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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You is Now, A Real Estate Accelerator in Berlin

You is Now, A Real Estate Accelerator in Berlin

You is Now is a startup accelerator based in Berlin. I asked Sebastian Oehmigen to answer a few questions about the program to give founders more insight into the value proposition and what to expect. Why should real estate tech founders choose You is Now? Our biggest…

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An Interview with Brian Requarth from VivaReal

An Interview with Brian Requarth from VivaReal

For the founders reading, I came across an interview on Entrepreneur Abroad with Brian Requarth that I thought worth sharing. Brian is a founder of Vivareal, the largest real estate portal in Brazil. ‘EP 0.15 VivaReal: The Next Billion Dollar Startup with Brian Requarth’ on #SoundCloud…

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Gifts for Real Estate Agents (Realtors) in 2015

Gifts for Real Estate Agents (Realtors) in 2015

Are you looking for gift ideas for real estate agents (aka Realtors) this upcoming holiday season? Those who know me, know I’m not the biggest fan of consumerism (read this post I wrote on Christmas day in 2010). Thus, in 2015, please don’t spend money purchasing…

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Revaluate’s Demo Day Presentation

Revaluate’s Demo Day Presentation

Congrats on Revaluate’s continued progress (see here for more details). Below is Chris Drayer’ Boomtown demo day presentation…

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Homely’s Launch of Premier Agent in Australia

Homely’s Launch of Premier Agent in Australia

I know Geek Estate has are a fair number of international readers, but it’s not often we analyze/discuss international real estate. Today, I wanted to touch on the #3 real estate portal in Australia, Homely.com.au, and their most recent product release, Premier Agent. Homey’s primary differentiator is a faster, easier real estate search with no…

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How to Start in Real Estate Without a Sphere of Influence?

How to Start in Real Estate Without a Sphere of Influence?

The answer is surprisingly simple. Start hustling and build one. Now, go read this, this, and this. (the question in the title, “How to Start in Real Estate Without a Sphere of Influence”,  is one which I found in this site’s analytics as a source of…

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Can You “Platform” Community?

Can You “Platform” Community?

Arnold Waldstein wrote an interesting post the other day titled “Can you platform community?“. It’s a topic I think about non stop, given community is what I’m most passionate about enabling in this world. I KNOW community changes lives for the better, and if I…

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Earth Enable – Building Better Floors in Rwanda

Earth Enable – Building Better Floors in Rwanda

I saw Earth Enable last night, and thought it quite a fascinating project. It’s not really real estate technology, but it has a real estate angle (flooring in Rwanda) and worth sharing nonetheless. 80% of Rwandans and over one billion people worldwide live in homes…

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HTML to WordPress

HTML to WordPress

I came across HTML to WordPress on Product Hunt this morning. Those of you who have deployed custom WordPress sites know the process is first to design a PSD, then slice that into CSS/HTML, and then connect that to an actual WordPress theme. HTML to…

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Fantastic Presentation of Enetai Beach

Fantastic Presentation of Enetai Beach

The website for Enetai Beach is gorgeous, as is the video. Well done, Pete and Anne. Well Done.

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