I was made aware of REX this week. It’s a decentralized listing marketplace, which includes a token currency. Why is it being created? According to them: IT’S 2017, AND CONSUMERS HAVE SPOKEN Traditional methods used to buy and sell real estate have failed to keep…

As I’ve grown older, I’ve grown more jaded — and I think that’s come through more than I’d like in my writing recently. There’s a fine line between negative and truthful. I’ve never wanted Geek Estate to push “rah rah every one, every startup, and every idea…

I wrote “Here Ye, Here Ye, Read All About it” 4 years ago. The noise hasn’t gone away. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s gotten exponentially worse (that’s the time suck economy at work). From Seth Godin: Today, because noise is everywhere, we’re all surrounded…

The following question is from Ryan Gullet with EGA Homes: I am wondering if you know of any systems for seller reports where they are automated and they can give the most accurate numbers for how a listing is doing? Something that pulls from the…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the CEO from Easyknock, Jarred Kessler. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO of Easyknock and an investor in startups. I am the jack of all trades in the company and on…

The first true “product” I brought into the world — Oh Hey World — failed. That’s a bit hard to stomach. We contemplated and tried many, many pivots (such as a focus on relocation). Ultimately, the product didn’t solve an urgent or frequent problem for a…

I wrote about a podcast with Tristan Harris I listened to in February. It’s very, very clear — the race for attention is not going away. Friends, family, politicians, startups, apps, websites, work, Netflix, etc. Yesterday, I listened to his presentation at the Code conference and…

Rob got me thinking… while Zillow is the #1 website in the real estate category, I’m willing to bet that most consumers don’t start searching there. I think they start searching on Google and go from there. So… say it with me: Google Instant Offer….

From Fred Glick: I am wondering if you know of any system for documents for a transaction where the buyers/sellers, etc. have a dashboard that they can look at in addition to calendar reminders? There are systems now for the mortgage biz, makes sense for…

Jim Klinge in San Diego (klingerealty.com) asked me a question I’d like to pose to the Geek Estate community: I’m looking for an IDX solution that includes solds. We signed up with Boomtown to help facilitate our Zillow leads . It works as advertised – we…