The first ever Geek Estate Mastermind Soirée in New York City: an evening to mingle and celebrate the industry’s progress with real estate tech founders, execs, VCs, and practitioners. MetaProp will host the event on April 17th from 6:30-9:00 in their new office, Proptech Place, in…

We live in a world where homeowners can turn on the AC, unlock and lock the front door, turn on the lights, and detect water leaks – all from the office, the airport, or across the country. Home automation systems have gained popularity due to…

I’m a perpetual skeptic of “real estate disrupters”. I believe that Redfin and the other discount brokerages pick at the ~5% margin of sellers who would rather save 1% than have a good experience selling their homes. The massive boom of iBuyers seem to pick…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the Geek Estate Mastermind. Today’s showcase: W+R Studios] While success in the real estate industry relies heavily on your expertise as an agent, there is a large percentage that comes back to…

The Geek Estate Mastermind is a private group of independent thinkers, free from sponsored messages and noise. A real estate tech-think tank, of sorts. There will be several invite-only events/meet-ups in New York City between April 8th and 19th. Interested in attending or know someone who would…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking withNatalia Karayaneva from Propy. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I studied software engineering and soon after that I got involved in real estate and started building and selling properties….

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Brian Saab from Unearth Technologies. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I’m a cofounder and CEO of Unearth Technologies, a data management platform for physical assets and large scale…

We organized a meet-up in San Francisco last month and had executives from Side, Red Oak Realty, Upnest, zeehaus, VerbHouse, and DivvyHomes. Next week while I’m in Los Angeles at CREtech, I’m organizing another proptech cocktail hour. There’s no formal agenda, other than networking to meet & speak with…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Clara Arroyave from PlaceMe. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I’m Clara Arroyave and I’m the CEO and co-founder of PlaceMe, the largest co-living company in Boston. We offer…

[Note from editor: We publish a Weekly Radar for Geek Estate Mastermind members with a range of curated links and analysis/commentary that comes out every Friday morning along with member news to peruse. This is a wrap-up for the month of February with a couple…