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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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Sep Niakan from Condo Black Book

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Sep Niakan from Condo Black Book

We kicked off our Geek Estate founding member interviews with Jennifer Kjellgren a couple weeks ago. 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 member. Our 2nd founding member interview is…

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More Social Good: Lanier Property Group + Giveback Homes

More Social Good: Lanier Property Group + Giveback Homes

There’s more social good in real estate to report! Lanier Property Group, a boutique brokerage in Wilmington, North Carolina, has signed on as a Giveback Homes brokerage partner. You can read the press release here.     The giving keeps going… PS #1: The “Inspiration Lab”…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Andrew Sasson from Corporate+Club

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Andrew Sasson from Corporate+Club

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with co-founder and CEO of Corporate+Club, Andrew Sasson. I met Andrew at Inman Connect last week, and was immediately a fan of concept. Look no further than his first answer that mentions “face-to-face interactions and community…

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Geek Estate & Topics for Newsletter #13

Geek Estate & Topics for Newsletter #13

The purpose of Geek Estate’s private community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. Members pay a $97 quarterly membership…

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Rent a Moving Truck with On the Move

Rent a Moving Truck with On the Move

It’s not “tech” per say, but one of the more creative marketing approaches I came across at Inman Connect last week was On the Move. They lease trucks covered with custom graphics, also known as driving billboards. What’s so creative about this? If it’s just for your business, then…

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A Few Thoughts from Hacker Connect

A Few Thoughts from Hacker Connect

As many of you know, Inman’s Hacker Connect was this past Monday in New York. A lively day of real estate tech discussion, I’ve put together a few thoughts: Dr. Kate Stone, the founder of Novalia, showed the audience several interactive experiences. Her firm creates immersive, playable…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Gemma Young from Settled

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Gemma Young from Settled

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with co-founder and CEO of UK-based Settled, Gemma Young. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO and Co-Founder of VC-backed property technology business Settled, which is an online property transaction software that…

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The BitCoin Realtor / Agent

The BitCoin Realtor / Agent

I just watched the discussion with Piper Moretti (moderated by Wendy Forsythe) about purchasing homes with Bitcoin (see here) at Inman Connect. She’s done several deals with Bitcoin in the last year in Southern California — she’s now the “Bitcoin realtor“. It’s worth asking — who is…

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TechStars Enters the Real Estate Accelerator Picture with Partnership with Colliers

TechStars Enters the Real Estate Accelerator Picture with Partnership with Colliers

I’ve written about real estate accelerators before, and even questioned how many of them the industry can support. The real estate accelerator space got a tad more crowded last week. The clear leader in accelerators, Techstars, is partnering with Colliers to launch the Colliers PropTech Accelerator Powered by Techstars. My biggest…

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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Jennifer Kjellgren from Intown Expert Realty

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Jennifer Kjellgren from Intown Expert Realty

We’re going to start a series of interviews with Geek Estate founding members (there were 50 slots, which are all filled now). The interviews will give you a taste of current business priorities, what products and trends to watch in 2018, and what they like about being…

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