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My parents never really understood what I did for my job. If anyone ever asked them what I did, they would just say I worked for a real estate company, but they were quick to point out that I didn’t sell real estate. A Relocation Director is a tough role to define in an elevator speech.

Back before ride share, when we had to travel long distances to multiple meetings in one day, the company I worked for would hire a town car for us. It was a great way to be able to keep working while sitting in traffic. While making a trek to San Diego for a multi-leg journey, I was working on my trusty BlackBerry, the young man driving cleared his throat.

Every Relocation Director has their stories. It might be about a deal that went sideways, or something crazy an agent did, or some unbelievable transferee behavior, we all have them.

While venture capital backed entities are trying desperately to find the magic bullet to make a real estate transactions easy (good luck with that), many firms are using AI and various forms of technology to deliver leads to agents in an automated way. Anything to make the complicated process simpler is welcomed. That’s all fine for searching options and for delivering internet leads, but does it have its place in relocation?

With Super Tuesday upon us, I thought I would share a memory. My daughter attended the Junior State of America Conference back when she was in high school. When I picked her up along with a group of her friends for the hour long drive home, I could tell they were fired up and they began to recount the events of the day.