I came across myakronneighborhood.com via a retweet of this tweet from Gahlord. Having spent a fair amount of time thinking about neighborhoods while working at Zillow (see here, here, and here), this is an interesting approach. For the brokerages out there, perhaps you should consider…

I read Brian’s “The Real Estate Moment” blog post this morning… Pepsi created meaning around sugar water. Imagine what we could do with Homeownership. What cultural moment could a real estate brand seize upon to create a new connection with people? Who might be bold…

The other day I saw a Century 21 commercial on television. It was one of the “Smarter. Bolder. Faster.” iterations, though I can’t remember specifically which one (shows how memorable it was, right?). That got me thinking… What does “Smarter. Bolder. Faster.” mean — to…

Did you know more than a billion people in the world live in slums like this… I don’t know about you, but I believe that’s a problem worth addressing. Along with Giveback Homes and New Story, there’s another organization focused on the intersection of housing…

I’ve written about New Story before, and had the chance to meet Alexandria and Brett in New York in January. Alexandria was recently interviewed on the Social Entrepreneur podcast (which I’ve been listening to religiously since I was on it). Listen away…

…is an article that’ll be written by someone in 10 years. Based on what Dennis Schaal at Skift just did to detail the history of online travel & the impacts on the broader industry, the bar is high. He just put out a 40,000 word piece on…

I mentioned in March Horizon now supports sublet opportunities. This morning, we shipped an incredibly important update to Horizon’s iOS — the ability to actually find those sublets. You can now sort your city results by accommodation type (which includes a sublet filter). Efficiently finding hosts with the right type…

There are only 4 real estate professionals who are members of Giveback Homes in Seattle. What’s up with that? For such a socially conscious city home to organizations such as Gates Foundation, Global Partnerships, and Fred Hutch — I’m disappointed. I wanted to give huge props…

Something to think on this Tuesday morning…Slock.it. Is there a residential real estate sales angle to this technology?

The real estate industry sees its fair share of startups looking to “disrupt” the real estate industry. That sounds great, but it’s not a strategy. Here’s a good read on the subject.