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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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Sustainable Development Projects Investment Opportunity

Sustainable Development Projects Investment Opportunity

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Circular] Circular, a new real estate company, is developing an ecosystem of sustainability-driven projects across agriculture, hospitality and housing that capitalizes on the unique economic and environmental benefits…

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San Francisco Fintech/Proptech Symposium 2024

San Francisco Fintech/Proptech Symposium 2024

In the face of rising rates over the past couple years, RealKey aims to reignite the fintech and proptech communities in San Francisco by hosting a series of exclusive networking events across the city. One of which will be the Fintech/Proptech Symposium coming up on…

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More than Just Words: AI Tools Suite for Better Real Estate Transactions

More than Just Words: AI Tools Suite for Better Real Estate Transactions

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Purlin] Purlin offers a suite of AI tools that improves efficiency in real estate transactions by facilitating communication and collaboration among real estate agents, clients, and settlement providers….

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Crowdfunding Campaign for Resettled Refugee Rental Marketplace

Crowdfunding Campaign for Resettled Refugee Rental Marketplace

ReHome is a marketplace platform that helps resettled refugees by accelerating successful matches with secure rental homes. They help landlords and resettlement agencies bridge the gaps in their communications and clearly align timelines. They are currently raising funds to expand their mission to power the…

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Vertical Software Benchmarking

Vertical Software Benchmarking

For those interested in benchmarking your company’s stack, Michael Yang and the team at OMERS Ventures are partnering with Mosaic, Benchmarkit and Luke Sophinos to gather the data for a set of cross-industry benchmarks for vertical SaaS and software businesses. By participating in this survey, you’ll help yourselves and other founders like you: Know your goalposts…

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Efficient Real Estate Deal Management

Efficient Real Estate Deal Management

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Trackxi] Trackxi is a real estate deal management software platform for real estate agents and teams. It simplifies deal management and task tracking with the following offerings: Transaction…

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Next Gen Applications for Home Investment Optimization

Next Gen Applications for Home Investment Optimization

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Kukun]Kukun is a real estate data, analytics, and applications platform solving the client loyalty challenge that the real estate and mortgage industries face. The company provides proprietary data…

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2025 REACH Canada Applications Now Open

2025 REACH Canada Applications Now Open

REACH operates a variety of accelerator programs around the globe, created and operated by Second Century Ventures and backed by NAR. The program offers education, mentorship and exposure for technology companies working to scale their businesses across residential and commercial real estate markets and expand…

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GEM Diamond Group Mastermind: Adoption through Broker/Franchise Partnerships

GEM Diamond Group Mastermind: Adoption through Broker/Franchise Partnerships

Rolling into summer filled with sunny weather and family vacations means fewer people will be out on the industry circuit connecting in person (myself included). Between now and the busy fall travel season, we’ll be curating more virtual events for the GEM Diamond membership base….

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Pay-at-Close Home Prep Credit Line in Your Pocket

Pay-at-Close Home Prep Credit Line in Your Pocket

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Notable] Notable provides a pay-at-close line of credit to home sellers, helping them prepare their homes for the market to get a higher ROI. This service allows sellers…

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