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…

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…

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…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the CEO of Onerent, Greg Toschi. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO and co-founder of Onerent and the man of all hats involved from customer escalations, to funding, to business…

I came across the Seattle Times’ Traffic Lab this weekend. Specifically, this research piece — which led me to One Center City. This data is all public. My question to the industry: why aren’t you curating & delivering this content to local residents? Shouldn’t my real…

The big east coast Inman Connect week is coming up in a couple weeks (January 22-26). Hacker Connect (January 22nd): A Real Estate Technology Deep Dive. We wrote about it a few weeks ago. Discount code for $100 off: geekestate Learn More Inman Connect (January 22-26): Inman Connect is…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of Frontdoor, Alain Kapatashungu. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO & Co-founder at Frontdoor. What problem does your product/service solve? The ugly truth is — real estate professionals…

My former boss, the one and only “David G from Zillow”, has always been an amazing writer. Ever since Mr Gibbons moved back to South Africa, he hasn’t been writing (at least publicly). However, he’s resurfaced recently while researching blockchain, bitcoin, and crypto. Fortunately for us,…

How do you reach and acquire clients in 2018? Start with answering what actual “pain points” (aka problems) buyers and sellers have? Buyer: Getting placed on (irrelevant and non personalized) drip email campaigns — meaning they don’t ever contact agents early on to ask them…

I was pleased to find another socially conscious brokerage this week — Giving Tree Realty in Charlotte. Short video: It’s no surprise I love their about page… What makes Giving Tree Realty different than all the other real estate companies? Our company is built upon…