One of the activities that take place within the GEM is practice investment pitches. One entrepreneur takes the hot seat and gives a 5-10 minute pitch to 5-9 other entrepreneurs from the community. Everyone on the call (we use Google Meet) then spends 20-40 minutes asking…

Wednesday (May 13th) at 1:30 pst, Geek Estate is conducting a virtual discussion on the future of homeownership — facilitated by David Steckel from Setter. It is a discussion, not a webinar…. so limited to 15-20 participants. If you are a founder/operator working on a…

Four killer real estate domain names are on the market… House.com HomeRefinancing.com HomeFinance.com PropertyRental.com That collective lot of domains are worth a pretty penny in SEO value. Who is interested? If so, contact Robert Davis via email at [email protected]. PS: If you find out what…

[Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the conclusions from the category product review series for the small landlord property management software sector. The full conclusions can be found here. Originally published in the Geek Estate Mastermind.] the act of partnering to improve the landlord experience. Succeeding…

[Note from the editor: We publish a Weekly Transmission for Geek Estate Mastermind members that consists of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is a sample Transmission about a company I’m…

The novel coronavirus may stop us from leaving our houses (temporarily), but it can’t stop us from continuing to build a global community across all borders. This seems like a good time to share a relevant project as the entire travel industry has been decimated…

Tim Hedberg from Motivo produced a short documentary about the exodus of families from urban centers like Seattle and the role zoning plays in that trend. While zoning is intended to create more affordable housing in large cities in response to growing demand, many families are being priced out…

For those hiring, there’s a great list of Opendoor alum that were unfortunately impacted by the recent lay-offs curated/aggregated by the Opendoor community. The individuals are broken out by category: ENGINEERING, PRODUCT, DESIGN, DATA SCIENCE OPERATIONS MTTG / BIZ OPS / FIN Interested? Check them all…

[Editor’s note: These are the conclusions from the category product review series for the small landlord property management software sector. Originally published in the GEM Diamond.] From the outset of our category product review series—a test of the value of business intelligence as a service—we took…

[Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the conclusions from the category product review series for the small landlord property management software sector. It answers two of the questions posed in the introduction. Originally published in the Geek Estate Mastermind.] Are backend landlord tools and…