[Note from Editor: Originally published on NFX] Real estate touches everything we do. It’s the economics of the physical space — it literally shapes our lives by defining the environment in which we live and do business. Tech has done a lot in the last…

There have been monthly Geek Estate Mastermind member lunches here in Seattle the past few months. Starting in November, they will start in a 2nd city — Chicago — as well. There’s no agenda, other than efficient networking in a small intimate setting in order…

I agree with Fred Wilson… the startup and VC community alike should start asking the following two questions: Who are our investors and can we be proud of them? And do we want to work for them? More founders and VCs can, and should, be…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jeremy Jennings from Jabbrrbox. They build and sell “The modern phone booth”. This video by NBR provides some further color: Without further ado… What do you do? We provide privacy on demand in loud and…

Have you ever walked a home the second time with a client and it just all clicks? Perhaps on the first showing day you all liked the home, it struck a chord but your client hadn’t really let themselves fall just yet. Tense, nervous energy…

Congrats to those real estate startups selected to the latest Realogy’s 2018 FWD Innovation Summit. From Inman, The 10 finalists are: Amarki, a Texas-based digital marketing startup with a suite of tools for real estate franchises, brokers, teams and agents. ByteGain, an artificial intelligence-powered predictive analytics and customer engagement tool from…

[Editor’s Note: RealSavvy is a strategic sponsor for Geek Estate Blog, and this is a sponsored post. The company was first covered on Geek Estate Blog back in 2016. Their CEO Rick Orr is a Geek Estate Mastermind member. You’ll be hearing more about this…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Matt Parker from ZingFix. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-Founder of ZingFix… not the one with the ideas but the one who loves to make them happen. We sell time, basically,…

Last night, I spoke as a panelist on one of the real estate tech tracks as part of Seattle Startup Week. The topic was how Seattle can emerge as the global leader at the intersection of Fintech, Real Estate Tech and Digital Construction. It’s no…

The PropTech Challenge, a virtual real estate hackathon sponsored by the Real Estate Board of New York, is open for submissions. The primary goal is build functioning software that solves a problem for real estate owners, managers, and developers. Participants will compete for a grand…