During one of the Hacker Connect sessions, Maëlle Gavet from Compass said the following: It’s about the agent. That, right there, is my problem with Compass. They are catering to the real estate agent. As long as that’s the case, they aren’t really changing anything. At…

It’s no secret historical rates of return for real estate beat virtually every investment category. I’ve been thinking a lot about a question I touched upon briefly in last week’s newsletter: How does the industry get individuals to invest 10-15k into real estate, instead of bonds…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Thomas Rebaud from Meero. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CoFounder and CEO of Meero, an AI driven photography platform, the world leader in large-scale photography and video production. In…

One of the sessions at Hacker Connect last week was a short interview with Seth Siegler, one of Geek Estate’s Mastermind founding members. Not all MLS access contracts are created equally. Field names can be, and are, different. Some systems only allow a single session…

[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. Since then, I’ve gotten to know their CEO Rick Orr quite well (he’s a Geek Estate…

I was in San Francisco last week, attending RE BarCamp X and Hacker Connect, and, most importantly, socializing. Thus, the mastermind newsletter didn’t dive deep on one topic (like we did two weeks ago with IDX). Instead, I summarized the week’s takeaways. RE BarCamp X…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Teris Pantazes from EFynch. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the Co-Founder of EFynch.com, a Baltimore based Homeowner and Handyman Communication System. What problem does your product/service solve? Even with all the current…

[Note from the Editor: This is a sample Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter (#37), which was published for Mastermind members last week. It’s the second newsletter we’re publishing publicly on the blog, the first was the analysis of Knock a few months ago. We’re making this…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Sean Harper from Kin. Without further ado… What do you do? Kin insures houses and condos. We are a technology company backed by top venture capitalists and insurance companies. While most insurers run on…

The Geek Estate Mastermind was originally a combination of an email list, and a private Facebook group. A few weeks ago, I finally made the decision to migrate from a Facebook group to the community platform Mighty Networks. Why? A few key reasons. First, Mighty Networks’…