HouseCanary raised a series B. $31 million. (via TechCrunch & Inman). From TechCrunch: HouseCanary’s business revolves around selling software to appraisers and real estate investment firms. I’ve never understood their strategy, or differentiator for that matter. I have to admit — I still don’t understand the…

A few minutes after I published my post on Smart Homes, I saw the news that Walmart is testing in-home delivery of packages and groceries (TechCrunch). That means you don’t need to be home when the delivery happens, and the products are left inside your home…

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about Smart Homes, and who is best positioned in the race to control the home. The players with the best chance are clearly Amazon, Apple, and Google. Of those, I’d say the lead has to go to…

Earlier this week, I saw Victor Lund’s post about Glenn Kelmans’s call for IDX policy revisions requiring link backs to the broker. My first reaction was: this is a brilliant initiative/strategy. For Redfin. Not for the industry. I planned to write a blog post. Then,…

A big, big congrats to one of true gems of this industry — Mr Jeff Turner — for his new role as CEO of immoviewer, the 3-D virtual tour technology based in Europe. (see here for some context on why I cherish him). Given his love of…

I came across Live Exclusively yesterday, which apparently has its sights set on massive expansion. A thoughtfully curated collection of new and preconstruction South Florida residences priced above $1 million USD now available in the App Store! They list “thoughtful curation” as their #1 feature….

If you haven’t looked at what CityBldr is working on, I’m here to tell you to change that. Your home could be worth more. Discover what a builder or developer would pay for your property – up to 89% more than leading market valuations. I…

Thank you to our September sponsors… TurboTenant helps independent landlords improve the investment performance of their properties by offering them access to online tools, previously only available to large property management companies. More than 40,000 landlords across the U.S. turn to TurboTenant for free, online solutions…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the co-founder of Roomeze, Jordan Davidovit. Without further ado… What do you do? Roomeze is changing the way people think about shared living by providing a worry-free, pre-vetted room(mate) search experience. Roomeze provides users with…

For those who have been reading a long, long time — you may remember there used to be a Geek Estate Pro portion of this website (see here and here). It was a members-only area of the site which included a forum, as well as…