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 Brian
N. Larson
Brian N. Larson is a business advisor and attorney based
in Minneapolis. He shares two decades of real estate industry expertise
with clients throughout the United States and in Canada.
Larson is managing partner of
Larson/Sobotka PLLC,
attorneys at law, and president of Larson/Sobotka Business Advisors LLC, a
consulting firm serving MLSs and REALTOR® associations throughout the U.S.
He is widely regarded as an expert on MLS operational and policy issues,
and on issues related to the online marketing of residential real estate.
He has delivered numerous presentations to associations, MLSs, and brokers
regarding all these topics. He has written extensively on these subjects,
and has been consulted and quoted by publications such as Inman News,
Realty Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
He is regarded as a leading
expert on the implementation and effects of IDX, virtual office web
sites, and listings syndication. MLSs and brokers regularly seek his
counsel regarding the use of listing data on the Internet. Larson
has assisted MLSs in negotiating and structuring cooperative efforts
among them, including data sharing agreements, IDX cooperatives, and
mergers. Larson was chief staff executive with a large regional MLS
for nearly a decade and also served as communications officer for a
large metropolitan association. He hold baccalaureate and juris
doctor degrees.
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