
On the Latest New York Standard Operating Procedure Law
First, some background: In late 2019, Long Island Newsday published the shocking results of an investigation where reporters of different ethnicities and races went undercover as p....

Just Because the Market is “Hot” Doesn’t Mean Real Estate Agents Have it Easy
I don’t think I’ve seen the following thought written anywhere lately, but I’ll say it: The average real estate agent has never worked harder than they have in th....

On Spencer Rascoff Stepping Down as Zillow CEO
Yesterday, the housing world was rocked when Zillow announced that their CEO of 10 years, Spencer Rascoff, would be stepping aside and that co-founder and original CEO Rich Barton ....

More on the Equifax Hacking
If you missed the radio show today here’s a link to the live broadcast: Posted by J Philip Faranda on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Guest Paul Oster was brilliant and in....

The SWOT of the 2016 Real Estate Industry
I was incredibly honored this past week to be asked by my colleague Joe Rand to be a late addition to a panel he was moderating at the Inman Connect Conference on the “SWOT....

State of J. Philip Real Estate 2015 Edition
A year ago at this time I was happy to share how 2014 had been, by far, the best year in the history of the firm. We had opened 3 new branch offices, expanded our team to almost 70....