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…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Marty Collins from Dezignable. Several months ago, I first met her at a real estate tech meetup where Bryan Copley was presenting. We’re thrilled to have her as a member of Geek Estate Mastermind….

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.

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,…

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…

[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 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…

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…

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…

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….