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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The Startup Real Estate Agent

The Startup Real Estate Agent

Picking a niche is important. We’ve talked about it here. Another niche you could focus on? Being the startup agent. What go me thinking on this? Aside from being a geek working on a startup myself (Oh Hey World & Horizon), there was an article…

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It’s Been an Exciting Week…

It’s Been an Exciting Week…

Realogy and Trulia getting married? Redfin raised $50 million (Glenn wrote about it here) “Pocket listings” is causing a stir …and, WOW, apparently Greg Robertson will finally shed light on the Realty Alliance issue come Monday. In other, non-real estate news, Snapchat turned down $3 billion….

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KW + Google

KW + Google

Keller Williams continues the technology announcements…partnering with Google to move 93,000 agents to Google’s Cloud. The biggest real estate deployment Google has ever done. Are any other franchises keeping pace on the technology side?

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Agent Match, Some Competition for HomeLight

Agent Match, Some Competition for HomeLight

HomeLight (discussed previously here) has some competition in Realtor.com’s new Agent Match. Their value proposition to sellers? Sell Your Home. Compare and connect with the best performing agents in your neighborhood. Northern Colorado (Boulder) and Las Vegas Valley are the two test markets for the service….

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Try a Killer REW Website, with Zero Risk

Try a Killer REW Website, with Zero Risk

Real Estate Webmasters is sponsoring Geek Estate for the next 30 days. REW has been around a long time and is consistently mentioned as a top tier web design/development firm in the real estate vertical. The biggest objection I hear from people about why they don’t…

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The Real Estate App Landscape – with Hackpad / Google Spreadsheet

The Real Estate App Landscape – with Hackpad / Google Spreadsheet

Everyone reading this blog are Geeks. You’re more tech savvy than the average agent, by a mile. I tried to pry your home screen apps out of you several months ago, but this is an attempt to go a little bit more in depth with…

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Curb Call – Uber for Real Estate

Curb Call – Uber for Real Estate

Curb Call (Uber for Real Estate) — built by Seth Siegler at the Realogy hackathon. It got 2nd place. I love this idea…I’m not sure leads get any more qualified than someone requesting an agent to show them a house, right now. Who is going to…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Benn Rosales

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Benn Rosales

There are very few people in this industry who don’t know Benn and Lani Rosales. In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Benn, who, of course, is the Founder & CEO of AGBeat. I’ll wager a bet that many who read Geek…

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Did You Forget Your Phone?

Did You Forget Your Phone?

I hadn’t seen this video until just a few minutes ago…it’s worth watching. Every moment in the video happens every single day. Nothing really has to be said. The writing is on the wall. Living your life via the phone in the palm of your…

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An Interview with Ubertor GM Bryan Garcia

An Interview with Ubertor GM Bryan Garcia

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Bryan Garcia, the general manager of Ubertor. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit from Bryan… What do you do? To keep things simple, I help Realtors all over the world build beautiful, easy to…

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