My local Board of Realtors is now sending all listings directly to Zillow, and neither the Board members, nor the Directors, voted on it. If your Board voted or took a poll on the syndication issue, please let us know in the comments. Who we…

If you’re interesting in sponsorship opportunities with Geek Estate, shoot me an email (drew @ horizonapp.co). Discounted rates available if you commit to 2-3 months.

Real estate is one of the largest consumer tech verticals there is — yet is lacking a major incubator/accelerator for seed stage startups. Joel wrote about this in 2011, as did I (since 2011, I’ve gone through Start-Up Chile so I’m slightly more knowledgeable on the topic of…

Realogy’s innovation summit, FWD, is coming up again. The application deadline is May 1. Startups: Apply now.

Imagine if there was some way to know which external agents your executives, managers, admin and agents actually know well? Who does your team interact regularly with? How recently have they last interacted? I will wager a guess that would be pretty damn valuable in terms of…

I wrote about empathy last night. Unrelated to that occurrence, but related to the topic, I watched a TED talk today that everyone should watch — Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided: [via TED]

Some of you may know that the Broker Public Portal recently hit its initial funding milestone. I just looked at the website again. The most prominent message on the page… NATIONAL MLS CONSUMER FACING WEBSITE I still don’t get the investment strategy. The web is 20…

I just watched a TED talk with Theaster Gates about reviving neglected neighborhoods through art. It’s worth watching: I wrote about the concept of a startup house this weekend. The motivator for building either an art hub or a startup house is the exact same: building local community….

Certainly there is no shortage of money in the technology sector, and that’s growing rather than shrinking. Real estate agents and brokers want to reach relocation clients moving to town for those extremely high-paying jobs. I wrote about being the “start-up agent” in 2013. It’s still…

From Coldwell Banker: Well done. More background on how this campaign came to be: