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…

Mass Code of Ethics confusion is the best way to describe what happened when I inquired in a Facebook Group about an ethics violation another Broker said I committed during our negotiation when I requested he reduce his commission. Many said it was an ethics…

For those in Seattle, there’s an event this week at General Assembly you may be interested in: Disrupting Real estate. When: Wednesday, 9 November — 6:30 – 8:30 pm PST Where: GA Seattle — 1218 Third Ave, 3rd Floor, Seattle , WA 98101 There are 5 panelists from the…

This post is not going to be an intensive Pipedrive review, and I am not going to mention any other CRMs that I tried that I had problems with. What I will go over is why I really like Pipedrive and have no plans to…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to David Hermann from Sun Number (which I recently covered), a company that analyzes solar potential for homes around the country, based in Denver. What do you do? We have developed an automated process that accurately…

I always love seeing support for Giveback Homes… Well done Katie Maxwell and Intero Houston.

Every year (starting in 2011), I think someone is going to solve the real estate CRM problem. It’s certainly not an easy opportunity to execute on, for many reasons I’ve previously outlined. Years later, there’s still no clear dominant vendor. I’ve been consulting for 360modern.com,…

Elon Musk presented the Solar Roof with integrated batteries by Tesla the other day… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqSkR4ENAg Wicked cool technology to help increase dependence on sustainable energy sources. I continue to be beyond impressed with Musk’s ambition and execution.