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 Inside Scoop on Properties

The Inside Scoop on Properties

Let’s face it. No matter what industry you work in – you want the inside scoop. If it’s not public knowledge, your desire to know anything and everything escalates — for no other reason than curiosity of the unknown. A few days ago, I was…

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Showing Your City in a Great Light, and Reaching Relocation Buyers Early in the Process

Showing Your City in a Great Light, and Reaching Relocation Buyers Early in the Process

Are the following true statements for you? You love your city, and desire that everyone to see your city in a great light when they visit. You seek to get your branding in front of relocation buyers as early in their process as possible. If…

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Connect with Nearby Members of the Geek Estate Community

Connect with Nearby Members of the Geek Estate Community

Organizing people online is great, but it’s my firm belief bringing like minded people together in the physical world is where the magic happens. When doers & change makers come together, strong relationships form and great things happen. You all read blogs, or you wouldn’t be reading…

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Relocation Inquiries & Strategies

Relocation Inquiries & Strategies

This post will be brief. I’m curious about a few things (I’ll explain why later)… Do you have very specific digital “relocation” packages you send to relocation inquires you get from your networks? Anyone have physical relocation packages you send in the mail? Do you…

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A New Real Estate Marketing Video by DoorSteps

A New Real Estate Marketing Video by DoorSteps

Doorsteps, which I’ve covered before just put out a new video… The bar to real estate marketing just got pushed up a notch. Bravo Michele and team. Bravo. PS: I’ll be asking Michele for some input when we embark on creating our own video for Oh…

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Opportunity: The Next Social Network for Real Estate

Opportunity: The Next Social Network for Real Estate

Anyone out there trying to figure out the next social network of real estate? Active Rain seems to be the last social network of real estate that had any significant adoption, but has fallen off the map lately (3 years ago?). I think the time…

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Mike Price Taking Over as Managing Editor

Mike Price Taking Over as Managing Editor

I’m happy to announce Mike Price is taking over as managing editor of Geek Estate Blog. Mike is certainly no stranger to Geek Estate — he’s been with Geek Estate since the beginning as a contributing author, acted as the managing editor in 2010 while…

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NextDoor Launches Version 2

NextDoor Launches Version 2

I just talked about nailing local the other day. Today, NextDoor launched version 2 of their site. Good reminder that people are innovating, every single day in the local space. It may be a month from now, a year from now, or 3 years from…

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The Opportunity to Nail Local

The Opportunity to Nail Local

I’d argue that real estate agents/brokers are in a better opportunity to nail local than anyone else (remember, you should be the local expert). For those who want to reach home owners in your own local area — read this post. It’ll get you thinking…

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Be You, Open Up, Put Your Experiences Out There & Succeed

Be You, Open Up, Put Your Experiences Out There & Succeed

From one of my favorite movies of all time – Good Will Hunting. I can’t learn anything from you I can’t read in some fucking book I’m in that camp too. If I interact with someone who just wants to spit facts and figures and…

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