From Forbes: Technological developments in the last 10 to 20 years have impacted the business world in many ways, significantly altering the way nearly every industry operates. Even real estate has enjoyed numerous game-changing technologies, from online listing platforms to e-signature options.
It’s easy to assume every advance has been a boon for real estate professionals — and most of them have been — but we all know that technology can sometimes be a double-edged sword. We asked a panel of Forbes Real Estate Council members to share the most impactful tech change in their career, and what it meant for the direction of their business and the industry overall.
From ACME’s Courtney Poulos:
Now that so many websites allow the general public access to the MLS listings, the role of the real estate agent has become less about finding properties, and more about negotiation, competence and ability to achieve acceptance. We must instill in buyers now more than ever that finding the right property is just the beginning of the process, and going it alone is costly. – Courtney Poulos, ACME RealEstate
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