read. Not to panic. To plan. The research, published March 5th by Anthropic economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory, is titled “Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence.” Here’s the number that stopped me cold: AI is […]
The Last Hiring Cycle You’ll Run the Old Way
The smartest people in the room are asking the wrong questions. Those aren’t bad questions. They’re just questions for a world that’s already ending. The Claude Code Moment Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Claude Code didn’t improve software development. It retired the entry-level software engineer as a job category. Not in 2030. Now. The industry moved […]
The Elephant in the Bullpen: What I’ve Discovered About the “Unfaceable”
We’ve all heard the clichés about “grinding” and “hustle” in this industry. But after years in the trenches watching CEOs scale, recruiters hunt, and top-tier MLOs and agents hit their ceilings I’ve discovered that the real barrier to the next level isn’t a lack of effort. It’s avoidance. There is a fundamental truth I’ve had […]
The Brick Wall in Your Business? It Is Actually Your Roadmap.
I was talking to a colleague recently who was convinced the sky was falling. Between the inventory ups and downs and the latest round of law suits and regulatory headaches, they felt like they were constantly playing defense. It is a familiar feeling in our world. If you have been in real estate, lending, or […]
The 100 Year Bond: Build the Rails
We often hear that big corporations only think about the next three months. But Alphabet, the parent company of Google, just did something that caught my eye. They raised 20 billion dollars through a 100 year bond. Think about that. A bond that outlasts everyone currently sitting in their boardroom. It is a true vote […]
The 2035 Pivot: How to Trade “Growth” for “Utility”
Recently, I posted about the Great Deceleration – that demographic shift coming between 2035 and 2045 where household formation drops to a century-level low. If you missed it, the punchline is simple: the “more people more houses” engine that has powered our industry for 70 years is finally running out of gas. So, I’ve been thinking: […]