RESO Remote: Encore Recap

The Opening Act

The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) held its second digital conference in late October, "RESO Remote Encore: The Standards Collection." With a +20% percent jump in attendance over the previous conference (which had +30% growth over its prior conference), RESO Remote Encore was a smash hit.

The week was as much a celebration as a conference, as the culmination of some major industry initiatives were highlighted. RESO released its entirely rebuilt, automated certification stack. The newly published "Working With Real Estate Data" course was revealed.

The Data Dictionary and Web API standards specifications that will finally bring the entire industry into one single standard were voted on and approved by the volunteer workgroups. New members in new verticals and international organizations highlighted the speaker list.

Like every RESO conference, there was music, laughter, great speakers and a highly intelligent group of people getting work done in the live workgroup meetings and lively receptions.

Jump to Links

Use the links below to view a recap of each day's events:

Day 1: Business Track | RESO Today | Standards as an Imperative | Rentals in the MLS | New Verticals, New Countries | Revealing the New Certification Stack | Roundtables

Day 2: Technical Track | What's in the Buckets | Maxing Out the Web API & What's Next at CMLS | The Whole Digital House | Standards as a Platform | Using Web API to Deliver More Services

Day 3: Pain Points | All Workgroup Meetings | Internet Tracking | UPI | Transport | Distributed Ledger | Cross-Platform Interop. | Data Dictionary | R&D | Broker Advisory | Payloads

The Standards Collection

The theme of this conference focused on musical standards. RESO's workgroup leaders tend to be musicians and rockers at a surprisingly common rate! The Standards Collection theme lent itself to the RESO band's rendition of Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again," the Lost Lyrics reception by realtor.com and the Name That Tune mixer held by Zillow.

There were also special cameo (Cameo) appearances by Alice Cooper and Snoop Dogg to thank the RESO volunteers for their work. You read that correctly. If you weren't in the room where it happened, you'll just have to ask those who joined us live.

Along with our musical guests, RESO volunteers were thanked in a video montage by leaders of many influential organizations in the industry, including:

• National Association of REALTORS­®
• Zillow Group
• Coldwell Banker
• Compass
• HomeServices of America
• RE/MAX
• Redfin
• Century 21
• eXp Realty
• Windermere
• Better Homes and Gardens
• CMLS

Click here to read the full recap of RESO Remote: Encore!