On Wednesday (Oct. 14th), the National Association of Realtors and Second Century Ventures announced the Inaugural REACH Canada Class. Geek Estate celebrates entrepreneurship and innovation focused on real estate technology, and programs such as REACH are critical to developing a broader proptech ecosystem. A special…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Ojo.] A conversational real estate assistant that connects consumers with an agent when ready. In June of 2020, they closed on a $62.5 million funding round led by Wafra….

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Austin Allison of Pacaso. I’m hugely bullish on the fully managed LLC co-ownership model for second home ownership, which he co-founded along with Spencer Rascoff, Zillow’s former CEO who I worked under from 2007-2010….

The global COVID-19 pandemic is changing life as we know it, and nearly every industry has been forced to adapt in one way or another. The rental industry is no exception – the industry as a whole has discovered new ways to meet safety guidelines…

[Editor’s note: Originally published on Leasera.] IT’S TIME WE START OVER… with the rental model. It is quite apparent now that both the viral and economic pandemics caused by COVID-19 have globally dismantled industries and changed the way we live life forever. The scale of…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: WeatherCheck.] WhetherCheck monitors severe weather conditions (mostly hail) so that insurance carriers, mortgage companies, and property owners can take action–for 20 homes or 2,000. Monitoring assets from $45,000 to…

[Originally published on Medium] Tech savvy Real Estate agents have leveraged existing technologies that have been around for years, sometimes for decades, to elevate their clients showing success even before our COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic has urged agents to pivot and adjust. Finding the…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Thomvest.] Thomvest Ventures has Invested more than $500M across 53 companies since its founding in 1996. The firm is fully capitalized by Peter Thomson; Peter and his family own…

REACH operates a variety of accelerator programs around the globe, created and operated by Second Century Ventures and backed by NAR. Its Great Britain version, REACH UK, will leverage a community of real estate industry executives, investors, mentors, and entrepreneurs across Europe and throughout the global…

[Note from the editor: We publish a Weekly Transmission for the GEM membership that consists of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is a sample Transmission about the Opendoor IPO announcement.  —Drew Meyers]…