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…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty from Bungalow. They recently raised a massive round of funding, $64 million to be exact. They are… a cross between the new trend of co-living with a short-term rental…

Last week, Greg Fischer pondered what should come with houses: I wonder if anyone else finds it strange that resale homes convey with dozens of systems like furnaces, flooring, and fixtures yet don’t have warranties against most, if any, of the items responsible for the…

There are three Real Estate Tech Track events taking place as part of Seattle Startup Week (October 8-12). They have been organized by Greg Howes, one of the Seattleites who belongs to the Geek Estate Mastermind. For those in Seattle with an interest in real…

Knock CEO Sean Black said ‘We’re building the next Amazon’ and plans to go public. They recently entered Texas, opening in Dallas and Fort Worth, with a goal of being in 20+ markets by 2020. Their vision is an end-to-end transaction platform, the railroad of real…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Scott Lockhart from Showcase IDX. We’re thrilled to have him as a member of Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the CEO of Showcase IDX… which means I wear…

Like it or not, realize it or not, real estate agents and brokers are in the business of building community. As such, I thought I’d share CMX’s 7P’s of Community: It’s a simple framework for building belonging. If you want to understand this topic more…

Last week, I investigated category kings further. On the residential side of real estate, the unwavering category king is Zillow Group. In addition to their flagship brand, they own Trulia, StreetEasy, and even power Yahoo! Real Estate. Realtor.com is a distant second, with no legitimate…

My strong suspicion is the majority of “real estate AI” is…. well, a bunch of PR and marketing muscle, with little to no data/machine learning/tech substance backing it up. In other words, it’s bullsh*t. Chat bots with basic algorithms are not AI. “Mechanical Turking”, which involves humans…

Disclaimer: I have worked with many Redfin agents, many of whom are great at what they do, and who are a joy to work with. This is not a commentary on Redfin’s agents’ performance. This is an observation of the overall consumer experience that Redfin…