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Enabling Online Presence Superpowers

Enabling Online Presence Superpowers

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Real Grader] Real Grader is a Digital Agency that measures, manages, and optimizes the online reputation of real estate professionals across search engines, social media, and dedicated real…

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Outsourcing a Comprehensive Office Lactation Suite

Outsourcing a Comprehensive Office Lactation Suite

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Work & Mother] Work & Mother offers a commercial lactation suite amenity for office building landlords and owners. Its outsourced mother’s room suites for commercial office buildings furnished…

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Unlock Pending Commissions Like a Line of Credit

Unlock Pending Commissions Like a Line of Credit

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Tongo] Tongo provides brokers and agents with a way to access pending commissions with an Agent-Line-of-Credit where they only borrow what they need and only pay back when…

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A Gradual Ownership Model

A Gradual Ownership Model

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Summer] Summer is a vacation property market company whose “try before you buy” model helps owners purchase vacation properties and rent them out when not in use. Through…

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The Check Engine Light for Residential Properties

The Check Engine Light for Residential Properties

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Dwellwell Analytics] An IoT monitoring and early warning maintenance platform for residential properties, Dwellwell Analytics identifies smaller, hidden concerns before the problem eventually becomes bigger, more expensive, or…

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Meet The Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Michael Bonacina from Virtual Staging AI

Meet The Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Michael Bonacina from Virtual Staging AI

In this week’s founder interview, we’re bringing you Michael Bonacina from Virtual Staging AI. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I am the Co-Founder and CEO of Virtual Staging AI. We’re a startup from the Harvard Innovation Lab that developed…

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Proptech Job Opportunity: Real Estate Partner at Unwritten Capital

Proptech Job Opportunity: Real Estate Partner at Unwritten Capital

We have a job opportunity to share from a member of the GEM, Unwritten Capital, an investment firm that plays at the intersection of real estate and technology Real Estate Partner (job description): About the firm Unwritten Capital is an investment firm that plays at…

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Bookkeeping as the Antidote to Property Management

Bookkeeping as the Antidote to Property Management

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: APM Help] Even tech-enabled property managers are just property managers and people-problems are impossible to solve with software alone. Enter APM Help, a team of software experts providing…

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Revive’s New Vision AI Launch Party

Revive’s New Vision AI Launch Party

Revive, a home concierge service that identifies and executes pre-sale home improvements, has announced it’s latest product release, Vision AI, a computer vision and machine learning listing tool. On September 7th, they will be hosting a launch party with a live demo at their Irvine…

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Restb.ai named the 2023 Inman Innovator Award Winner for Top Technology

Restb.ai named the 2023 Inman Innovator Award Winner for Top Technology

Congratulations to Restb.ai, a computer vision and AI solutions provider for the real estate industry, for being named the 2023 Inman Innovator Award Winner for Top Technology at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Using AI-powered technology to automatically analyze property imagery, Restb.ai’s computer vision provides visual…

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