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Back to the Future: The growing Consumer Revolution in Real Estate
Fifteen years after the original event in Boston, we're inviting Boston Globe readers, BostonNow readers, and others to help us plan a "unconference" for real estate consumers. Everyone is invited to participate, but the event will focus primarily on money-saving B2C, C2C & P2P tools, tips, and web sites for homebuyers and sellers (for sale by owner, OpenMLS, fee-for-service business models, interactive mapping, etc.). Presentations on other timely issues and industry reforms, such as the Real Estate Consumer Bill of Rights, real estate bubble, uncoupling real estate commisssions, cause marketing in real estate, are also welcome. If you are not familar with the unconference movement, visit some of the links on BarCamp. Here's the registration list for the last BarCamp in Boston, the recently complete PodCampBoston2, and a temporary registration list for the proposed real estate unconference in Boston (date to be announced):
FREE Registration (more details to come)
As idea starters, topics and panelists from the original Consumer Revolution in 1993 are shown below as well as links to selected real estate conferences. What NEW topics would you like to see discussed, and who would you like to see participate or lead those discussions? This real estate retrospective may help jump start your ideas, too.
Demos you'd like to see or companies you'd like to meet at a Real Estate Unconference in Boston:
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Proposed co-sponsors
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IDEA STARTER FROM CONFERENCE 15 YEARS AGO
Consumer Revolution in Real Estate (original agenda from two day conference held at the World Trade Center in Boston, April 2-3, 1993)
Friday, April 2, 1993: Redesigning the Real Estate Industry: Increasing consumer orientation in Real Estate
Morning sessions
The Growth of Buyer Brokerage
Panelists: 4/2/93
Tom Hathaway, The Buyers Agent
Barry Miller, Buyers Resource
Paul Roarke, Federal Trade Commission - Los Angeles Region
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(You can nominate yourself)
The Dual Agency Debate
Panelists: 4/2/93
Dick DeWolfe, DeWolfe New England
Rick Dressler, Westledge Real Estate
Eric Paulson, The Buyers Agent
Steve Alexander, Calif. Assn of Buyer's Agents
Fred Meyer, University Real Estate
Fred Barry, Mass. Assn of Buyer Agents
Tom Cusack
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The Future of the Seller's Side
Panelists: 4/2/93
Carolyn Weber, Century 21 of the Northeast
Daryl Jesperson, RE/Max International
Richard Keenan, National Auctioneer Assn
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(You can nominate yourself)
Improving Real Estate Disclosure Laws
Keynote speaker: 4/2/93
Steve Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America
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(You can nominate yourself)
Breaking down discrimination Against Alternative Forms of Agency
Panelists: 4/2/93
Nick Rioux, Mass. Assn of Buyer Agents
Steve Alexander, Calif. Assn of Buyer Agents
Thomas Dooley, TWD & Associates
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(You can nominate yourself)
The Regulatory Response to the Consumer Movement
Keynote speaker: 4/2/93
Gail Shaffer, New York Dept of State
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(You can nominate yourself)
Afternoon: Concurrent sessions
Regulators Summit (by invitation)
Changing Your Real Estate Practice to Buyer Agency
Panelists: 4/3/93
Tom Hathaway, The Buyer's Agent
Barry Miller, Buyer's Resource
Bill Dennison, CT Assn of Buyer Agents
Vincent DeRosa, Buyer's Broker Documentation Systems
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(You can nominate yourself)
Education Standards for Brokers / Avoiding Dual Agency Liabilities
Panelists: 4/3/93
Iva Liebert, Mass. Assn of Buyer Agents
Bill Kerry, San Diego Board of Realtors
Tom Cusack, Cusack RE Sales & Training Ctr.
