Revaluate is focused on giving you everything you want to know prior to buying (or renting) a new property (see coverage here). Formerly focused exclusively on New York city, the site is now available in the San Francisco market. They developed a pretty nifty map of the most livable…

PocketList launched today (see here). Pocket listings is a topic I’ve written about several times, and think about “off market” dynamics on a daily basis since Horizon is essentially a marketplace for off the market hospitality exchange. A few thoughts after playing with the app this morning:…

For some background on the topic of the universal property ID (UPID), read Rob’s post as well as Michael Wurzer’s post that Rob responded to. First, let me be clear: I 100% agree there is value to be had with a universal identifier of properties. Not having…

Sounds like another agent/broker portal is in the works: Agent Invitation. I hope they study other attempts at agent portals, and have a clear strategy. On their blog, I see the following numerous times: We’re for Brokers, Agents and Consumers. I’ve read a few of their…

It’s no surprise I’m a huge huge fan of what I saw from BoutiqueRE this morning… .@givebackhomes #forsocialgood @RajQsar @cboladian For Every Home We Sell, We Help Build A Home!! pic.twitter.com/2Xrlrkxh2m — The Boutique RE (@TheBoutiqueRE) October 31, 2015 Why aren’t you doing the same…

Given real estate and travel are the two industries I know best (if “community” is an industry, that would be in the list too), I’m quite intrigued with Breather. It’s value proposition is to book a peaceful, convenient room whenever you need it. Especially as…

HomeCanvasr, one of the many attempts to put a marketplace around pocketlistings, launched a new site this week. notonstreeteasy.com Ballsy guerrilla marketing move. I like it. The team also launched HomeCanvasr 2.0 and raised a round of funding, which you can read about here.

….read this.

I came across Pockettour this morning (source). It’s a travel agency built completely on top of Viber (a messaging app if you aren’t familiar with it). A travel agency and a real estate brokerage aren’t that vastly different. Both involve a professional with deep knowledge helping…

Some of you know community, travel, and giving back are what makes me tick. My startup, Horizon, is a blend of all three. Some of you also know there is a Geek Estate community on Horizon (the unlock code is “geekestate2015”) to help members of this community find…