There has been a long discussion taking place all day on FB as a result of Zillow announcing they are facilitating a live Q&A with President Obama on Wednesday to discuss housing. The fact that NAR is not the facilitator of this was brought up,…

Greg Fischer brought my attention to this 5 minute video, produced by an ad agency for British Airways. It kept me watching for 5 minutes, and tells an emotional story. Well done. Who in real estate is going to follow their lead? A brokerage that…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Austin Allison of dotloop. Here’s a bit more about him, from his own mouth… What do you do? I am the founder and CEO of dotloop, the fastest-growing software company in real…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jim Marks at Virtual Results. He’s certainly no stranger — without a doubt, I can say I know Jim better than any other entrepreneur I’ve profiled over the past couple months. Of…

Real estate professionals have debated the worth of open houses for years. It’s no surprise really, especially when you consider that 90% of home buyers conduct their searches online (National Association of Realtors® 2012). Still, most will point out that even if open houses don’t…

There is a new initiative related to the “sharing economy” that launched today. Peers.org. Some of you may have seen it. PEERS is a grassroots organization that supports the sharing economy movement. We believe that by sharing what we already have — like cars, homes,…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Michael Urbanski of Qazzoo. Michael has been one of our advertisers here at Geek Estate over the past year, so I’ve gotten to know him a bit over the course of some…

Those that know me, know I care a lot about doing something that matters. Where you are born shouldn’t decide whether you live or die. I live an extremely privileged life, as do you (I wrote that post 6 years ago). So, given I’ve been in the industry…

You probably already know that photography and video are a real estate agent’s best friends when it comes to marketing. But, where to begin? Lots of us are great at sales, but perhaps photography isn’t our strong suit. Thankfully, there’s an app for that. Or…

The NAR vote is in… As a result of today’s vote, the RIN board approved amending the operating agreement with RealSelect in three fundamental ways: Amending the restriction that says Move may display only listings that have been sourced from REALTOR®-owned and controlled MLSs or…