I wrote about empathy last night. Unrelated to that occurrence, but related to the topic, I watched a TED talk today that everyone should watch — Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided: [via TED]

Some of you may know that the Broker Public Portal recently hit its initial funding milestone. I just looked at the website again. The most prominent message on the page… NATIONAL MLS CONSUMER FACING WEBSITE I still don’t get the investment strategy. The web is 20…

I just watched a TED talk with Theaster Gates about reviving neglected neighborhoods through art. It’s worth watching: I wrote about the concept of a startup house this weekend. The motivator for building either an art hub or a startup house is the exact same: building local community….

Certainly there is no shortage of money in the technology sector, and that’s growing rather than shrinking. Real estate agents and brokers want to reach relocation clients moving to town for those extremely high-paying jobs. I wrote about being the “start-up agent” in 2013. It’s still…

From Coldwell Banker: Well done. More background on how this campaign came to be:

I often hear from readers that they love the geeky startup stuff (like this) I write from my own experience with Oh Hey World / Horizon. So here’s another one of those. I came across Kipo tonight via a posting inside a Facebook group I…

Some of you may have seen Open Listings, part of the current Y Combinator batch. The TechCrunch headline: YC-Backed Open Listings Enables Home Buyers To Purchase Houses Without Real Estate Agents Yeah, that’s not going to go over too well with the industry. But that’s…

[Disclosure: HomeZada is sponsoring Geek Estate this month, and this is a sponsored post. That said, HomeZada did not have any editorial say over this article; all opinions and words are my own.] I get pitched a lot of products. Many of them are just slightly…

Regulars know that I’ve written about the idea of a “Hacker News for Real Estate“. I still think it would be cool if something like that existed, and had a community using it daily. The “community” aspect of it is easier said than done of…

All you industry insiders should certainly read Rob Hahn’s most recent post that digs into whether Zillow is truly a company that will reach a $50 billion valuation. I honestly have no idea what the long term valuation will be, but do have one word to add to…