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.

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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…

I came across Pockettour this morning (source). It’s a travel agency built completely on top of Viber (a messaging app if you aren’t familiar with it). A travel agency and a real estate brokerage aren’t that vastly different. Both involve a professional with deep knowledge helping…

Some of you know community, travel, and giving back are what makes me tick. My startup, Horizon, is a blend of all three. Some of you also know there is a Geek Estate community on Horizon (the unlock code is “geekestate2015”) to help members of this community find…

Some of you may have seen the news that Realogy has made a strategic investment into Estately (I saw the news on GeekWire). Galen is another real estate tech entrepreneur based here in the Seattle area, which of course is home to Zillow, Redfin, & MarketLeader….

I came across Burner Connections this morning. I’ll be honest, I thought it was some sort of networking app for Burners when I first saw the name — but think of it as “apps for your phone number”. I’m curious to see whether any real estate use…