Congrats on Revaluate’s continued progress (see here for more details). Below is Chris Drayer’ Boomtown demo day presentation…

I know Geek Estate has are a fair number of international readers, but it’s not often we analyze/discuss international real estate. Today, I wanted to touch on the #3 real estate portal in Australia, Homely.com.au, and their most recent product release, Premier Agent. Homey’s primary differentiator is a faster, easier real estate search with no…

The answer is surprisingly simple. Start hustling and build one. Now, go read this, this, and this. (the question in the title, “How to Start in Real Estate Without a Sphere of Influence”,  is one which I found in this site’s analytics as a source of…

Arnold Waldstein wrote an interesting post the other day titled “Can you platform community?“. It’s a topic I think about non stop, given community is what I’m most passionate about enabling in this world. I KNOW community changes lives for the better, and if I…

I saw Earth Enable last night, and thought it quite a fascinating project. It’s not really real estate technology, but it has a real estate angle (flooring in Rwanda) and worth sharing nonetheless. 80% of Rwandans and over one billion people worldwide live in homes…

Google announced a new mortgage shopping product in late November. Partly powered by Zillow, it’s an advertising tool for lenders and a product comparison tool for consumers. Zillow already has the products, interest rates, and reviews of nationwide lenders across its mortgage shopping system. It…

I came across HTML to WordPress on Product Hunt this morning. Those of you who have deployed custom WordPress sites know the process is first to design a PSD, then slice that into CSS/HTML, and then connect that to an actual WordPress theme. HTML to…

I am a firm believer that someone will create a great AVM that will rapidly replace human input into the valuation process. As we’ve seen with advances like self-driving cars, computers are better at assessing risks, reacting to local conditions, and, in many cases, making…

The website for Enetai Beach is gorgeous, as is the video. Well done, Pete and Anne. Well Done.

On the heals of the recent news by Surefield, another Seattle-based brokerage you have probably heard about – Redfin – announced their own Automed Home Price Estimates today. You can type in an address here, and you’ll end up on a property page such as…