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April Sponsor Showcase, Round 2

April Sponsor Showcase, Round 2

Thank you to our April sponsors… Remzy connects brokers and agents with off market homeowners. It’s time agents addressed the inventory supply problem and created a reliable and credible way to reach out to an off market homeowners. Remzy sends your offer or inquiry via…

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The Real Key to Great Product: Empathy

The Real Key to Great Product: Empathy

I read Why the best product managers don’t build the features their users ask for the other day, as a result of seeing a Re-Tweet by Greg Fischer of this tweet. Building product is what I do and, hence, something I think about constantly. The…

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Real Estate and Skunk Works Departments

Real Estate and Skunk Works Departments

I’ve been working within the fast-paced, risk-loving, fail-fast worlds of four different real estate industry startups for the the last 10+ years. I founded them all but three were bootstrapped and one was VC-backed. And while two of them went nowhere and two others resulted…

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Is the House Only Half Of It?

Is the House Only Half Of It?

Trulia has released a new ad campaign…The House is Only Half Of It. Ad #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzOKR6iOfE Ad #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-aEsOhIdlM I’ve long wondered why Zillow Group continues to throw marketing dollars at commercials for Trulia, given Zillow is clearly the stronger consumer brand. This ad campaign seems…

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Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Sasha Hryciuk from Loft47

Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Sasha Hryciuk from Loft47

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Sasha Hryciuk from Loft47. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder and CEO at Loft47. I lead a team that improves the back office for Real Estate brokerages. Our web based…

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The Broker / Startup Strategic Argument Against Standardized Feed Platforms

The Broker / Startup Strategic Argument Against Standardized Feed Platforms

There’s a number of arguments for the use of standardized MLS data feeds across many MLS’ by real estate brokerages and startups: Compliance is a pain in the ass. Legal is a pain in the ass. Every MLS feed contains different fields, which ends up being a…

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Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Jack FitzGerald from Disrupt Property

Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Jack FitzGerald from Disrupt Property

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jack FitzGerald from Disrupt Property. Without further ado… What do you do? Disrupt Property is a global database of real estate tech start-ups organised according to asset class (residential, office and retail) and category….

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April Sponsor Showcase, Round 1

April Sponsor Showcase, Round 1

Thank you to our April sponsors… Remzy connects brokers and agents with off market homeowners. It’s time agents addressed the inventory supply problem and created a reliable and credible way to reach out to an off market homeowners. Remzy sends your offer or inquiry via…

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More on Chatbots

More on Chatbots

You likely know I’ve been thinking about bots recently. For those curious about the topic, I encourage to to read Inside chatbots’ year of growing pain: We’re at an inflection point on Marketing Land. Like I said, I do see potential for bots. I just…

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My Favorite Topic – Trust

My Favorite Topic – Trust

Trust is the topic I think about more than any other. It’s the entire basis of Horizon. If we don’t solve trust in the context of home sharing and hospitality exchange, we fail. Seth Godin wrote on the topic recently, saying: The thing is, almost…

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