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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Welcome Erion Shehaj from Signature Real Estate in Houston

Welcome Erion Shehaj from Signature Real Estate in Houston

Please welcome me in joining Erion Shehaj to the list of contributors here at Geek Estate Blog. Erion is a real estate entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Signature Real Estate, a Houston based real estate brokerage specializing in investment properties. He also maintains the In…

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Q & A With Darris Cassidy at RealEstateEcards.com

Q & A With Darris Cassidy at RealEstateEcards.com

Darris Cassidy reached out to me a couple weeks ago for some feedback on his new site — RealEstateEcards.com. The eCards include background music, professional looking photographs of the home with captions, along with details about the listing agent (click “view” on the lower left…

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MyMarketWare Launches Single Property Sites & How-to Blog

MyMarketWare Launches Single Property Sites & How-to Blog

Congrats to NikNik and Reggie at MyTechOpinion for getting MyMarketWare out the door with their new single property website solution. Here is an example of what you can get for $39. Press Release While you might think I got this tip from Dustin, it actually…

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TurnHere Raises $7.5 Million in VC Investment

TurnHere Raises $7.5 Million in VC Investment

I just stumbled across a story in the East Bay Business Time that some of you might find interesting — TurnHere has raised $7.5 million in VC funding – Online video publisher TurnHere Inc. will use $7.5 million in venture funding from Venrock and Hearst…

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MyBlogLog Adds Support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain Profiles

MyBlogLog Adds Support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain Profiles

It looks like MyBlogLog is aiming to ramp up adoption in the RE.net by adding support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain profiles (and Tumblr, Multiply, and FriendFeed) as part of their Online Services section of MyBlogLog profiles. Now, if you use the About Me…

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Carnival Of Real Estate #78

Carnival Of Real Estate #78

The 78th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Pine Needle Lawn.

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There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net

There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net

I 2nd Russell’s point. I’m not going to single anyone out by name or with a link, but there have been several personal attacks in the RE.net over the past several months that have bothered me. This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to…

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The Redesign of HAR.com

The Redesign of HAR.com

Congrats to the Houston Association of Realtors for for getting their new website, HAR.com,  out the door! Head over to the In my View Blog for an overview of the changes.

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Neighborhood Boundaries in Directions Magazine

Neighborhood Boundaries in Directions Magazine

Here’s a link for the geeks out there; a story in Directions Magazine — Neighborhood Boundaries: The Next Big Thing in Geographic Data.

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More Google Street Views – 12 Cities Added

More Google Street Views – 12 Cities Added

According to the Google Earth Blog, there are now 12 new cities that include Google Street View imagery: Albany and Schenectady, NY Boise, ID Juneau, AKR Kansas City, MO Manchester, NH Milwaukee, WI Research Triangle Park (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), NC San Antonio, TX Salt…

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