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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Some Updates from Onboard Relating to Their Listings API

Some Updates from Onboard Relating to Their Listings API

If you’re interested in learning more about the Onboard Listings API I mentioned on Geek Estate in January (and again in March), there are two recent posts from the Onboard Blog worth reading: General Update Listings API FAQ They’ve announced two early partners – ListingPress…

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Seattle RE BarCamp Next Tuesday, September 8th

Seattle RE BarCamp Next Tuesday, September 8th

If you are in the Greater Seattle area or willing to travel for some geeky discussion and networking, the 2nd Seattle RE BarCamp is rapidly approaching. And if you missed the first one, please don’t miss this one because it’ll be even bigger and better!…

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List of Mortgage Website Technology Providers

List of Mortgage Website Technology Providers

For the mortgage lenders and brokers reading this, I wanted to inquire as to who you use as your website vendor. Here are some of the companies I found that offer website solutions for mortgage lenders: 220 Marketing LeadPress LenderHomePage LionMTS Loan Site Plus Loans…

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Google LAKE View? Or Microsoft LAKE View?

Google LAKE View? Or Microsoft LAKE View?

Yesterday, there was additional news from the Google Street View team — Street View is now integrated into Google Maps for business listings. I’ve long been a fan of Street View and the latest news prompts a thought I’ve been meaning to blog about for…

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Links for Geeks – August 25th

Links for Geeks – August 25th

Here are a few links worth a look: Arterial traffic available on Google Maps Brokerage Models: A Mathematical Analysis, Part 2 If a small midwestern brokerage can do it, you can too 5 Social Media Lessons Learned From Whole Foods

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Disqus v3 Coming Soon…

Disqus v3 Coming Soon…

DISQUS V3 from Giannii on Vimeo. [via Fred Wilson]

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What is Bounce Rate?

What is Bounce Rate?

[via Ubertor via Reachd]

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Creating City Pages with WordPress – Local Market Explorer WP Plugin

Creating City Pages with WordPress – Local Market Explorer WP Plugin

If you are running a WordPress blog focused on real estate, there is a new plugin (I think) is worth taking a look at — Local Market Explorer. The plugin creates “city pages” inside of the WordPress interface and pulls school data from Education.com, local…

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Walk Score Releases iPhone App

Walk Score Releases iPhone App

Walk Score has a new iPhone app (available in the appstore for free) that I’m sure the iPhone geeks reading this are going to want to check out. The primary function of the app is to show you the Walk Score of your current location,…

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My Takeaway from Real Estate Connect

My Takeaway from Real Estate Connect

I’ve spent the last week in San Francisco (I’m still here) at the Inman Real Estate Connect conference. Though it’s been exhausting balancing socializing, meetings, sessions, and somehow trying to keep up with my inbox at the same time — it’s certainly been a fantastic…

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