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09/03/2026

Why isn't AI actually working for your brokerage, even though you're already using it?

Usually it's not the tool. It's that the AI is pulling from five disconnected systems instead of one connected source of truth, so it has nothing solid to work from.
We wrote up what to fix first, before adding another AI tool to the pile.

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09/03/2026

Why does new construction quality vary so much, even in the same neighborhood?
New episode of How It Runs with Blair Keeter, VP of Operations at Romanoff Group.

In this one:
→ The real reason the cheapest contractor often costs you more
→ What to check before trusting a new build
→ Why trades coordination makes or breaks a home's long-term value
▶️ Watch: https://youtu.be/nydB1cNUybs
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fPRHdhsTfHhoQzN3WHBcH · https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-hidden-problem-with-new-construction-how-it-runs-ep-4/id6793590212?i=1000787631273

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Michael is joined by Blair Keeter, who spent 25 years in supply ch...

09/01/2026

On August 24, Real closed its $880 million acquisition of RE/MAX, forming Real REMAX Group with about 180,000 agents. Here's what actually changes for clients and agents, and what stays exactly the same.

Read the full breakdown: https://vist.ly/5gweu

08/31/2026

Earlier this week we asked why AI isn't paying off for most brokerages. Here's the answer.

Everyone adopted AI. The payoff went to the few who fixed this first.

It wasn't about picking the right AI tool. It was about getting CRM, MLS, deals, and marketing into one connected workflow instead of a stack of tools that don't talk to each other.

Read the full breakdown: https://vist.ly/5gs9h

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08/30/2026

Which jobs are safest from AI? Aaron Lubeck's answer is the trades.

He calls them relatively AI proof, and says this is a change from the 1990s, when the trades worker earned less than someone with a mediocre degree. His view now is that an undergraduate degree mostly prepares you for middle management, which is the layer most exposed. He also names lawyering, journalism and teaching as under threat.

Watch the full episode of How It Runs.

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08/29/2026

A family with good credit and a real plan often can't finance a backyard cottage.

Not because they don't qualify. Because appraisers discount detached structures by as much as half, and standard loan products were never built for them.

Durham builder Aaron Lubeck's take: ADU demand is already here. Financing hasn't caught up.

Full conversation on the blog: https://vist.ly/5gkkh

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08/28/2026

Can a city still stop you building a granny flat?

Increasingly not, according to Aaron Lubeck. He points to statewide parking reform and statewide ADU reform now appearing in North Carolina, and calls it state handcuffing of municipalities. The message to local government is that it cannot tell people they cannot build one.
He expects more of the same over the next few years. Watch the full episode of How It Runs.

How It Runs, EasyDigz, Aaron Lubeck, ADU reform, parking reform, North Carolina, zoning, granny flat, local government, real estate podcast

08/27/2026

Nearly 98% of brokerages plan to use or already use AI.

Ask how many are seeing it actually pay off, and that's a very different conversation.

We dug into what really separates the brokerages getting results from the ones that aren't, and it has nothing to do with which AI tool they picked.

Read it here: https://vist.ly/5gdpe

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08/26/2026

What does one backyard house actually do for a city?

Aaron Lubeck walks through it. A 200,000 or 300,000 dollar house built behind an existing one, with no subsidy and no cost to the city. It adds to the tax base, it houses someone, and it leaves a family wealthier and more invested in where they live.

Most of that, he points out, never lands in a pro forma. Watch the full episode of How It Runs.

How It Runs, EasyDigz, Aaron Lubeck, citizen builders, incremental development, infill housing, backyard house, tax base, real estate podcast

08/25/2026

Starter homes didn't get priced out. They got zoned out.

For nearly a century, zoning codes made duplexes, cottage courts, and small-lot homes illegal to build in most neighborhoods. Durham builder Aaron Lubeck breaks down how it happened and what it means for agents.

Full conversation on the blog: https://vist.ly/5g5dz

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