Each year, Inman scans the universe of real estate companies, technology firms, individual innovators, successful agents, forward-thinking brokers, risk-takers and entrepreneurs. For this year’s candidates for the Inman Innovator awards, we chose 66 companies and individuals in six categories who are trying to change the industry
The final winners will be announced at the Inman Connect conference at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square on Thursday, August 6 at 5 p.m.
The categories are:
- Most innovative real estate company
- Most innovative technology company
- Most innovative technology
- Most innovative marketing strategy, service or technology
- Most innovative agent/broker
- Most innovative association or MLS
Most innovative agent/broker
Brian Bair was named America’s No. 2 real estate agent by REAL Trends Inc. and The Wall Street Journal’s yearly report, The Thousand. In 2013, he sold 868 homes, which was the second-highest number of homes sold by an agent in the U.S.