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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A Testimonial from Erion Shehaj from the REW-Geek Estate Challenge

A Testimonial from Erion Shehaj from the REW-Geek Estate Challenge

Sponsored Post Reminder: Until December 11th, we are running a REW-Geek Estate challenge here to give away 15 of their $7,500 REW fully loaded premium sites (meaning waive all normal setup fees & pay nothing for the first 30 days), risk free (meaning you can cancel anytime after 30 days). Learn more…

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Highlighting a Neighborhood with Video

Highlighting a Neighborhood with Video

Want a great example of a video highlighting a neighborhood? Well done, Phipps Realty.

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Mobile Apps, and Lack of Adoption

Mobile Apps, and Lack of Adoption

You come up with the greatest idea on the planet for a mobile app. It’s an amazing value add for your existing clients. Or maybe it will help you reach a whole new group of potential clients. You decide to build it. But you don’t…

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Big Ideas for Brokerages, Franchises and Real Estate Startups

Big Ideas for Brokerages, Franchises and Real Estate Startups

There are a lot of big ideas out there in the real estate industry, some of which are likely to slowly iterate from ideas into reality. There are even real day to day pain points still unsolved. AgentMatch is the current rage. Literally, rage. There is opportunity…

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Two more Brokerages that “Get It”

Two more Brokerages that “Get It”

I’ve been trying to showcase more agents and brokerages that “get it”. To me, part of “getting it” means understanding business is about more than just the bottom line. It’s about giving back to your community. Here are two brokerages I came across recently worth…

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Real: A Path to Passion, Purpose and Profits in Real Estate

Real: A Path to Passion, Purpose and Profits in Real Estate

I just bought the book Dave Crumby and Lani Rosales recently released — Real: A Path to Passion, Purpose and Profits in Real Estate (Kindle version) (affiliate links). I will report back with more once I’ve read it.

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Calling all Coders: Git for Real Estate

Calling all Coders: Git for Real Estate

GitHub is a place where hardcore geeks socialize, and non geeks never ever venture. What is it, exactly? From Crunchbase: GitHub is a social network for programmers. Git is a distributed software management program created by Linus Torvalds, originally for the Linux Kernel Development. GitHub is…

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“Let’s Play Ball”

“Let’s Play Ball”

Sponsored Post Reminder: During the next 30 days, we are running a REW-Geek Estate challenge here to give away 15 of their $7,500 REW fully loaded premium sites (meaning waive all normal setup fees & pay nothing for the first 30 days), risk free (meaning you can cancel anytime…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Todd Miller

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Todd Miller

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Todd Miller, the co-founder of Homing In. (I believe) they were the first app in the “Uber for Real Estate” category, though I didn’t know it existed until Todd commented on the Curb Call post…

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The Realty Alliance Plan

The Realty Alliance Plan

Greg’s blown the lid on the Realty Alliance plan — Broker Strangelove: The scoop on the Realty Alliance’s (crazy) plan to rock the real estate industry (Inman’s follow up). Crazy? Or could the strategy work?

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