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…

If you’re currently working on an iOS app, or need a new one built from scratch, and short on development resources — I know a junior iOS engineer who is looking for some contract work right now. Shoot me an email if you’re interested. drew…

As I’ve written previously, the topic no one ever wants to touch in this industry is commissions. Yet I hear pitch after pitch from entrepreneurs on this topic. Changing consumer behavior is insanely difficult. I honestly have zero idea how long it will take (we’re talking years,…

Anything is possible. I believe that. In fact, I know that. Starting my start-up career at Zillow (see this for some perspective) was a very good and very bad pre-cursor for my entrepreneurial journey over the past few years. It was great in the fact that I now…

Retsly (Zillow Group) is putting on a hackathon – called zip.code – in early November (6-8) in San Francisco. Tickets and more info: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/410617812464632/ Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/zipcode-real-estate-tech-hackathon-registration-18726321933 Anyone going?

Giveback Homes launched their Social Responsibility Program for Brokerages today. (see here for press release). The new membership package offers brokerages interested in giving back to their communities a chance to join as leaders in corporate social responsibility. The packages also give brokerages the opportunity to…

[Update: This event has been postponed] There are a few real estate folks meeting up tomorrow for a “tweet-up” aka get together (side note, every time I write/hear that word I think of Dale). If you want to join (I know it’s super last minute), details…