OJO Labs founder and CEO John Berkowitz believes real estate agents will continue to play an important role in the industry for a very long time but also urged them Friday to “lean in” to technology because it’s coming whether they like it or not.
Source: Inman News
Agents need to ‘lean in’ to technology, but they’re not going extinct
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