Did anyone notice Urban Compass‘ recent $20M fundraising round ($25M after additional interest)? It seems Urban Compass is the next consumer tech competitor with deep pockets in the real estate industry. When I look at Urban Compass, I see a lot of AirBnB, mixed with…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Lorne Wallace of Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more about Lorne… What do you do? I’m the CEO at Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies, a…

I came across the Dwellus Group website recently (a site designed and built by my old employer, Virtual Results), and was instantly drawn to the “Captain Dwellus” message & graphic in the upper right. More details can be seen here: Captain Dwellus’ main adventure is…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jason White of Blocksy. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more about Jason… What do you do? I’m the Founder and CEO of Blocksy, the largest independent real estate portal in New…

A few links of note over the past few days… Congrats to Suzanne Roy for her new position at Move! RE/MAX surges in its first day of trading. Related: Does anyone actually think RE/MAX is a good long term investment? Are you faking it? Trulia…

Most of what is written here is somehow related to real estate technology. That said, I plan on posting more high level thought pieces or videos that in many cases will take you outside the real estate vertical for learnings. After all, we wouldn’t want…

We talk a lot about online marketing here. But that doesn’t mean that offline marketing doesn’t work. It can, and does…if done right. Nice job, Kathi Davis. You’ve got some heavy competition to break through on Lake Sammamish from Judy Layton and Sundi Mathewson (I mentioned…

You may have seen my post on socially conscious real estate agents/brokerages, and Good.is. By now, you know I’m a huge proponent of social good/social enterprise/social entrepreneurship. Whatever you want to call it, across all industries, I think we’re starting to see a shift toward…

If there is one thing I know in life, it’s that I’m hungry for more relationships with people who give a shit. If you give a shit (damn,) you should really take a look at Good.is… Why? Simple. To build your sphere with like minded…

Over the last couple months, I’ve been getting a lot of requests to guest post (via this page). I guess that means Geek Estate is doing well since others are finding it and realizing there is an engaged audience here. Yet I find myself turning…