Just today, Revaluate announced they were accepted to BoomTown, in Boulder. This week, MetaProp NYC announced their first selections for their inaugural batch. The 5 companies that were announced are: Rentalutions – platform for landlords that allows them to complete a host of duties electronically, saving time and money….

Yeloha was on Product Hunt yesterday (see here). It’s a way to share solar power among neighbors. I don’t know about you, but I’d say the host benefits are a pretty compelling sell. What do you think? Would you rent solar power from a neighbor?…

@gregofisch @drewmeyers Sure just a ballpark here. What is the dollar value of stuff currently associated with each brokerage. — Gahlord Dewald (@gahlord) August 27, 2015 Does anyone check this statistic weekly, or even monthly, as a way to keep tabs on your competitors? Anyone…

Onboard Informatics launched their lifestyle search API 7 years ago. SpatialMatch is the other one that comes to mind (purchased by HomeJunction I believe). I got to talking about lifestyle search with someone last night. It makes sense conceptually to search the type of lifestyle…

Pretty much everything is reviewed online now. Apartments. Restaurants. AirBnB hosts (& travelers). Hotels. Contractors. Books. Lyft drivers (and riders). Couchsurfers. Real estate agents. Etc. I saw an ad on TV last night for Apartments.com. The message was “rate your apartment on Apartments.com”. We’ve been thinking, and…

I’m somewhat surprised I haven’t written anything about Project Upstream yet (though Bryn has). Rob has written about the topic numerous times recently (see here and here) which got me thinking about broker listing data, and the future of the MLS. I actually mostly agree with Rob’s vision…

EveryHome, the next iteration of Rebls, is on Product Hunt today. The basic premise is that every home is for sale (hence, the name). I had a chance to take a look at the site, and chat with Bryan Copley, a few weeks ago pre…

You may have noticed some new ad modules on the site Sunday night. Why? We’re changing the way we charge for sponsorships. Instead of the larger one month sponsorships for one company we’ve done in the past, we will now provide 6 sponsors 100% share of voice across…

You should all go read Rob Hahn’s latest post: The Future of Real Estate, According to Zillow. It’s a topic the industry — and specifically brokerages/franchises/MLS’ who make money from headcount based business models — should think deeply about.  

Since releasing Horizon for iOS in March, we’ve been working on a few improvements. Last night, we finally pressed publish on Version 1.5 — which includes two main changes: a redesigned interface to browse cities and countries and an in-app messaging system. If you have an iPhone or iPad,…