It’s not secret real estate is one of the first adopters of many technologies. For the early adopters, there’s a new technology you should start thinking about. The Blockstack: Blockstack is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally. A…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the co-founders of Opcity, Ben Rubenstein and Michael Lam. They are based in Austin and recently raised $27 million in funding. Without further ado… What do you do? Ben: I am the CEO of…

It’s no secret inventory is a problem in many real estate markets across the country (my own backyard, Seattle, certainly falls in that list). That begs the question, how do you open up more inventory for purchase? I’ve long been a fan of the Make…

NAR is putting another $9 into Upstream. There was a comment thread in Inman’s Facebook group this weekend discussing the news and strategy behind it. I must admit, I still don’t really get it — at least not to the tune of $9 million in backing. Couldn’t…

It’s been quite some time since I’ve written about Facebook, so wanted to touch on my thoughts on the platform in 2017 as I see it. John Battelle recently wrote a piece worth reading. You can do that here. I envy those who avoid Facebook. Why?…

Cozy (previous coverage) released Cozy Pay… How it works: Set up your monthly payments No more worrying about how to get your rent to your landlord every month. Just connect your checking account and tell us where your payment should go. We’ll take care of paying…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the co-founder and CEO from VHT Studios, Brian Bulduf. Without further ado… What do you do? VHT Studios is the nation’s largest real estate photography and visual marketing company. I am the CEO and Co-Founder of…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Erik Johnson from HomeHawk. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Founder and CEO of HomeHawk. HomeHawk is a real estate chatbot in Messenger. Facebook opened the Messenger App to developers a…

Here’s the home page of 360modern… How does a finished home page come to fruition? Brand, Value Proposition, and User Goals I don’t want to discuss value proposition & brand (which I touched on here & here) in depth in this article. That said, prior to “getting…

Reali, which raised 2 million in 2016, is another startup taking center aim at commissions (that topic no one likes to talk about). Sellers, pay a low total commission and get more out of your investment when listing with Reali. Experience selling with Reali. Video overview:…