Brian Larson

Attorney at Law, Larson/Sobotka PLLC

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. His full profile offers further details.

Mr. Larson is the president of L/SBA and 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 wrote the National Association of REALTORS implementation guide for IDX and 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 holds baccalaureate and juris doctor degrees.