Facebook launched Notify today (see Product Hunt discussion here). I left the following comment on Product Hunt: This is an attempt to be a better way to consume news…which is basically what Twitter is already. My question is whether there is enough sources that “matter”…

Revaluate is focused on giving you everything you want to know prior to buying (or renting) a new property (see coverage here). Formerly focused exclusively on New York city, the site is now available in the San Francisco market. They developed a pretty nifty map of the most livable…

PocketList launched today (see here). Pocket listings is a topic I’ve written about several times, and think about “off market” dynamics on a daily basis since Horizon is essentially a marketplace for off the market hospitality exchange. A few thoughts after playing with the app this morning:…

For some background on the topic of the universal property ID (UPID), read Rob’s post as well as Michael Wurzer’s post that Rob responded to. First, let me be clear: I 100% agree there is value to be had with a universal identifier of properties. Not having…

Sounds like another agent/broker portal is in the works: Agent Invitation. I hope they study other attempts at agent portals, and have a clear strategy. On their blog, I see the following numerous times: We’re for Brokers, Agents and Consumers. I’ve read a few of their…

It’s no surprise I’m a huge huge fan of what I saw from BoutiqueRE this morning… .@givebackhomes #forsocialgood @RajQsar @cboladian For Every Home We Sell, We Help Build A Home!! pic.twitter.com/2Xrlrkxh2m — The Boutique RE (@TheBoutiqueRE) October 31, 2015 Why aren’t you doing the same…

Given real estate and travel are the two industries I know best (if “community” is an industry, that would be in the list too), I’m quite intrigued with Breather. It’s value proposition is to book a peaceful, convenient room whenever you need it. Especially as…

HomeCanvasr, one of the many attempts to put a marketplace around pocketlistings, launched a new site this week. notonstreeteasy.com Ballsy guerrilla marketing move. I like it. The team also launched HomeCanvasr 2.0 and raised a round of funding, which you can read about here.

….read this.

A few months ago, I was looking for a fast, easy (and preferably, cheap) way to come up with a new business logo for a website I was creating. In my past experience with starting new real estate websites and business ventures, I used to shell out hundreds…