By Summer Goralik This article was published by Inman News on November 20, 2025 and can be accessed here . “Summer, why the long face?” My response? “I caught a hanger, Sarge.” Before I explain, let’s start here. On Monday night, around 11 p.m., after spending the entire day buried in a heavy DRE audit, I couldn’t sleep. I finally opened the news from bed, in the pitch dark, with the blinding glow of my phone shining on my face (not a good thing). Sitting right there in an In

By Summer Goralik This article was originally published by HousingWire on November 19, 2025 and can be accessed here . At Zillow’s Unlock event recently in Vegas, I told a room absolutely packed with real estate agents to use artificial intelligence but only if they do so responsibly. My tone? I didn’t mince words or buckle under the glamour and promise of AI tools. After all, compliance professionals are seasoned in reporting the truth, even when it’s bad news. As a preface

By Summer Goralik This article was published by Inman News on October 14, 2025 and can be read here . I’m watching the Dodgers in the playoffs — and of course, Shohei Ohtani, an athlete who never ceases to awe . Two home runs in his first playoff game, then six innings on the pitcher’s mound with nine strikeouts in the next series. I can’t help but think, “AI has nothing on him.” Ohtani is the picture of job security and an eloquent one at that. By the time this piece runs, w

Compliance Forward: A Story Better Told in Real Time By Summer Goralik This article was also published on my Substack here . Have you...

By Summer Goralik This article was originally published by Inman News on September 23, 2025 and can be found here . I sat down with...