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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Justin Alanis

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Justin Alanis

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Justin Alanis of Rentlytics. He and I spoke recently, and they are well on their way toward coming out of Beta with their offering. Here’s a bit more about him, from his…

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5 Things Real Estate Agents Should Never Do on Google+

5 Things Real Estate Agents Should Never Do on Google+

Google+ is an outstanding tool for real estate agents. With Google+, agents can improve local search engine rankings, become more familiar with a target audience, and build relationships with industry influencers. But real estate agents can easily invite trouble by not using Google+ appropriately. To…

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Minimalist Home Page Design

Minimalist Home Page Design

It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at the Walk Score home page, but I like what I see today… The trend toward minimalist home page designs continues…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Zeb Dropkin

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Zeb Dropkin

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Zeb Dropkin of RentHackr. Zeb and I had coffee in NYC prior to him heading to Chile for the Startup Chile program, but is now back in New York again. Here’s a bit more…

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Geek Build 2012 – Revisited

Geek Build 2012 – Revisited

Geek Build 2012 began over one year ago as an attempt to build a real estate website from scratch using input from the GeekEstate community and industry experts. We had excellent momentum and participation in the beginning, and then, as happens to many a project, things…

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Your Thoughts on “Real Estate Tech Startups” Meetups?

Your Thoughts on “Real Estate Tech Startups” Meetups?

There was an article recently in Inman about the New York Real Estate Tech Startups meetup that took place recently, and 60 people attended. If people in New York attend an event such as this (there are 434 people in their meetup group) — then…

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Keller Williams Launches 88,000 Agent Apps

Keller Williams Launches 88,000 Agent Apps

Keller Williams launched a mobile search app this week, essentially creating 88,000 branded agent apps (each agent has a unique download code). Props to them for tackling mobile — but I’m not sure if this is enough. Distribution is the problem when it comes to apps,…

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Patch’s Rough Times, and Real Estate’s Opportunity

Patch’s Rough Times, and Real Estate’s Opportunity

Patch is struggling and laying off 400 people. The neighborhood opportunity is still up for grabs. The real estate industry should band together, and go after this local news opportunity. Create a destination for hyper local news all across the country. Why more brokerages aren’t…

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Looking Outside of Real Estate – Email Marketing Done Right

Looking Outside of Real Estate – Email Marketing Done Right

I get a lot of email marketing messages. And I instantly delete or SPAM most of them. The one email list I actually enjoy getting in my inbox? Jason Calacanis (inside.com and Launch.co are the projects he is working on). Why? They come from a…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Aaron Sperling

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Aaron Sperling

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Aaron Sperling of vFlyer. Here’s a bit more about him, from his own mouth… What do you do? I talk to customers and prospect of vFlyer about their real estate marketing challenges….

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