Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

I’m tremendously honored to announce that I was recently named as one of Inman News’ 100 Most Influential Real Estate leaders in 2010.

The Inman 100, an annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate, recognizes those power brokers, thought leaders, experts, insiders, and visionaries who influence the real estate industry with their words, actions, insight and innovations.

This latest list recognizes brokerage company executives, technologists, government leaders, media players, economists, online luminaries and other industry heavyweights who hold the power to move the industry forward during this prolonged period of economic  hardship and uncertainty. Individuals on the list were selected after a nomination process and an Inman News editorial review.

The reason I made the list is that a few years ago, I organized an event in San Francisco called Real Estate BarCamp, where real estate professionals could get together in an open and unstructed format to lead group sessions on the topics that they’re passionate about.

Building on the success of that first event, I encouraged others to organize events in their area and to date there have now been over 50 local RE BarCamps held across the world.

RE BarCamps have become a catalyst for us to bridge our online & offline worlds and allow us to share and learn from each other, while building relationships with some of the brightest & most forward thinking people in the industry. It’s something that I’m extremely proud of and look forward to each one I attend.

Ginger Wilcox, Brad Coy and I continue to organize the annual SF event (Summer 2011 will be our 4th!) and I continue to help local organizers put on successful RE BarCamps in their backyard.