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Location Intelligence. Pilgrim SDK, by Foursquare

Location Intelligence. Pilgrim SDK, by Foursquare

We all know real estate is about location, location, location. Did I mention location? There’s a new set of location intelligence development tools available from Foursquare, which released their Pilgrim SDK this week (which they refer to as a contextual awareness engine). More information can be found here….

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Alphabet Soup – The Acronym Conundrum

Alphabet Soup – The Acronym Conundrum

I recently started a new job, and while getting the lay of the land regarding my role and responsibilities, I have made a commitment to myself and the new clients I will work with in the future. It’s time to dump the alphabet soup and…

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VR Eye Candy

VR Eye Candy

Videos like this (from Evara VR) get me more excited about the future of virtual reality… That said, we’re still extremely early days when it comes to VR/AI/bots.

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Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Bud Hovell from SyndaFeed

Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Bud Hovell from SyndaFeed

In our latest real estate tech interview, we’re talking with Bud Hovell from SyndaFeed. I first spoke with Bud back in while Zillow was first setting up our feeds program for brokerages. I published this post in September of 2007, and SyndaFeed is one of the syndication companies…

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Making Home Ownership More Accessible, and More on Partial Home Ownership

Making Home Ownership More Accessible, and More on Partial Home Ownership

You may know I’m fascinated by the topic of partial equity home ownership. I got to thinking about the topic again the other day after listening to the Real Estate — Ownership, Asset, Economy a16z podcast. (via Greg Fischer). A few random, unorganized thoughts… Where’s the…

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Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Vinny LaBarbera from imFORZA

Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Vinny LaBarbera from imFORZA

In our latest real estate tech interview, we’re talking with Vinny LaBarbera from  imFORZA. Based in Los Angeles, imFORZA has been doing websites and internet marketing in the real estate industry for over a decade. If memory serves me correctly, I first spoke with him back…

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Building Community in Apartment Buildings

Building Community in Apartment Buildings

Given my own passion for community building, it’s probably no surprise I love everything about this mornings Evergrey newsletter (& blog post): People talk about how there’s no sense of community in their [apartment] buildings,” Stephanie said. “Not in the buildings I manage.” … Some years…

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MetaProp NYC Demo: hOM

MetaProp NYC Demo: hOM

hOM was part of MetaProp’s latest class, and Francesca Loftus (who I met at Inman in January) recently presented at the 2017 demo day. hOM partners with residential landlords to deliver group fitness classes in under-utilized space — in order to increase retention (reduce tenant turnover). (for those receiving this…

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Meet The RE Tech Entrepreneur: Jay Maharaj from ClientLinkt

Meet The RE Tech Entrepreneur: Jay Maharaj from ClientLinkt

In our latest real estate tech interview, we’re talking with the CEO of ClientLinkt, Jay Maharaj. What do You Do? I’m the co-founder and CEO at ClientLinkt. We build branded smartphone apps for real estate agents & offices to stay connected with clients and showcase their expertise…

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Connecting Adventurers, Travelers And Homebuyers Through A Mobile App?

Connecting Adventurers, Travelers And Homebuyers Through A Mobile App?

I recently attended a luxury real estate conference on Oahu and enjoyed a presentation by Michela O’Connor Abrams, President and CEO of Dwell who discussed lifestyle home ownership trends. She mentioned that many of the people purchasing second homes were people in their 40’s and 50’s making over…

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