Inman’s Theme

“People are doing things.”Brad Inman stated that he doesn’t know the actual theme of the show until it’s almost over. He’s stating now that this conference is about the people who are just getting out there and doing things. There’s excitement about technology and that there is a greater level of adoption – not by just the “young guns”, but by the older generation (who runs things) as well.

The picture below is of Brad in the “How will products and business models change on the web?” session:

John Helm, Founder & CEO, MyNewPlace
Carter Murdoch, SVP Compliance & Marketing Executive, Homeownership Services Division, Bank of America
Richard Sommer, Industry Consultant & Former CEO, HomeGain

All of the members of this panel are experienced, long-time experts in the real estate industry. They too share Brad’s feelings that there has been great change over the last couple years, and that there has been an acceleration in the amount of people accepting the “new” way of doing business.

This generally means accepting the web, but it also means accepting the idea of an open market – one that is transparent to everyone, competitors and the buyer/seller alike.