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We love real estate & tech. Geek Estate's "business" is helping members of "the GEM" succeed, and this publication is not run by journalists. Established 2007.

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A New Kind of Asset

A New Kind of Asset

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Buyside.] Buyside is a Philadelphia based data analytics and marketing company that brings transparency to the demand side of real estate transactions through the centralization of anonymous buyers in…

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A Brokerage with Financial Superpowers

A Brokerage with Financial Superpowers

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Flyhomes.] Flyhomes is a tech-enabled real estate brokerage that boosts the financing power for its clients with products such as Cash Offers and Guaranteed Offers, as well as Trade…

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A Partner in the Journey from Early Stage to Exit

A Partner in the Journey from Early Stage to Exit

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: MetaProp.] Founded in 2015 by Zach Aarons and Aaron Block in New York, MetaProp is one of the world’s most established venture capital firms focused exclusively on the prop…

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The Real Estate Marketing Tool

The Real Estate Marketing Tool

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: 1parkplace.] 1ParkPlace has been designing marketing solutions for real estate agents and brokers since 1995. Some of their services include: professional consultation and business incubation, real estate recruiting and…

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Creating the Bridge Between Broker and Agent

Creating the Bridge Between Broker and Agent

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Nest Realty.] Formed during the 2008 housing bubble crisis by Jonathan Kauffmann, Keith Davis and Jim Duncan, Nest believes in the partnership between a brokerage and an agent by…

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Finding the Needle in the Haystack of Brokers

Finding the Needle in the Haystack of Brokers

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Peer Reputation.] Peer Reputation uses anonymous post-settlement reviews between cooperating agents to qualify agent quality. Through a network for agents and brokers, their mission is to identify and promote…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Clark Jacobs from FlexDesk

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Clark Jacobs from FlexDesk

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Clark Jacobs from FlexDesk. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Clark Jacobs and I am the Co-Founder & CEO of FlexDesk, which is a marketplace platform to list and…

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Search Across Everything

Search Across Everything

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Zenlist.] Zenlist is a collaborative search experience for agents and their clients that supplements MLS inventory with pocket/coming soon listings. Their collaboration experience is tailored to include all members…

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The Savvy Way to be Seen

The Savvy Way to be Seen

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Savvy Syndication.] Savvy Syndication is a listing syndication service for residential, commercial, for-sale or for-rent (including apartment rental listings) listings, serving brokerages and agents since 2007. They work with…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Tom Rossiter from RESAAS

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Tom Rossiter from RESAAS

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Tom Rossiter from RESAAS. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Tom Rossiter and I am the CEO of RESAAS, the world’s largest real estate technology platform. Prior to that,…

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