I noticed this ad from Black Knight over on Inman today: The “Differentiation Begins with Data” caught my attention. The thing is, I’m not so sure that’s a true statement. I happen to believe the way to differentiate is more simplicity, and less data. What…

I thought I’d take a few minutes to highlight the companies taking part in MetaProp’s Pre Accelerator at Columbia University. The full list of companies: BlocPower (NYC) — Technology platform to make buildings and communities smarter, greener, and healthier. Doorport (NYC) — Starting with next-gen building…

Giveback Homes is helping Houston, and Placester is matching all donations up to $10,000 (current total is just north of $6k). The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has resulted in catastrophic and historic flooding. The needs are great. We know the real estate industry wants to…

You may have seen the news from Google Maps that they added “parking difficulty” coverage to 25 more cities (doubling coverage from 25 cities to 50). That of course got me thinking about the real estate use case for the difficulty of parking near a specific address….

The Global PropTech Awards are coming up in New York in October. The first annual Global PropTech Awards
 recognize individuals, technologies and organizations that have gone above and beyond to positively impact next generation PropTech. Finalists will be announced October 1st and Award Winners will be…

…this blog went away. What if I stopped writing entirely? Would you pay $5 per month to keep the blog going at its current rate of content (3-5 articles per week)? If not, what would have to change in the way of content to make that…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of ShowPal, Chad Torstenson. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the Founder and CEO of RoHo Technologies and our go to market brand ShowPal.  As a start up company…

Cozy released renter’s insurance last week. A seamless way for renter’s to get renter’s insurance, and landlords to verify their tenants are actually complying with their lease agreement. The percentage of renters who actually carry renter’s insurance is quite low. From the press release: we’ve seen evidence…

When I get pitches from PR pros and founders, it’s often under the pretense that I’m a journalist and my job is to write about their company. They haven’t done their research. If they had, they’d understand I’m not a reporter and have no plans to ever become…

I’m extremely impressed with what I’ve seen from RealScout. Some of you may have watched the interview with Bob Goldberg, conducted by RealScout’s CEO, Andrew Flachner (see his founder interview from 2014 here). If not, head over to Facebook and watch it here. The fact Andrew…