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(You can nominate yourself)
Saturday, April 3, 1993: Empowering the Consumer: The Consumer Revolution in Real Estate
Morning sessions
9:00 Protecting the Consumer through Disclosure Laws
Panelists: 4/3/93
Gail Lyons, Harlon, Lyons & Associates
Jerilyn Coates, The Real Estate Representatives
Paul Roark (invited), Federal Trade Commission—Los Angeles
Ken Knapton, Realty Consumers of America
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(You can nominate yourself)
10:00 How to Choose a Real Estate Agent
Panelists: 4/3/93
Becky Swann, Texas Real Estate Buyers Agents Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Saul Klein, San Diego Board of Realtors
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(You can nominate yourself)
11:00 Information Technologies to Empower Consumers
Panelists: 4/3/93
Steve Kropper, HomeSalesLine
Dan Saevitz, Saevitz & Brown
Mary Burt, National Association of Mortgage Brokers
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(You can nominate yourself)
11:45 Lunch (on your own)
12:30 The Growing Consumer Orientation in Real Estate
Keynote speaker:
Ralph Nader, Center for Responsive Law
Industry Rebuttal / Question & Answer
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(You can nominate yourself)
2:00 How to Sue Your Real Estate Broker or Attorney
Panelists: 4/3/93
Eric Paulsen, Speaking about Edina Realty suit
Barry Miller, Buyer's Resource
Michael Culter, Lawson & Weitzen
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(You can nominate yourself)
Afternoon: Concurrent sessions
Home Buyers: Concurrent Sessions
2:30 Opportunities through Government & Bank Foreclosures
Panelists: 4/3/93
Steve Allen, Director, RTC Affordable Housing Program
Andrea Shapiro, CHAPA
Bob Shapiro, Larry Latham Auctioneers
(to be announced), Lender
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(You can nominate yourself)
3:30 Mortgage Options for First-time Home Buyers
Panelists: 4/3/93
Linda Conroy, Mass. Housing Finance Agency
Lender (to be announced)
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(You can nominate yourself)
4:15 Protecting the Consumer Panel
Panelists: 4/3/93
Mortgage Scams
Mass. Division of Banks (invited)
Larry Powers (invited), Consumer Loan Advocates
Fair Housing
Errors in Credit Rating
Paul Roark (invited), Federal Trade Commission‚ Los Angeles
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(You can nominate yourself)
Professionals: Concurrent Sessions
2:00 The Underlying Affordability Problem
Panelists: 4/3/93
Bob Engler, Stockard & Engler
Kevin Sweeney, Builders Association of Greater Boston
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(You can nominate yourself)
3:00 Educating the Home Buyer
Panelists: 4/3/93
James Spann, MANNA (invited)
Suny Brendt-Harding, Harding & Harding
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(You can nominate yourself)
4:00 Should Non-profits Practice Buyer Brokerage
Featured speaker 4/3/93:
Frank Novak, NeighborWorks / Finer Homes Realty
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(You can nominate yourself)
Homeowners / Sellers: Concurrent Sessions
2:00 FOB's: Friends of (The Consumer) Bills
Panelists 4/3/93:
The Condo Bill
Steve Marcus, Community Associations Institute
The Remodeler's Bill
Garen Bresnick, Homebuilders Assn of Massachusetts
Foreclosure Prevention Bill / Home Equity Protection Bill
Gary Klein, National Consumer Law Ctr
Manadatory Education for Brokers Bill
The Lead Paint Bill
The Trash Bill
State Rep. Marc Draisen
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(You can nominate yourself)
3:30 Service Organizations for Home Owners
Featured speaker 4/3/93:
Richard Felton, Home Service Club, Toronto
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(You can nominate yourself)
4:00 Should I refinance?
Panelists 4/3/93:
Local & national lenders
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(You can nominate yourself)
4:30 Comparing & Selecting a Seller's Agent
Panelists 4/3/93:
Kathleen Sisinger, RE/MAX of New England
Other companies to be announced
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(You can nominate yourself)
Final speakers, topics & times may have varied from those invited and scheduled to participate in the Consumer Revolution in Real Estate on April 2nd and 3rd, 1993.
The Consumer Revolution (back cover of pamphlet in 1993)
The real estate industry is at an historic turning point. Changes are occuring in many sectors of the industry to inform, protect or empower home buyers, sellers, and owners. Our conference and exhibit area will showcase these consumer-oriented innovations and explain the right of home buyers and sellers to be represented by their own real estate agent. Whether you are a home buyer, home seller, or home owner, this conference will provide valuable information to save you money.
For an example of current hot topics in real estate, visit these links:
Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) conference: 10/10-11/07
National Association of Realtors (NAR) convention: 11/13-16/07
Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2007: 8/1-3/07
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