{"id":1830,"date":"2018-01-15T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/15\/realtrending-episode-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:32:09","slug":"realtrending-episode-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/15\/realtrending-episode-3\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL Trending Episode 3: NAR, Upstream, Redfin, Compass, RPR Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block;\" title=\"Ep. 3: Changing of the Guard, Compass\/Redfin, NAR\/RPR Update\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/e5fj3-9de664&amp;?from=usersite&amp;skin=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;auto=0&amp;download=1&amp;share=1&amp;version=1&amp;btn-skin=103\" width=\"560\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the REALTrending podcast, REAL Trends President and Founder Steve Murray talks about <a href=\"succession-plan\">Richard Smith\u2019s departure from Realogy<\/a> and what that means for the future of leadership in real estate. 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