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 Case FOR Not Having IDX on a Broker Site

The Case FOR Not Having IDX on a Broker Site

Greg Fischer just launched a new website, FWLocal.com. Yet one feature is surprisingly absent. IDX. It’s no secret most of “leads” from agent or broker websites are converted to contact information with IDX. So, is ditching IDX a risk? Sure it is. I’m guessing Greg’s…

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DoorSteps Opens to Consumers

DoorSteps Opens to Consumers

Today DoorSteps announced that they opened their doors to consumers. If you read this blog regularly, you know I wrote about DoorSteps a few months ago. What’s the goal of the DoorSteps platform? According to founder Michele Serro… The goal (of the platform) was to ensure…

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The Time Suck Economy

The Time Suck Economy

I wrote a piece about the Time Suck Economy on Geek Wire the other day, but it’s worth calling out here too. What is the time suck economy? Simple, exactly what it sounds like. The technology economy built around wasting people’s online time. A couple…

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Real Estate CRM Survey Statistics

Real Estate CRM Survey Statistics

As promised, I am sharing the results from the survey regarding usage of real estate CRM’s that ran a few weeks ago. There were 60 total responses, 44 of which came from agents. The fact that 50% of people fell inside the “Other” bucket proves the…

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Real Estate Doers Make a Difference Update

Real Estate Doers Make a Difference Update

[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we’ve beeing highlighting non profits this holiday season as part of our Real Estate Doers Make a Difference campaign (donation page)] Thank you to everyone who made a contribution to…

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we’re going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year’s as part of our Real Estate Doers Make a…

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Something to Believe In

Something to Believe In

Via Pencils of Promise… What do you believe in?

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Catapult

Catapult

[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we’re going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year’s as part of our Real Estate Doers Make a…

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Creative Capital

Creative Capital

[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we’re going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year’s as part of our Real Estate Doers Make a…

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Vittana

Vittana

[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we’re going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year’s as part of our Real Estate Doers Make a…

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