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4 Ways to Make a City More Walkable

4 Ways to Make a City More Walkable

I think it’s inevitable many cities will become more walkable than they are today. Here’s a Ted talk by Jeff Speck I watched this weekend that will give you some ideas on how that’s being done…

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Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Grant Findlay-Shirras from Parkbench

Meet the RE Tech Entrepreneur: Grant Findlay-Shirras from Parkbench

In our latest real estate tech interview, we’re talking with Grant Findlay-Shirras from Parkbench. Based in Toronto, Parkbench is neighborhood news platform. I met Grant in New York and had a chance to talk through their product and business model a bit. Having worked at Zillow, launched local…

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mHUBChicago: A Chicago Innovation Hub

mHUBChicago: A Chicago Innovation Hub

I wrote about the possibility of real estate brokers investing in innovation centers a few months ago. mHub is a brand new innovation center for physical products just opened in Chicago. It’s official! Physical product #innovation center @mhubchicago officially opens its doors #GomHUBChicagopic.twitter.com/FiU4bUbDC1 — WorldBusinessChicago…

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MetaProp NYC Demo: Enertiv

MetaProp NYC Demo: Enertiv

For the commercial property managers/investors reading, you may be interested in watching Enertiv‘s MetaProp NYC demo day presentation. They monitor and report on energy usage in real time in the commercial, multifamily and industrial space. (for those receiving this via email, the video is here)

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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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