This presentation by Fred Ehrsam (CEO of CoinBase) was shared on AVC yesterday, and I thought it was worth highlighting here. While I don’t think many people will be buying houses with BitCoin anytime soon, I do think the technology can enable some interesting businesses for new agent/broker…

allre is the latest to try to help home owners buy and sell. Of course, OpenDoor is another recent entrant in the “buy and sell homes online” camp. Allre recently presented at TechCrunch Disrupt: Sell or Buy a House Online for Free on Allre My…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Jay Sherer, Founder of HelloAgent. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? It depends entirely on who you ask. If you ask my boss (our founder), I’m a…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to John Thomas, CEO of Deductr. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I love growing small businesses! I also love technology. So I’ve spent over 20 years…

There is a Tinder for virtually every industry. Including real estate. What about a Tinder for Real Estate Agents? This would be a drop dead simple app to design and build, as it would need only about 5 total screens. What would the primary screens contain?…

Congrats to the BoomTown! team for closing their new round of capital. $20.1 million is a heck of a big infusion of capital. I would guess the success of Zillow and Trulia in the public markets was part of the bigger story & vision to investors….

ListHub and Point2 have long been the major listing syndicators of the real estate industry. They represent a substantial chunk of properties on Zillow and Trulia (soon to be one in the same). They were our largest feed providers when I left Zillow in 2010, and I…

Someone landed on Geek Estate the other day, with the following search query: the truth about real estate automated valuation websites I’m not sure exactly what they are looking for, but they should know AVM’s (automated valuation model) have been around for years & used…

Referrals are pretty much the best lead you can get, since someone is introducing you to a potential client with their stamp of approval/trust. Whether or not you make money from referrals (I know some refuse to monetize that process), virtually every agent desires to find a trusted, qualified agent…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Imraan Ali, co-founder of NuOffer. Without further ado, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? I’ve been a practicing Realtor in Los Angeles for 10 years and am a co-founder and…