$210 million for OpenDoor. Wow. From Forbes: Opendoor is betting that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans who value the certainty of a sale over getting the highest price. I’ve long thought that to be true (see my comment), and it’s one reason I…

I read Greg Fischer’s latest blog post here, and it ended with a video you should all watch. It’s Nate Bowling (2016 Washington Teacher of the Year) talking about law enforcement, education, real estate — the three most critical forces building/shaping communities. Honestly, it’s long (40…

It’s no secret I’m bullish on Point; it’s one of the few startups I’ve genuinely excited about. Partial equity home ownership will fundamentally change the way real estate has been done for decades by the majority of buyers/sellers. That said, there are certainly risks — both to…

As you probably already know, I’ve been evaluating CRMs the last couple weeks. The use case we were looking to solve for 360modern is tracking leads/prospects and convert them to buyer/seller clients — giving us visibility into future cashflow (closings) in the process. We were specifically not looking…

  Good Listing Photos Are Critical According to Realtor magazine, it is the number one thing buyers are looking for when browsing your website. When I reviewed some Hotjar recordings from my website, the thing that stood out right away was my photos were not…

Has anyone heard about — or used — REDX for prospecting leads?

Bad real estate marketing tips can feel like a hamster wheel. It is just going around in a circle with no real direction. PPC campaigns and social media advertising is great for exposure,but they often have horrible conversion rates. Recent content on GeekEstate has done…

I am guilty of making every possible mistake someone could make while building a local real estate search portal. If you have a real estate web site or are thinking about building one, I hope this list of lessons learned can save you a few…

I’ve been evaluating Pipedrive, on Bryn’s recommendation. I logged in the other day for the first time, and was greeted at a uber clean interface. One simple pipeline. It’s clear the product is meant to do one thing — pipeline analysis — really, really well. Given…

I’m testing a “Zap” that automatically submits information from Gravity forms into Pipedrive (which I’m currently evaluating as a potential CRM for 360modern.com) as a deal in our pipeline. There are all sorts of integrations supported, from Gmail to GitHub to Stripe. Is anyone else…