A serial entrepreneur who started his first firm at 11 years old, Bill Gaul, CEO of Builders Update, has been driven by solving problems. His first appreciation for standards came from his military experience, and it fueled Bill’s keen interest in joining RESO. ...
Internet tracking events have become an essential part of the modern software business model. For real estate, it can help brokers and agents gain greater insight into consumer activity and behavior to better serve their needs. That’s why RESO Internet...
With Colette Stevenson, CEO of REsides Collette Stevenson is the CEO of REsides, an independent MLS with approximately 1,900 members and affiliates that has been active in South Carolina since 1976. REsides manages more than 20 real estate data services for its...
RESO members, On Monday, November 11, 2019, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Board of Directors voted to approve the Clear Cooperation Proposal, also known as MLS Policy Statement 8.0. MLSs can adopt the policy at any time, but it must be implemented no...
The work of the RESO Universal Property Identifier (UPI) Workgroup, led by Chair Mark Bessett, is an excellent example of “When brokers talk, RESO listens.” The UPI serves a need that the members of the RESO Broker Advisory Workgroup identified as being...
With Mark Lesswing Mark Lesswing is the former CTO of the National Association of REALTORS® and a veteran advocate for innovation and data standards. He has been involved with RESO from its earliest beginnings in 1999. In this video interview, Lesswing...
If you have never seen how sausage is made, as the saying goes, you don’t want to, or you’ll never eat another sausage. The truth is we really don’t think about what goes into creating a lot of things, and like industry standards, once they are available, we kind of...
Tracking usage data across web-based tools has become an essential process for modern organizations to gather business intelligence. More than just a tactic for technology companies, Internet data tracking has become a valuable tool for MLSs, associations,...
PrimeMLS, a regional MLS with more than 11,300 subscribers, and their former Director of Marketing & Communications, Meg Garabrant, were kind enough to work with RESO staff to put together a white paper with clear explanations and detailed examples of how...
Data Standards: The Gateway to Home Run Technology Solutions September 9–12, 2019 | Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark | St. Louis, MO As with past RESO conferences, Matt Cohen graciously put his unique spin on the proceedings at hand, offering a bird’s eye view...
A RESO Guest Blog by HouseCanary As repositories and truth sources for real estate data all over the country, MLSs carry enormous responsibility – to their agent and broker members, and to the buyers, sellers, renters and homeowners who live in the...
Michael Wurzer is a perennial champion for the adoption of data standards in the real estate industry. He is the President and CEO of FBS, the creator of Flexmls and the Spark API Platform, and he serves as the Vice-Chair of the Real Estate Standards...
Paul Stusiak, President and Owner of Falcon Technologies Corporation, chairs RESO’s Transport Workgroup. A real estate industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience and a Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS) pioneer, Stusiak has been...
Greg Moore, CTO at RMLS, heads up the RESO Research & Development Workgroup. With more than 30 years of real estate technology experience, Moore’s enthusiasm about the role technology plays in creating standards is contagious. At RMLS, Moore had a...
Chris Lambrou has spent more than two decades in the MLS industry – from support to software development to management – and is currently Chief Information Officer of Metro MLS in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. Lambrou also chairs RESO’s Internet...
It may be a stretch to call it the Holy Grail of property data, but the quest to establish a “definitive” standard that creates one unique identifier for every property has been a challenge for decades. Many organizations have built their own proprietary...
Michael Wurzer is a prolific advocate for standards across the real estate industry. He serves as President and CEO of FBS, creators of Flexmls, as well as is the current Vice-Chair of the RESO. In this video interview with Wurzer, he explains the...
This RESO recap was organized by Matt Cohen of CoreLogic, a long-time RESO advocate and contributor, as well as RESO staff, Paul Stusiak, Rob Larson, Chris Lambrou and Chris Haran. Thanks to Matt and others who contributed to this report! The 2019 RESO Spring...
Mark Bessett has vast experience solving complex problems as a software architect and engineer and is applying his career experience from NASA, Lockheed Martin and Honeywell to help solve standards challenges in the real estate industry as a RESO volunteer. In...
By Sam DeBord, CEO of RESO Broker involvement in the Real Estate Standards Organization is reaching unprecedented levels. Today, the leading brokerage brands in real estate are heavily involved in creating and utilizing new technology standards. RESO members...
Guest Blog By Cass Herrin, Director of Data Services at MoxiWorks One of the most exciting and least understood developments in real estate over the last five years has been the increasing pace at which the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) has driven the...
Paul Stusiak, President and Owner of Falcon Technologies Corporation, has been involved with RESO for 15 years. With more than 20 years of IT experience, he currently co-chairs RESO’s Transport Workgroup. In this video, Stusiak summarizes the main...
Michael Wurzer arguably may be the real estate industry’s most passionate and prolific advocate for industry standards. Wurzer is the President and CEO of FBS, creators of Flexmls and the Spark platform. He is a master at explaining the value of standards...
The complete list of 2019 officers elected to the Executive Board includes: Art Carter, CEO, California Regional MLS (CRMLS), Chair Michael Wurzer, President & CEO, FBS, Vice Chair Richard Renton, CEO, Triad MLS, Treasurer Suzanne Mueller, SVP, Industry Relations,...
