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The Next Revolution in Real Estate, with Spencer Rascoff

The Next Revolution in Real Estate, with Spencer Rascoff

Zillow’s CEO, Spencer Rascoff, recently did an interview at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in New York. The video is below, for those curious folk.

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Buying Leads on Layaway / How Long Will Real Estate Companies Keep Going? — Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #46

Buying Leads on Layaway / How Long Will Real Estate Companies Keep Going? — Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #46

Last week, Greg dove into the topic of Zillow and referrals with his piece called Buying Leads on Layover. Just a week after Move announced the acquisition of Opcity, Zillow announced a new additional Premier Broker pricing product based on a “performance advertising expense” or, more plainly,…

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What is Geek Estate Mastermind, and What is Geek Estate Blog?

What is Geek Estate Mastermind, and What is Geek Estate Blog?

Since there is content posted both on the public Geek Estate Blog (founded in 2007) and within the the GEM (Geek Estate Mastermind), I wanted to take a minute to explain what the difference between the two are. I want to be fully transparent with…

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A Few Examples of RealSavvy’s Website Work

A Few Examples of RealSavvy’s Website Work

[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…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Sahil Gupta from Patch Homes

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Sahil Gupta from Patch Homes

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Sahil Gupta from Patch Homes. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the co-founder of Patch Homes, a financial institution that’s focused on unlocking home-equity wealth for homeowners in a debt-free manner. For…

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Is the CRM History?

Is the CRM History?

Congrats to Chris Smith and the Curaytor team for launching “Convert”. A lead conversion manager. Here’s the backstory on Convert: I’ve written about CRMs in 2011, 2014 and again in 2016. It’s a tough, tough….TOUGH space to crack. It seems everyone has an CRM. But…

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Another Strike for Reducing Commissions: GoldenKey is Acquired

Another Strike for Reducing Commissions: GoldenKey is Acquired

This post on commissions and the perception that agents are overpaid is one of the most read articles ever on Geek Estate Blog. I wrote it in 2014. In the fight to reduce commissions, there was an recent addition to the discount model graveyard that…

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Free Clarity Calls for Geek Estate Readers

Free Clarity Calls for Geek Estate Readers

I had a crappy ending to my Labor Day weekend. Tipped a small motorcycle, and broke my collarbone and cracked 5 ribs. So I’m working from home for a few weeks with limited mobility while I recover. Typing is slow and painful at the moment….

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Greg Fischer Intro // KW’s Flawed Consumer Play — Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #45

Greg Fischer Intro // KW’s Flawed Consumer Play — Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #45

Last week, I talked about the Keller Williams new consumer play: purchasing Smarter Agent. I’ve long been a skeptic of agent branded/template apps, for two main reasons: User acquisition costs are too high. Zero unique functionality meaning zero reason for a buyer to download / use…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Stefania Taic from TranspaRENTcity

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Stefania Taic from TranspaRENTcity

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Stefania Taic from TranspaRENTcity. Without further ado… What do you do? I am a Native New Yorker and looking to improve the lives of my neighbors by adding much needed transparency to the rental real…

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