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September and October are ideal months to focus on setting the stage for 2026. Once mid-November hits, everyone has mentally checked out for the holidays. Even if you don’t plan on executing any new programs and services until the new year, now is the time to create them.

We have a complacency problem in our industry right now. People are hoping things will go back to how they were, or it seems many are settling for doing the bare minimum. The volume of business we enjoyed in the past may never return due to many factors that have created the perfect storm.

So, I did a thing. I got my hip replaced on Wednesday, August 8th. While I had lengthy discussions about it with family and friends, and I alerted my clients, I debated going public with it. But I started seeing similarities to the ‘service’ I received and what we deliver in our own industry so I felt I needed to talk about it.

I'm all for transparency. That’s why, when the Northwest MLS (NWMLS) came out with new disclosure requirements, it caught my attention. Today I want to focus on their new ruling, which has taken effect throughout Washington state, and how it directly impacts the relocation, referral, and mobility business…referral fee disclosures.

We are conditioned our entire lives to focus on achieving tasks. Clicking off that to-do list or learning random facts for a test in school. We ‘task’ our way through life. But once we are done with our tasks, have we really moved the needle?