Welcome back to another pour of Real Estate Served on the Rocks! 🥃 This week we’re celebrating big wins and diving deep into one of the most controversial real estate topics of 2025 — the massive Compass + Anywhere Real Estate merger and what it could mean for buyers, sellers, and agents across the U.S.

From off-market “private exclusive” listings to the growing push toward digital real estate transactions, we break down how these industry shifts could impact transparency, competition, and the future of homeownership.

And of course, we’re celebrating the right way — with a pour of Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon 🥃. A timeless Kentucky classic that proves some things are just better left the way they’ve always been made.

In This Episode:

✅ Why the Compass + Anywhere Real Estate merger could reshape the housing industry

✅ The rise of “private exclusive” listings — innovation or market manipulation?

✅ How consolidation could impact small brokerages and consumer choice

✅ The myth of digital “one-click home buying” and what tech can’t replace

✅ Why experience and relationships will always outlast real estate trends

✅ Bourbon review: E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled-in-Bond — the definition of balance, history, and craftsmanship

Bourbon Tasted in This Episode:

🥃 Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch (100 Proof, Bottled-in-Bond, Kentucky Straight Bourbon)

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Welcome Back + Celebrating Wins

1:15 Bourbon Review: Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch

8:00 Bourbon History & Buffalo Trace Legacy

16:00 Compass + Anywhere Real Estate Merger Breakdown

25:00 Off-Market Listings — Pros, Cons & Controversy

35:00 The Push for “Digital Closings” & Tech Overreach

45:00 Why the Free Market Still Wins

55:00 Lessons from History — Bourbon, Business & Balance

1:05:00 Bourbon Review + Final Thoughts

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