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Cloud MLX (via a Hack Week)

Cloud MLX (via a Hack Week)

W&R Studios team worked on a MLS search app, called Cloud MLX, at a recent “hack week”… the presentation is below. Read more about the hack week project in part 1 here and part 2 here.

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Q&A With Robin Leigh of Certified Charitable Giving Alliance

Q&A With Robin Leigh of Certified Charitable Giving Alliance

Another company I spoke with while in New York last week at Inman Connect’s Startup Alley was the Certified Charitable Giving Alliance (CCG Alliance). I spoke with co-founder and CEO, Robin Leigh, for a few minutes and learned a bit about her mission and organization. Since…

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GeekWire Interview: Zillow at 10 (with Rich, Lloyd, and Spencer)

GeekWire Interview: Zillow at 10 (with Rich, Lloyd, and Spencer)

It seems there is virtually unlimited desire for insight into that very, very large real estate company based in Seattle that starts with the magical letter “Z“. To satisfy that curiosity, John and Todd at GeekWire interviewed Zillow co-founders Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, along with…

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PrimoListing – Showcase Listings with Gorgeous Photos

PrimoListing – Showcase Listings with Gorgeous Photos

[Disclosure: PrimoListing is a sponsor of Geek Estate this month, and this is a sponsored post.] We all know — pictures speak 1,000 words. Buyers want to look at gorgeous photos, that’s no secret. (see here, here, and here). Are you giving them what they want…

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Naked Apartments Acquired by Zillow

Naked Apartments Acquired by Zillow

I just saw the news that Zillow Group acquired Naked Apartments for $13 million in cash. Zillow is definitely investing heavily in rentals. Current renters are tomorrow’s buyers, and they obviously realize it’s cheaper to acquire that traffic ahead of the pack rather than compete for it when they…

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MetaProp NYC Demo Day in NYC

MetaProp NYC Demo Day in NYC

I had the pleasure of attending the MetaProp NYC demo day last week on my trip to New York City. My take-aways from the event were several fold: The community MetaProp has built in one year is impressive. I’d say they got 100 people there at 9 am on…

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A Few Thoughts after at Week in NYC At Inman Connect

A Few Thoughts after at Week in NYC At Inman Connect

Last week was spent at Inman Connect in NYC. The primary reason for the trip was meeting with potential enterprise partners for the recently redesigned StreetAdvisor.com. The other part of my time there was spent helping my dear friends at Giveback Homes with their Startup…

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Parse Shuts Down – Alternatives?

Parse Shuts Down – Alternatives?

Parse is a “backend as a service”, supported by Facebook. We actually had been talking about switching the server side of Horizon to Parse off and on for the past year. It does geo fairly well out of the box (which is one of the areas we…

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CurbCall Acquired

CurbCall Acquired

Some of you may have seen the news that CurbCall got acquired last week. CurbCall launched a couple years ago as the “Uber for real estate“. When Seth told me he had found someone to acquire the company, my first question was of course “who?“….

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GiveBack Homes at Inman Connect

GiveBack Homes at Inman Connect

It’s no secret I’m a fan of Giveback Homes, as I’ve written about their organization numerous times. One of their co-founders, Caroline Pinal, will be speaking on stage on Thursday at Inman Connect, so don’t miss it if you’re attending the conference. There are a number of other…

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