Bonus networking next week in Seattle. One of our Geek Estate Mastermind members, Pierre Calzadilla from LocalLogic, is visiting some brokers and vendors in Seattle to share their product — and we’re helping coordinating a real estate tech happy hour while he’s in town. LocalLogic will be covering 2 rounds…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with David Michonski from Quigler. They are a member of NAR REach’s 2018 class. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the chief cook and dishwasher around here supported by a team of…

[Note from editor: we’ve started a new regular series here on Geek Estate Blog — the “Podcast of the Week”. On Wednesdays, we’ll highlight a podcast we feel is relevant to tech savvy real estate professionals.] Blueprint Power unlocks new revenue for real-estate owners by…

I’d like to introduce you to a new online real estate marketplace for the vacation rental segment of the industry: Vrolio. I’ve spent the majority of my career in three core areas: real estate, travel (Oh Hey World & Horizon), and community. That’s why I was…

We’re launching a new Geek Estate Blog series. Geek Build II, an agent/broker website and marketing hackathon. It will span 2018-2019 and be a collaboration with RealSavvy (who has been a strategic sponsor of the blog the last few months). Those of you who have been reading…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with John Kang from Reasi. They are a member of MetaProp’s latest accelerator cohort, and he recently joined the Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m Cofounder and CEO of Reasi, an…

Listing syndication is back in the industry purview: GLVAR (Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors) is stopping facilitating the syndication of listings to 3rd parties (notably, Zillow and ListHub). Thus, agents/brokers who want their listings on Zillow (and elsewhere) will have to either manually upload…

The winners were announced for the Proptech Challenge (a virtual hackathon put on by REBNY) mentioned here a month ago. There were winners selected in each of the four categories: Blockchain: Credsblock. Operations & management: Seeing Green. Architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) & development: StructionSite. Commercial brokerage:…

One of our Geek Estate Mastermind members, Brett Hagler at New Story, is hiring an Innovation Fund Manager. The position is a full time role based in San Francisco (preferred) or Atlanta. Job description: The Builders are the visionary, private group of investor donors that…

NAR launched (locked) a Commitment to Excellence (C2EX). The goal? a program that empowers REALTORS® to demonstrate their professionalism and commitment to conducting business at the highest standards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYYv_8IXm6Y I’m a huge proponent for fewer agents. More transactions per agent. Better service. Higher degree of ethics….