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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Who Can Keyzz Truly Empower?

Who Can Keyzz Truly Empower?

In theory, Keyzz is interesting to me given they supposedly “empower realtors by giving them short and long-term tools that increase their value proposition.” That said, I’m a bit perplexed on exactly what “short and long-term tools” are as I am about what problem this…

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Whereby.US Launches Brands in Portland and Orlando

Whereby.US Launches Brands in Portland and Orlando

Whereby.US is a creative agency for local that I’ve mentioned here before: We build local media brands for growing cities, and a technology platform to make it possible, with a focus on delightful email newsletters and meaningful communities of local explorers, makers, and leaders They just announced…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #21 – Radical Ideas for Developing Client Loyalty

Geek Estate Newsletter #21 – Radical Ideas for Developing Client Loyalty

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. In this week’s member newsletter…

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New Zealand Property Tech, Transitioning from Tech to Practicing Real Estate: An Interview with Alistair Helm

New Zealand Property Tech, Transitioning from Tech to Practicing Real Estate: An Interview with Alistair Helm

Alistair Helm has been a longtime property tech thought leader based out of New Zealand, with a deep resume that includes Properazzi, manning the helm at both Property Portal Watch and Realestate.co.nz, and head of product at Trade Me. We traded emails recently, and I learned he…

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Using Technology to Make Real Estate More Competitive

Using Technology to Make Real Estate More Competitive

Those of you with an interest in NAR’s expiring consent decree, there is an event organized by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation you may be interested in next month in Washington DC: Technological innovation has made it cheaper, easier, and faster to buy and sell most products….

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Rob Connolly from Buzz4Agent

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Rob Connolly from Buzz4Agent

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder and CEO at Buzz4Agent, Rob Connolly. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the founder at Buzz4Agent.com. We are a company I launched in San Diego, California, back in April of…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #20 – A KickStarter for Real Estate Agents

Geek Estate Newsletter #20 – A KickStarter for Real Estate Agents

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. In this week’s member newsletter…

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3D Printed Homes by New Story and ICON

3D Printed Homes by New Story and ICON

If you can’t get excited about 3D printed homes in the developing world for $4,000 for those living in extreme poverty, well…I don’t know what to say. Congrats to New Story and ICON. Simply amazing work (short video here).

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Listing Bits Podcast with Victor Lund, and More on Broker Public Portal

Listing Bits Podcast with Victor Lund, and More on Broker Public Portal

I listened to Greg’s Listing Bits podcast with Victor Lund the other day. Here’s the episode for the curious folk: Homesnap recently raised a $14 million Series B. Like Greg, I really wonder how those VCs are ever going to get their money back if the brokers…

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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: David Marc Harris from Remzy

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: David Marc Harris from Remzy

We’ve now published six Geek Estate founding member interviews; Jennifer Kjellgren, Sep Niakan, Eileen Romito, Ryan Coon, Caroline Pinal, and Joel Leslie. The interviews are meant to give you a taste of current business priorities, products and trends to watch in 2018, and what they enjoy about being a Geek Estate mastermind member. Our 7th…

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