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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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Steve White from RentPrep

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Steve White from RentPrep

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the CEO at RentPrep, Steve White. Without further ado… What do you do? I provide tenant background checks and educational resources to landlords and property managers. What problem does your product/service solve? A bad tenant can…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #18 – An Inside Peak at Knock

Geek Estate Newsletter #18 – An Inside Peak at Knock

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. The majority of longer strategy, analysis,…

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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Caroline Pinal from Giveback Homes

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Caroline Pinal from Giveback Homes

We’ve now published four Geek Estate founding member interviews; Jennifer Kjellgren, Sep Niakan, Eileen Romito, and Ryan Coon. 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 5th interview is…

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Kelle, AI, and Keller Williams as a Technology Company

Kelle, AI, and Keller Williams as a Technology Company

Keller Williams announced an (AI) virtual assistant called Kelle last week, saying (among other things) “Through AI’s ever-increasing computing abilities, agents are able to access data like never before and gain even more insights. This allows them to better serve their clients, something pivotal to…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Paul Burke from RentHoop

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Paul Burke from RentHoop

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with founder and CEO of RentHoop, Paul Burke. I met Paul a few months ago at Impact Hub in Seattle (he’s from Seattle, but lives in Los Angeles now), and found myself thinking through all the similarities…

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Broker Public Portal Comes to NWMLS / Seattle

Broker Public Portal Comes to NWMLS / Seattle

It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about Broker Public Portal here (now a joint venture with Homesnap). Just this month, Homesnap raised $14 million. A few stats: 21 million consumers used the Homesnap site/app in 2017 8.5 million consumers engaged with agents on the Homesnap site/app…

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2018 Report: How Brokers Are Handcrafting the Future of Their Real Estate Technology

2018 Report: How Brokers Are Handcrafting the Future of Their Real Estate Technology

Are you a real estate broker/age? Are you interested in technology? Interesting in building a real estate brand? If so, Sequel released their “How Brokers are Handcrafting the Future of their Real Estate Technology” 2018 report. Download here if you’re interested in learning from a few brokers…

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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Ryan Coon from Rentalutions (Now Avail)

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Ryan Coon from Rentalutions (Now Avail)

We’ve now published three Geek Estate founding member interview; Jennifer Kjellgren, Sep Niakan, and Eileen Romito. 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 4th interview is with Ryan…

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Thoughts on Zillow’s Latest Consumer Brand, Out East

Thoughts on Zillow’s Latest Consumer Brand, Out East

Zillow recently launched a new brand, Out East. It’s a portal for the Hamptons, joining Street Easy as a Zillow Group consumer brand on the East coast. It’s the result of their acquisition of Hamptons Real Estate Online (see here), which turned out to be…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #16 — Helping Renters/Buyers Understand their Financial Future

Geek Estate Newsletter #16 — Helping Renters/Buyers Understand their Financial Future

The purpose of Geek Estate’s private 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. Most of the longer strategy,…

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