Why real estate companies have not gone down the path of operating co-working spaces is beyond me. Impact Hub. WeWork. Galvanize. They all operate in Seattle. They are all communities of hundreds of people, and are the center of the local entrepreneurial community. Most of the startup…

Fred Wilson has a few thoughts on Labor (on Labor Day). Go read it, including the comments. I’m constantly blown away with the quality of the discussion on his blog, AVC. It’s my belief many of the smartest people online are there, day in, day…

If you’re an entrepreneur, I highly highly recommend reading the story of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. I devoured it within a week. Elon’s ambition, passion, perseverance, risk taking, and tenacity are on a completely different level that few will ever reach. That’s due to…

A few things to note… A good read by Rob about commissions. Riley allows agents to claim ZIP codes for free right now. More info here: http://www.textriley.com/brokerSignup A bit of news about on Uber and their ongoing challenges with independent contractors (their drivers). The topic of independent…

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…