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Realtor Gone Rogue

Realtor Gone Rogue

著者： Nick Aufenkamp
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Realtor Gone Rogue is where I think out loud about how the real estate industry actually works — and where it quietly fails the people it's supposed to serve. I'm Nick Aufenkamp, a writer and practicing broker leading The Tartan Team in SW Washington. Here you'll find my essays read aloud, plus my take on the news reshaping how homes are bought and sold — MLS policy, private and pre-market listings, the portals and brokerages, and the incentives driving it all. Thoughtful and rigorous analysis for consumers and the industry alike. My work on real estate incentives and reform has been featurNick Aufenkamp 経済学
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  • How I'm Using AI to Build My Business (And What It's Doing to My Brain)

    How I'm Using AI to Build My Business (And What It's Doing to My Brain)
    2026/10/12

    After three weeks going deeper than I ever expected on MLS policy, private listings, and the housing market the public deserves, it's time to come up for air. Today's post is about AI — and I don't blame you if you groan. I'm feeling the fatigue too. But there's a version of this conversation almost nobody's having, and it's the honest one.


    Here's the sunshine: for the past year I've treated ChatGPT and Claude as sparring partners, not ghostwriters. I don't ask them to do my thinking — I ask them to argue against it, hard. I'd rather find out I'm wrong at 10 p.m. with an AI than in a comment section the next morning. On the building side, I rebuilt my entire real estate website in two days with Claude Code, and spun up tools — an HOA/CC&R risk analyzer, localized community pages, a Reddit monitor — that didn't exist six months ago. I still can't write a line of code.


    And here are the dark clouds. AI hasn't helped me work less — I work more. When the only constraint on building something is your own imagination, the bottleneck is you. It's a jet engine bolted to a Honda Civic. There's a new kind of mental fog, a low-grade FOMO, and a widening gap between efficiency (exploded) and effectiveness (not so much). Friction used to be a filter; AI removed it, so now I go deep on everything and fail faster than ever.


    There's no tidy conclusion here, and I'm not going to pretend the answer is "balance." What I'll say is that a lot of people are quietly feeling some version of this, and the dominant "AI will save us / destroy us" narrative leaves no room for "it's making me better and also making me a little crazy." That's the conversation I think we need — asking not just what you're using AI to build, but what it's doing to your sanity.


    Originally published on Realtor Gone Rogue, April 10, 2026.


    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Coming up for air

    0:39 Yes, it's an AI post

    1:13 My Real Estate AI Flash episode with Rajeev

    2:15 The sunshine: AI as a sparring partner

    2:56 Arguing, not outsourcing

    3:18 Making it argue the other side

    4:07 Research partner, not homework machine

    4:26 I rebuilt my website in two days

    5:26 Tools I built with no code

    5:56 Now the dark clouds

    6:41 AI hasn't helped me work less

    7:26 When the bottleneck is you

    8:04 A jet engine on a Honda Civic

    8:22 The new mental fog

    9:08 Low-grade anxiety and AI FOMO

    9:49 How do you build a moat?

    10:07 Efficiency vs. effectiveness

    10:39 Building things I'll never use

    10:59 Friction used to be a filter

    11:38 Failing faster

    11:59 No tidy conclusion

    12:37 The conversation we should be having

    12:55 Protect your first brain


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    Read the full essay and subscribe to Realtor Gone Rogue → https://realtorgonerogue.substack.com/p/how-im-using-ai-to-build-my-business

    My Real Estate AI Flash episode with Rajeev Sajja (EP 116: How Smart Agents Use AI as a Second Brain) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vhVW-HU9CQ

    The website I built with Claude Code → https://thetartanteam.com

    Follow Nick on LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/in/nickaufenkamp


    Nick is a practicing broker leading The Tartan Team in SW Washington. His work on real estate incentives and reform has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, HousingWire, and Real Estate News.


    #AI #RealEstateAI #ClaudeAI #Productivity #RealtorGoneRogue
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  • Should the MLS Do Less? A Conversation with Rob Hahn

