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 RE Tech Founder: Andrew McConnell from Rented.com

Meet the RE Tech Founder: Andrew McConnell from Rented.com

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the co-founder and CEO of Rented.com, Andrew McConnell. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO of Rented.com. We are the largest marketplace in the world connecting real estate owners with short-term…

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HomeSnap Invites

HomeSnap Invites

A few weeks ago, I received the the following invite from HomeSnap: I assume I received the email because I’ve traded emails with Tom in the past (he’s a former client at Virtual Results), and all his contacts were sent the same invite. It doesn’t matter…

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Closer and Closer to the Transaction

Closer and Closer to the Transaction

Simon Baker shared some of this thoughts on the future of online real estate at the Property Portal Watch conference (video link). Particularly for the startup founders reading, it’s worth a listen/watch.  

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Content Idea for Real Estate Website/Blog: Local Podcast Roundup

Content Idea for Real Estate Website/Blog: Local Podcast Roundup

Once again, you can look to The Evergrey for inspiration in local. Looking for content ideas for your hyper local blog/website? A local podcast roundup for your city (or neighborhood). For a fantastic example, head over and have a look at Everygrey’s ” 10 podcast episodes that’ll…

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Real Estate Tech Sales Career Opportunity with Revaluate

Real Estate Tech Sales Career Opportunity with Revaluate

One of Geek Estate’s members, Chris Drayer at Revaluate, is hiring a world class Sales Account Executive who knows the decision makers in the mortgage and/or real estate industry. About the Job: Boulder/Denver Co. based full time B2B with some travel for events. Combination of inside/outside sales job…

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The Bombshell: Facebook is Coming to Real Estate

The Bombshell: Facebook is Coming to Real Estate

It’s finally happening. Facebook is making a massive push into real estate by expanding the real estate listings portion of their marketplace. (via HousingWire). Obviously Facebook’s traffic is incredible. 2 billion actives a month. That dwarfs all other real estate competitors combined (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor, Redfin, Craigslist,…

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A Real Estate Agent Review of Sierra Interactive

A Real Estate Agent Review of Sierra Interactive

I get asked quite frequently what website platform real estate agents & brokers should use. What better way to research than hearing directly from real estate agents using the various vendors? I had a chance to ask Drew Laughlin in Columbus Ohio his thoughts on his experience with Sierra…

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Another Entrant to “Smart Cities” = Bill Gates

Another Entrant to “Smart Cities” = Bill Gates

  Toronto was put on the “smart city” map by Google. Now, Bill Gates’ investment firm (Belmont Partners) is putting “Belmont Arizona” on the map with $80 million to purchase 25,000 acres. (via cnbc.com) If you don’t know where “Belmont” is, not to worry. The city…

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Meet the RE Tech Founder: Matt Partridge from Infabode

Meet the RE Tech Founder: Matt Partridge from Infabode

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of Infabode, Matt Partridge. Matt was yet another founder I met in New York while attending the mipim summit. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder and CEO of a company…

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Selling Off-Plan Residences?

Selling Off-Plan Residences?

One of the most interesting technologies I came across in NYC at mipim was Cubedots, which helps sell off-plan residences. Get a flavor by watching this video…

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