As you know, Fifth Wall held a portfolio event a couple months ago in Venice. There were three panels held at their office, each covering a category Fifth Wall has made big bets on (the majority of panelists were from portfolio companies): Future of Cities Real Estate-as-a-Service Fintech and…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Brian Bair from Offerpad. He’s the co-founder and co-CEO of Offerpad, as well as has a background as a licensed real estate agent. Brian previously served as co-founder and managing partner of Lexington Financial, LLC…

I’m guessing many of you are going to San Francisco for Inman Connect next month. If you’re reading this blog, the chances that you’d enjoy the Hacker Connect portion of Inman are pretty good. Hacker Connect is a full-day of sessions on Tuesday of Inman…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Jason Bangerter, the co-founder of Rentler. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m an entrepreneur and I have started and built a few different companies. Currently, I am CEO for Rentler, but have also…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Rob Chrane, the founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. We’re the nation’s leader in providing homebuyers and professionals…

Who remembers the Rebarcamp movement? I believe I’ve attended about 25 Rebarcamp’s around the country (most between 2007 and 2011). 10 years later after that first magical gathering in San Francisco, the original organizers are putting another one on together in on July 16th (in…

I’m thrilled to announce Geek Estate Blog has undergone a long overdue design facelift. It marks what I’ll call “Geek Estate 3.0.” 1,825. The number of days I’ve been waiting for today. Yes, that’s 5 years. There have been a couple iterations of Geek Estate…

Fred Wilson is right: stakeholder analysis is a crucial component of building a company. a stakeholder analysis attempts to determine what each and every stakeholder desires and the impact to them of an important decision. It is like a scorecard. It is often helpful to look…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Amro Naddy, founder of SolarStory. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder of SolarStory, a data-rich residential solar marketplace — think Zillow meets TrueCar for solar. What problem does your product/service solve?…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Luke Cohler, co-founder and President of Jetty. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-Founder and President of Jetty, an insurtech startup based in New York City. Together with my Co-Founder, Mike Rudoy,…