    Should the MLS Do Less? A Conversation with Rob Hahn
    2026/10/09
    Three and a half hours. No agenda, no prep. After CRMLS sued Compass — and Compass threatened to sue every MLS that fines agents for publicly marketing office exclusives — Rob Hahn (Notorious R.O.B.) and I sat down to work through the question underneath all of it: who is the MLS for?Rob's position: the MLS should go back to its roots as a B2B cooperative of brokers — mandatory submission, full cooperation, and no role in marketing or public display. Mine: consumer behavior has changed, buyers now find homes before they hire agents, and public display is where cooperation happens today.We get into IDX as the "original sin," who actually creates listing data, whether consumers have any right to see every home for sale, Clear Cooperation and private listing networks, buyer agency and fiduciary duty, whether Compass would actually comply with a cooperation-only MLS, and what happens to the MLS — and to small brokerages — if nothing gives.We disagree on a lot. We agree on more than you might expect: buyer agency as practiced is badly flawed, the status quo isn't sustainable, and this industry needs more conversations like this one and fewer lawsuits. Tell me in the comments where you land, and what you wish either of us had pushed harder on.This conversation is posted on both my channel and Rob's.CHAPTERS 0:00 Why this conversation 3:02 Going long-form 5:47 Reacting to CRMLS suing Compass 10:06 "MLS do less": brokers vs. MLSs 13:29 Why big brokerages want this 19:02 Agents are the customer 24:02 IDX as the "original sin" 30:53 What if syndication had been separate? 36:33 Should every buyer see every listing? 43:05 Is buyer agency broken? 49:19 The case for subagency and hourly pay 56:08 Why brokers want the MLS out of marketing 58:47 Who actually creates listing data? 1:05:00 Is the end of the MLS inevitable? 1:09:34 Fiduciary duty: "not your lane" 1:15:27 A level playing field and "full access" 1:23:51 Cooperation and a single source of truth 1:27:26 What replaces public display? 1:30:50 Clear Cooperation and private listing networks 1:36:37 The MLS as a private club 1:41:26 Consumer education and representation 1:47:53 Data standards vs. marketing 1:52:48 Big brokerages and unrepresented buyers 1:58:13 Would private networks really submit listings? 2:06:43 Who leaves the MLS, and what portals are worth 2:15:13 Would Compass actually comply? 2:24:37 Fewer, better agents 2:31:05 The builder "closer" story 2:33:28 Who is the customer? 2:37:00 The $35K check 2:39:27 Why "MLS do less" doesn't sit right with me 2:42:29 Rob: the transition isn't hard 2:45:29 Codifying public display, and where's the evidence? 2:48:07 Did things get worse after IDX? 2:50:53 Portals vs. a trusted agent 2:54:00 Something's gotta give 2:56:48 Is public display part of cooperation? 3:03:02 Do consumers have a right to see listings? 3:09:20 Exposure, pricing strategy, and fiduciary duty 3:18:57 If MLSs codify display, big brokers leave 3:24:28 Wrap-up—Rob Hahn — Notorious R.O.B. → https://www.notoriousrob.com/ My latest piece, "Compass Is Right (and Still Wrong)" → https://realtorgonerogue.substack.com/p/compass-is-right-and-still-wrong Summer Goralik, "Turns Out, 'Seller Choice' May Be About Broker Choice" → https://complianceneversleeps.substack.com/p/turns-out-seller-choice-may-be-about CRMLS files federal suit against Compass (Inman) → https://www.inman.com/2026/10/06/crmls-compass-rules-listings-antitrust/ Subscribe to Realtor Gone Rogue → https://realtorgonerogue.substack.com Follow Nick on LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/in/nickaufenkampNick is a practicing broker leading The Tartan Team (https://thetartanteam.com) in SW Washington. His work on real estate incentives and reform has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, HousingWire, and Real Estate News.#MLS #Compass #CRMLS #RobHahn #RealtorGoneRogue
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  • Compass vs. CRMLS: The Fight Over Public Display

    Compass vs. CRMLS: The Fight Over Public Display
    2026/10/09

    Reffkin has history on his side. CRMLS has the present.


    Robert Reffkin walked into CMLS, stood in front of 900 people — most of them MLS leaders — and threatened to sue every MLS that won't let agents publicly display office exclusives. CRMLS answered by suing Compass first. The usual camps are doing what they usually do. So let me say something that's more uncomfortable for me than for anyone listening: in significant ways, Compass is right.


    The MLS began as a members-only B2B tool. The old MLS books were stamped "confidential, for authorized members only," and NAR's own policy still says the MLS exists to serve participants, not the public. Compass supports mandatory submission and cooperation. Their bright red line is public display — and since 96% of private exclusives go public eventually, this isn't a fight about whether listings get seen. It's about where they get seen first, and who controls that.


    Here's why that matters. In 1979, your agent's MLS book was your eyes on the market. Today buyers find a home on their phone first, then hire an agent. Whoever displays the listing meets the buyer first — and a not-yet-represented buyer who clicks "get early access" gets routed to the next available Compass agent. The spirit of cooperation hasn't changed, but the letter has: I display your listings, you display mine. Compass loves that reciprocity when it's receiving — ask them about the week NWMLS cut their IDX feed.


    The MLS may have been built before public display mattered. But in a world where buyers find homes before they hire agents, public display is where cooperation happens now.


    Originally published on Realtor Gone Rogue, October 6, 2026.


    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Intro

    0:17 Tipping my hat to Reffkin

    0:57 CRMLS beats Compass to the punch

    1:44 The usual suspects

    3:09 In significant ways, Compass is right

    3:41 History is on Compass's side

    4:52 The MLS exists for participants

    5:51 What Compass is actually asking for

    6:19 The bright red line: public display

    7:10 CRMLS is not MRED

    8:35 Public marketing is the rub

    10:01 Two positions on public display

    10:41 Buying a home in 1979

    11:44 Buying a home today

    13:06 Find a home, then hire an agent

    13:26 Whoever displays the listing meets the buyer first

    13:49 The cost of "get early access"

    14:29 Display is where cooperation happens now

    15:04 Rules for thee, but not for me

    16:00 "We give more than we get"

    17:10 How did Compass get here?

    17:57 I looked up my own listing on Compass.com

    19:07 The bottom line


    —


    Read the full essay and subscribe to Realtor Gone Rogue → https://realtorgonerogue.substack.com/p/compass-is-right-and-still-wrong

    Summer Goralik, "Turns Out, 'Seller Choice' May Be About Broker Choice" → https://complianceneversleeps.substack.com/p/turns-out-seller-choice-may-be-about

    CRMLS files federal suit against Compass (Inman) → https://www.inman.com/2026/10/06/crmls-compass-rules-listings-antitrust/

    Follow Nick on LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/in/nickaufenkamp


    Nick is a practicing broker leading The Tartan Team (https://thetartanteam.com) in SW Washington. His work on real estate incentives and reform has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, HousingWire, and Real Estate News.


    #Compass #CRMLS #MLS #PrivateListings #RealtorGoneRogue
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