About Drew Meyers

Founder of GEM Diamond. Zillow Alum. Real estate tech geek. Travel addict & former co-founder of Horizon. Social entrepreneurship advocate. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Imraan Ali

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Imraan Ali

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Imraan Ali, co-founder of NuOffer. Without further ado, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I’ve been a practicing Realtor in Los Angeles for 10 years and am a co-founder and…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Michael Wurzer

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Michael Wurzer

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Michael Wurzer, President of FBS. Without further ado, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I’m President and CEO of FBS, which creates the Flexmls line of real estate software. I’m privileged to work with…

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Redfin + Matterport. 3D is Here.

Redfin + Matterport. 3D is Here.

Apparently Redfin folks agree with me; Matterport is the real deal. They just released their 3D tours today… Which major brokerage is next in line?

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Everdwell

Everdwell

Everdwell launched, and got featured on TechCrunch. A few thoughts: 1. The problem isn’t that amazing tools don’t exist. The problem is most agents and brokers aren’t willing to spend what it costs for a great product. The high end of the San Francisco is not a…

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Hacker News…for Real Estate?

Hacker News…for Real Estate?

One of the guest contributors or I write about some of the topics and news specific to real estate industry. For those topics, of course you can discuss them in the comments. But we don’t write about everything, and we never will. That said, wouldn’t it be cool if there…

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Are You a Leader? Are You Being Fierce?

Are You a Leader? Are You Being Fierce?

Excellent 18 minute video of a talk on leadership by Jerry Colonna… A bit more in writing is available here. [via AVC]

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What Will Your Verse Be?

What Will Your Verse Be?

Worth watching… Regardless of whether you contribute anything at all, life’s poetry continues to get written every single minute of every single day. What will your verse be? Does it matter? Why? PS: This is a great example of marketing by Apple. Again.

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What’s the Dream?

What’s the Dream?

Every business has a dream; a vision for what the future holds. Those that don’t, likely aren’t accomplishing much. Ours at Horizon? Want to Know? What’s your dream?

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Are you Sharing “YOU”?

Are you Sharing “YOU”?

This movie clip from Good Will Hunting (one of my all time favorites)… Reminds me of this post I wrote a couple years ago. Writing is the same way as real life. Too many people just regurgitate crap already on hundreds/thousands of websites. If you don’t share…

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Go Realty’s Offices

Go Realty’s Offices

Wow… Props to Go Realty.

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