The Real Word: Is NAR spending too much on building software?

Byron Lazine and Nicole White are two agents in Connecticut who give us their thoughts on the week’s news every Friday in “The Real Word,” a weekly video column on Inman.

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, the National Association of Realtors has had its drama with building tech, including NAR and Upstream getting a divorce and the current lawsuit from a former Realtors Property Resource contractor.

Byron and Nicole talk through what NAR’s value (or lack thereof) for them as agents.

This week on “The Racket”:

• Is real estate coaching broken? Byron says that if you want to learn from a coach, the first thing you have to do is show up.
• More homebuilders are focusing on single-family rentals. Byron and Nicole talk through Taylor Morrison’s move into this type of development, highlighted on CNBC.
• Plus, kudos to Realtor Dylan Jaeck, who stirred up some attention for his needs-to-be-torn-down, post-fire, condemned listing by posting photos on Zillow of the home … wait for it … on fire.